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A New York lawyer gives his interpretation of fair use. He summarizes the basics of copyright and fair use. He writes an opinion on when to ask permission to use something, and he discusses safe havens in fair use laws.

The article outlines how the term fair use has changed over the past 20 years and the need for what it means to be re-defined. The writer compares previous cases of fair use with those of today. Since 2005, most cases have been favored to those fair use accusations were presented against. With fair use being unpredictable and confusing, the writer attempts to show how the definition of fair use is changing and needs modificaiton.

This site gives a very opinionated presentation of a few of the Copyright and Fair Use laws. This is still very interesting!

I agree with the article's main point, that it IS a teacher's responsibility to know, apply, and teach the copyright and fair use rules. I ALSO agree with you, that the rules and policies make performing the job nearly impossible! I feel the pain, personally. In my classrooms, I am sometimes at a loss (and sometimes just bluff my way through it!) on how to explain to a confused student what to do in regards to using a copywritten resource or how to cite a unique source. Thankflly, I have come across a really helpful weapon in the battle against confusion--an e-graphic organizer of sorts compiled by the UT librarians, and available for open use on their website: http://lib.utexas.edu/citations

I realized after reading that article, that I am guilty of copyright.....It's almost like they knew that we watched Toy Story the other day when it was raining, and it was almost time for 5:00 drive-thru.

This research summarizes the application of fair use to meet the missions of the U.S. academic and research libraries. Sixty- five librarians were interviewed in this study. Each of them was asked about their employment and the five keys of practice. These librarians discussed how to apply fair use to their positions. The purpose of this study was to determine best practices in fair use. In the findings, librarians were found dedicated to their jobs and concerns about applying fair use and copyright limitations were provided for them at the end of this study.

This article give the four factors and possibly a fifth factor used to resolve fair use disputes. It also includes information about acknowledgement and too small amount use.

This article discusses the use of images in and educational institution. It discusses fair use limitations and the guidelines that must be followed when using images in the classroom. 

This discusses copyright laws in regard to posting on personal websites and blogs. It also discusses using videos in the curriculum for educational purposes versus public performances. The article briefly talks about what happens if you get caught for a violation of copyright. A list of helpful websites regarding copyright and fair use are attached to the article. The blog ends with a section of comments.

In this article National Public Radio discusses how the issue of fair use has come to the for front in recent years particularly in the television and music industry. However the case of copyrighting, those who support fair use feel that taping tv shows, downloading music or accessing you tube isn't considered copyrighting if these practices are used for non-monetary purposes. The issue of fair use has prompted several lawsuits and the article outlines 4 of these that are recent.

This educational technology web article suggests websites that talk about copyright, fair use, and plagiarism. Each suggested website has a short description.

This article explains what fair use is. It also talks about how fair use is determined and what is not fair use.

Stanford University provides an overview of fair use law.

This website from Stanford gives question answer approach to Copyright and Fair Use Research. I found this website very resourceful because it gives information about the common terms associated with copy right and fair use. The information from this website was also taken from a book called Getting Permission (October 2010) by Richard Stim.

This article is about how to properly use educational multimedia. It discusses the guidelines necessary to using it, the limitations, and what sorts of permission is required in order to use it in the classroom. 

This guide provides educators with their legal rights of copyright and fair use in the classroom. This is so they are familiar with their limitations and rights as teachers. Many questions or concerns that they may have concerning computers and software, the internet, video, multimedia are addressed in this guide.

Excerpted from "Technology and Learning Magazine," this BRILLIANT article explains Copyright and Fair Use rules. The history teacher in me especially like it because it begins with a historical lesson on the topic! The quiz (with detailed answers) allows teachers to see examples of possible questions they will run in to in their classrooms.

Really helpful and can make us better teachers!

This article is created by the U.S. Copyright office. It briefly discusses some of the fair use factors in accordance with Secion 107 of the title 17, U.S. code. It explains that the distinction between fair use and copyright infringement may be difficult to define because there is no specification on the amount of text that can be used. But it does use the 1961 Report of the Register of Copyrights on the General Revision of the U.S. Copyright Law to state some fair use examples that the court has identified as acceptable.

This article gives guidelines for using information in video format.

Electronic Frontier Foundation's FAQ about fair use.

Provides tools to evaluate whether your action constitutes fair use.

This Article goes into detail about how to break down the the copyright and fair use laws so not to misinterpreted. 

This offers information on frequently asked questions dealing with copyright and fair use laws. It breaks down the questions by categories. Videos, software, internet, etc.