Fair Use

Information from EduCause about the pros and cons of the peer-to-peer approach to content distribution and its uses in education.

This document is a code of best practices that helps creators, online providers, copyright holders, and others interested in the making of online video interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use.

This document is a code of best practices designed to help those preparing OpenCourseWare (OCW) to interpret and apply fair use under United States copyright law.

This site from the University of Iowa provides an introduction to copyright issues for those developing online resources. It includes an extensive list of resource links on the topic.

LegalZoom notes that copyright protection in this forum is a nebulous idea that remains rather undefined and discusses some of the pertinent issues.

Using a course website or a university-supported Course Management System (CMS) to make instructional materials available to students can raise many copyright issues. This page from the Copyright Advisory Office of Columbia University offers advice on legally using the wide range of resources available online in a manner consistent with copyright law.

Discusses the laws regarding virtual classroom performances and displays and how they work with fair use. This information comes from the University of Texas.

Designed by North Carolina State University, this Web course focuses on the TEACH Act. The Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act updates copyright law pertaining to transmissions of performances and displays of copyrighted materials. Such transmissions are critical to current higher education distance education efforts, including online courses.