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Scholarly Communication: Copyright

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Copyright at SIUE


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It is Library and Information Services’ intent to comply with all copyright and intellectual property laws and regulations, as well as the Fair Use guidelines. LIS supports the legitimate use of copyright-protected materials for educational and research purposes.

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Copyright Links

US Copyright Office  - the best source for copyright laws and forms

Creative Commons Licensing - find copyright-free information and learn how to protect your own content

Copyright information from Wikipedia -  basic copyright definition and information


Copyright Management Center - IUPUI  - good information for faculty and copyright users

Copyright and Fair Use from Stanford  -  a extensive site on information about fair use from Stanford, including a blog of most current information

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)  -  an organization dedicated to defending user rights in the digital world

Copyright Information for MIT Faculty -  copyright information provided for the MIT faculty

TEACH Act Toolkit: NCSU Libraries - an entire toolkit of copyright information, particularly as it pertains to the Teach Act

Copyright Crash Course  -  a great way to teach yourself the basics of copyright from the University of Texas

Copyright Video

Produced in 2007 by Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University with/for The Media Education Foundation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.