Resources for Educators

Useful Links

Artificial Intelligence

• Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
• Generative Artificial Intelligence and Copyright Law
• Artificial Intelligence Impacts on Copyright Law
  

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998

• EDUCAUSE

Digital Rights Management (DRM)

• What is Digital Rights Management (DRM)?
• Luminary Lectures – Karen Coyle, The Technology of Copyright: Digital Rights Management
• ALA DRM Tip Sheet

Fair Use

• U.S. Copyright Office
  • What is Fair Use

• Copyright Alliance 

Games

• Copyright Office
• ESA (Entertainment Software Association)

General Links

• AALL (American Association of Law Libraries)
  • First Sale Doctrine
• Chapter 5: Copyright Infringement and Remedies
• Copyright Clearance Center
• Copyright Infringement Penalties
• How to Get Copyright Permission or a License
• How to Obtain Permission
• Library of Congress
  • Copyright and Primary Sources
• U.S. Copyright Office
  • Copyright Law of the United States

Digital Piracy

• ACE Works to Combat Digital Piracy & Protect the Creative Marketplace
• Digital Piracy
• What is Digital Piracy and Its Consequences?
• What is Internet Piracy?

Movies

• MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America)
• Motion Pictures 

Music

• RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America)
• U.S. Copyright Office
  • Digital Audio Recording Devices and Media (PDF)
  • Sound Recordings and Music Videos (PDF)

• What Musicians Should Know about Copyright

Software

• Copyright Registration of Computer Programs
• Copyrighting Your Software – Why Bother?
• Legal Protection of Digital Information

Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act of 2002

• ALA (American Library Association)
• BYU Copyright Licensing Office 
  • Copyright Tutorial for Teachers and Students
• Copyright Clearance Center

• Copyright: Distance Education and the TEACH Act