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- Copyright Advisory Office at Columbia University provides a Copyright Quick Guide and several resources for determining fair use.
- Copyright Chat is a podcast dedicated to discussing important copyright matters. Sara Benson converses with experts from across the globe to engage the public with rights issues relevant to their daily lives.
- Copyright For The Rest of Us: A Guide For People Who Aren’t Lawyers (pdf eBook) by Marcia W. Keyser, Drake University
- FAU Libraries' Copyright Series (videos and slides)
- Harvard University OGC's Copyright and Fair Use
- Illinois Library Copyright guides include Copyright Reference Guide, Author's Rights and Copyright, Copyright and Digitization of Library Materials, Copyright for Graduate Students: Theses and Dissertations, Copyright Guide for Undergraduate Journals, Copyright Instruction Library Guide, Course Materials and Copyright for Professors. and Copyright Resources for Music.
- MIT Libraries- Scholarly Communication Copyright Guide
- Ohio State University Copyright Resources Center offers a variety of resources that give a general overview of U.S. Copyright Law as well as several that focus on the public domain.
- Kansas State University Libraries' "Using Copyrighted and Library Content" Guide
- Stanford Libraries Copyright Reminder provides common campus situations revolving around copyright issues and appropriate actions, recommended practices with general advice, and a succinct overview of copyright law.
- Stanford Libraries Copyright & Fair Use Guide
- Teaching Copyright: The Electronic Frontier Foundation created this curriculum to help teachers educate students about copyright.
- University of California Office of Scholarly Communication covers current trends in scholarly communication and has a database tracking the vital statistics of over 3,000 major journals.
- University of Michigan Copyright Office gives a broad overview of copyright law from copyrightability, duration of copyright, permissions, to your rights as a user.
- From University of Michigan Library, please see Substantial Similarity Guide that illustrates the "substantial similarity" doctrine from U.S. copyright law, using a set of case summaries. Last updated February 9, 2018. Substantial similarity is a level of similarity that shows improper appropriation of the plaintiff’s work, one of the requirements for a prima facie infringement claim. If the similarity of the defendant’s work to protectable elements in the plaintiff’s work is minimal, or if similarity only exists with regard to unprotectable elements of the work, then there is no substantial similarity.
- University of Minnesota Copyright Services has a number of pages that teach the basics of copyright, helping you answer the questions, "Can I use this?" and "What do I own?"
- University of Texas Arlington Libraries Copyright and Fair Use Guide
- UPENN's The Online Books Page FAQ
- William & Mary Music Copyright Tutorial Videos: This three-part series of short videos explains the licensing system for copyrighted musical works and sound recordings.
