Copyright Resources

Of particular interest to educators from the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress.

• Copyright Basics (Circular 1)
• Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians (Circular 21) (PDF)

Useful resources for trying to understand copyright:

• The Copyright Office at the Library of Congress. This is the source.
• Circulars and Factsheets from the Copyright Office
• Copyright and Fair Use: links and resources from Stanford University Libraries.
• Crash Course in Copyright from the Copyright Management Center at the University of Texas.
• Regents Guide to Understanding Copyright and Educational Fair Use from the University System of Georgia. Many good examples.
• Checklist for Assessing Fair Use from Brown University

Music and copyright

• Music in the Public Domain: what it is and how to find it.
• Copyright for Music Librarians from the Music Library Association.

Reserves and copyright

• The Lawrence Library's Reserve policy
• The Library's Music Electronic Reserve policy
• Copyright Clearance Center

Researching copyright holders:

• Search Copyright Records, "registrations and ownership documents since 1978" at the Library of Congress.
• WATCH: Writers, Artists and Their Copyright Holders: "a database containing primarily, but not exclusively, the names and addresses of copyright holders or contact persons for authors and artists whose archives are housed, in whole or in part, in libraries and archives in North America and the United Kingdom."

The Public Domain:

• When Works Pass into the Public Domain: a useful chart.
• Finding Public Domain Texts, Images, and Music: a guide from the Lawrence Library

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