Copyright and Fair Use: What Clinicians and Educators Need to Know
Presentation by Robert B. Donin,
General Counsel, Dartmouth College.
Questions about these resources or about copyright/fair use in general?
Contact William.Garrity@dartmouth.edu
Dartmouth College/Dartmouth Medical School and DHMC Resources
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/info/frn/copy/timeline.html)
- 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."