The purpose of the聽麻豆原创 Copyright Compliance Policy: Library and Classroom聽is to provide a summary of U.S. copyright law as it relates to the use of text-based, electronic, and multi-media copyright-protected works in the classroom and library at 麻豆原创, and to provide guidelines and procedures for obtaining copyright permission to use these works. For detailed information on the policy, please see:
Additional Information on Copyright and Fair Use:
The聽United States Copyright Office addresses policy and questions about copyright issues.
ALA’s聽Digital Slider helps you to determine if a work is copyright protected and fair use.
Columbia University鈥檚 Copyright Advisory Office鈥檚 Quick Guide provides general information about copyright; guides and checklists for fair use; information and forms for obtaining permission; and information about Section 108 as it applies to libraries.
Copyright Clearance Center鈥檚 Copyright on Campus video
Copyright Clearance Center鈥檚 Copyright Basics video
鈥淟ibrary of Congress鈥� interactive presentation for teachers and students: What is copyright and how does it affect me? Join Detective Cop E. Wright to learn about copyright basics and find answers to your questions.鈥�
Open Access Resources
Open Access resources are available free of charge on the Internet and are free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. It is the responsibility of the user to comply with the terms of use for these resources: permission, attribution, and educational, non-commercial use.
Creative Commons Resources
Music
Images
Library of Congress
Public Domain Prints and Photographs
National Gallery of Art
More than 45,000聽聽digital images up to 4000 pixels each are available free of charge for download and use.
Wikimedia Commons
A database of 24,595,851 freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute