CHECKLISTS AND OTHER DECISION TOOLS
- Copyright Information Center Flyer (pdf)
- Do I Need Permission For That? Decision Tree (pdf)
- Help! I Need Open Content! (pdf)
- Is It a Fair Use? (pdf)
- Cornell Copyright Decision Tree (pdf)
- Fair Use Checklist (pdf)
- Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States
Peter Hirtle, Cornell University Library
CORNELL COPYRIGHT PERMISSION FORMS
- Assignment of Rights (From Independent Contractor to Cornell)
- Performance Agreement and Release (For Presenters with Media Resources)
- Performance Agreement and Release (w/ FERPA for Students)
- Photo Model Release (pdf)
- Sample Letter Requesting Permission to Reproduce Copyrighted Material
- Standard Release - University Communications
RESOURCES FOR LIBRARIANS
- LibraryLaw Blog
Issues concerning libraries and the law - LIBLICENSE: Licensing Digital Information
Yale University Library and Council on Library and Information Resources - WATCH (Writers, Artists, and Their Copyright Holders) and FOB (Firms Out of Business)
Database managed by Henry Ransom Center and University of Reading Library
RELATED SITES, PAGES, AND MATERIALS
Author Rights
- Scholars Copyright Addendum Engine
Science Commons tool to create a PDF form that you can attach to a journal publisher's copyright agreement to ensure that you retain certain rights. - SHERPA/RoMEO
Guide to publishers' self-archiving policies
Open Access
- Open Access Publishing Guide
Guidance in open access scholarly publishing for researchers in the life and social sciences. - Open Educational Resources
Faculty at Cornell and across the world are joining the OER movement to save students money, take control over course materials, and improve learning.
Fair Use
- Copyright Crash Course
Georgia Harper, University of Texas System Office of General Counsel - Fair Use Defintion, U.S. Code TITLE 17 > CHAPTER 1 > Sec. 107
- Copyright and Fair Use Stanford University Libraries
- Fair Use for Nonfiction Authors Brianna L. Schoefield & Robert Kirk Walker for Authors Alliance
Common scenarios with guidance from community practice - Association of Research Libraries Code of Best Practices in Fair Use For Academic and Research Libraries
- College Art Association Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts
- Visual Resources Association: Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Copyright
U.S. Copyright Law
- Cornell Faculty Guide to Copyright
- U.S. Copyright Law from Cornell Legal Information Institute
- U.S. Copyright Law of the United States of America
- Copyright: An Overview
Cornell Legal Information Institute - United States Copyright Office
The Library of Congress
Music
- Copyright for Music Librarians
Music Library Association - Search Performing Rights Societies
Music Publishers' Association - SongFile Community Licensing for Mechanical Reproductions
International Copyright
- UNESCO
Free access to national legislations on author's rights and neighbouring rights, which are regularly communicated to UNESCO by its Members States. Click and choose the country which you want to consult.