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Adventures in Teaching Copyright: Home

A recap of experiences that came about due to teaching "Copyright Issues" as an undergraduate class at Drake University

About Copyright

Copyright Law of the United States
Copyright For The Rest Of Us
A textbook (~80 pages) introducing US copyright law.
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Chapters are written to be used independently or together.
Fair Use Checklist (Columbia University)
An excellent but not fail-safe method for evaluating a use as Fair or not-so-Fair
Copyright Office
Look under the tab "Law and Guidance" for the Circulars.

Free Online Textbooks

Open Stax (formerly Connexions)
A large collection of e-textbooks in all subject areas.
Open Textbook Library
A large multi-topic e-textbook collection

Videos about Copyright

A Fair(y) Use Tale
What Is Fair Use?
Some guidance from an entertainment law attorney
Is this infringing? - Won't You Be My Neighbor?
VIdeo is made from original recordings by Mr Rodgers and clips from the TV show. Warning: creepy.
Is this infringing? - Buffy vs Edward

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