Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video [American University (Washington, D.C.). Center for Social Media; Ford Foundation.]

Document to help creators, online providers, copyright holders, and others interested in the making of online video interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use.

Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy [American University (Washington, D.C.), Center for Social Media; Ford Foundation, and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. ]

Document to help educators using media literacy concepts and techniques to interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use.

Copyright Challenge [The FA©E Kids Subcommittee of The Copyright Society of the U.S.A.]

Interactive educational tool for children. (But also good for adults.)

Copyright Crash Course [University of Texas System,Office of General Counsel]

Interactive educational tool for the academic community.  Fairly comprehensive.  Easy to understand

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Copyright Decision Map [University of Minnesota Libraries,Office of Copyright Information and Education (CIE)]

If you think a flow chart is more useful than verbiage when learning a difficult concept, this is the tool for you!

Copyright Term and the Public Domain [Cornell University Copyright Information Center]

Chart designed to show which works published in the U.S. are in the public domain, and therefore free of copyright restrictions.

Copyright Tutorial [Brigham Young University,Copyright Licensing Office] 

Like the “Copyright Crash Course,” this tool is designed to educate faculty, staff, and students about copyright basics.

Copyright & Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers [Hal Davidson & techLEARNING.com, NewBay Media]

Everything you wanted to know about copyright in the form of a wall chart.

Creative Commons

A nonprofit corporation that provides licenses and "other legal tools" that enable copyright owners to extend to others the right to copy and use their creative work.

Digitalslider: Is it Protected by Copyright? [Michael Brewer & the American Library Association, Office of Information Technology Policy]

Cool tool designed by librarians to demonstrate if an original work is covered by U.S. copyright.

Music Library Association, "Copyright for Music Librarians."

A resource for anyone interested in issues of copyright as they apply to the fields of music and music librarianship.

Questions & Answers on Copyright for the Campus Community [Association of American Publishers Inc., Associationof American University Presses, Copyright Clearance Center Inc., National Association of College Stores Inc., and the Software & Information Industry Association.]

An up-to-date and easy to understand brochure to help the academic community comply with copyright law and the “fair use” provisions granted educators.

The Society for Cinema and Media Studies’ Statement of Best Practices for Fair Use in Teaching for Film and Media Educators [Society for Cinema and Media Studies]

Document to help clarify some of the issues concerning the permissible use of media for teaching.

Teach Act Toolkit [North Carolina State University Office of the Provost]

Useful tool designed to promote understanding of the applications and implications of the TEACH Act, legislation intended to,”update copyright law (specifically, Section 110(2) pertaining to transmissions of performances and displays of copyrighted materials.”