Academic Copyright Information
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Copyright and Fair Use Case Law
Academic Publishers vs. Georgia State University - Lawsuit filed April 15, 2008
Basic Books, Inc. v. Kinko's Graphics Corp. - 758 F.Supp. 1522 (S.D.N.Y. 1991)
Princeton University Press v. Michigan Document Services, INC. - No. 94-1778 6th Cir. 1996 decision vacated
Key Court Case Summaries on Fair Use
Columbia University
Copyright Advisory Office - Columbia University Libraries / Information Services
Fair Use Checklist
Copyright Scenarios
Court Case Summaries - Regarding Fair Use
Fair Use Resources
Cornell University
Copyright Information Center
Cornell Copyright Policies, Guidance, and Policy Interpretations
Cornell Electronic Course Content Copyright Guidelines - Press release
Cornell Electronic Course Content Copyright Guidelines - (PDF)
Course Reserves Copyright Guidelines - (PDF)
Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States
Copyright Resources
Cornell Copyright Decision Tree - (PDF)
Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI)
Copyright Management Center
Fair-Use Issues
Fair-Use: Overview and Meaning for Higher Education
Fair-Use Guidelines
Key Court Case Summaries on Fair Use
Teach Act and Distance Learning
North Carolina State University
Intellectual Property
Student Privacy Law (FERPA)
Penn State Uni