Copyright and Fair Use: What Clinicians and Educators Need to Know

Dartmouth College/Dartmouth Medical School and DHMC Resources

• Dartmouth College Copyright and Fair Use Statements and Guidelines
  http://www.dartmouth.edu/copyright/
  Dartmouth College's official compilation of information about copyright and fair use. Includes general policies and guidelines, information about document reproduction for classroom use, and interpretations specifically for CDs and databases, performances, music, audio-visual works, and commercial software.
• "Web Teaching at Dartmouth"
  http://www.dartmouth.edu/~webteach/
  From Dartmouth College Academic Computing - a great resource for educators interested in exploring the different facets of using the Web in curricula. Includes case studies on copyright and Web teaching.
• Dartmouth College Office of the General Counsel
  http://www.dartmouth.edu/~legal/
• Dartmouth College Information Technology Policies
  http://www.dartmouth.edu/comp/about/policies/
  From Dartmouth College Computing Services.
• Dartmouth College Office of Sponsored Programs
  http://www.dartmouth.edu/~osp/
  Links to the College's Copyright Ownership Policy.
• Dartmouth College (Arts and Sciences) Faculty Handbook
  http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dof/handbook.html

Non-Dartmouth Resources

• U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress
  http://www.copyright.gov/
  An extensive and authoritative compilation of information about copyright and fair use.
• Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.
  http://www.copyright.com/
  Launched by publishers to "facilitate compliance with U.S. copyright law." Provides licensing systems for the reproduction and distribution of copyrighted materials in print and electronic formats. Currently manages rights relating to over 1.75 million works and represents more than 9,600 publishers and hundreds of thousands of authors and other creators. Fees vary widely, but CCC reports that they are most often in the range of $1 to $14/transaction, plus an annual account fee of $105.
• Copyright Crash Course, University of Texas
  http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm
  A great tutorial.
• Copyright Tutorial, NCSU
  http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/scc/tutorial/
• Copyright Management Center, Indiana University
  http://copyright.iupui.edu/
• Copyright and Fair Use, Stanford University Library
  http://fairuse.stanford.edu/
  Excellent compilation of information about primary materials (statutes, opinions, regulations), current legislation, and resources, as well as an overview of copyright law.
• Copyright and Intellectual Property, Association of Research Libraries
  http://www.arl.org/info/frn/copy/copytoc.html
  Extensive compilation of links to legislation, guidelines, court cases and legal decisions, and international resources (e.g., WIPO).
  See also, "Copyright Timeline: A History of Copyright in the United States"
  (http://www.arl.org/pp/ppcopyright/copyresources/copytimeline.shtml)
• Copyright, Washington State University
  http://publishing.wsu.edu/copyright/index.html
  Includes handy chart, "When Works Pass Into the Public Domain in the United States: Copyright Term for Archivists and Librarians."