| Copyright and Plagiarism Links |
Copyright Metro: Baruch College's Guide To Using
Copyrighted Media in Your Courses
http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/tutorials/copyright/
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A free interactive guide to help faculty [at Baruch] determine the appropriate
copyright guidelines they must follow to use different types of copyright
protected
media in their courses." 2005. (Requires Flash player) |
BSU University Copyright Center
http://www.bsu.edu/library/collections/copyright/
Extensive and excellent copyright materials provided by Dr. Fritz Dolak of Ball
State University. Site features: 30-second introductory videos; copyright
compliance at BSU; FAQs and Tutorials; Fair Use and TEACH Act resources;
Copyright Rx: Intellectual Property video and search engine, Legal Guide
for Bloggers; Copyright in the News; Royalty Free Materials; Resources that
include a Digital Commons, Digital Media Repository, and Media Finders. |
Copyright Advisory Network
http://www.librarycopyright.net/
Welcome to ALA's Copyright Advisory Network. This Web site is a new way for librarians to learn about copyright and to get help when they have copyright troubles. The purpose of this site is to encourage librarians to discuss copyright concerns, and seek feedback and advice from fellow librarians and copyright specialists.. We'd like to encourage communication and discussion - with copyright, there are no definitive answers so your perspective or point of view will add to a full exchange of ideas. |
Copyright Crash Course
http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/cprtindx.htm
Intended audience is college and university faculty (especially related to distance
education), but site focuses on a wide range of copyright issues and is written
in language layperson can understand. From University of Texas in Austin,
2000-2006. |
Copyright Information Center at Cornell University
http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/
The goal of the Copyright Information Center is to provide Cornell faculty,
staff, and students with Cornell-specific and general information about copyright.
The Website serves as an information clearinghouse and contains Cornell policies,
general information, reference materials, and information on the University's
copyright awareness and education programs. Includes useful Fair
Use Checklist; and chart outlining Copyright
Term and Public Domain in
the United States. |
Copyright Kids
http://www.copyrightkids.org/
Friends of Active Copyright Education (FAŠE), is a new initiative of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. The principal goal of FAŠE is to provide a broad range of resources to foster and support copyright education. To further that goal, a FAŠE subcommittee developed the copyrightkids.org web site to teach school-age children the basics of copyright law. This site offers information in a kid-friendly format on copyright basics, sample permission letters, definitions, and a copyright challenge quiz. (The Copyright Society of the U.S.A. is a nonprofit corporation that was founded in 1953 to foster interest in and advance the study of copyright law and the rights in literature, music, art, the theater, motion pictures, and other forms of intellectual property.) |
Copyright Management Center IUPUI
http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/
Impressive site from IUPUI provides copyright essentials (Quickguide, Fair-Use
Issues, Permissions information, Copyright ownership), Law Resources, Distance
Education,
Library Issues, Featured Developments. |
Copyright Website
http://www.benedict.com/
"the ultimate copyright portal providing real world, practical (and some irrelevant) copyright information. For over twelve years, we've delivered the goods: General copyright information for educaters, students, websurfers and confused citizens; Specialized information for webmasters, musicians, moviemakers, screenwriters, programmers and photographers; The web's first online Copyright Registration service" ("Now it's easy to file a copyright registration for your work with the U.S. Copyright Office with the first online copyright registration service; we provide experience you can trust. To celebrate our 12th anniversary, we're charging our lowest price ever: $69 + government
filing fee! Or download the forms and do-it-yourself for free!")--Benedict O'Mahoney, President (attorney) |
Copyscape - Website Plagiarism Search - Web Content Copyright Infringement Protection
http://www.copyscape.com/index.php
"Copyscape is dedicated to defending your rights online, helping you fight
against online plagiarism and content theft. Copyscape finds sites that have
copied your content without permission, as well as those that have quoted you." Free
Copyscape service makes it possible to find copies of your content on the
Web by typing in the address of your original web page. Premium service ($)
adds an unlimited number of searches and other services. --Indigo Stream Technologies. |
Creative Commons
http://creativecommons.org/
"Share, reuse, and remix--legally. Creative Commons provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. You can use CC to change your copyright terms from "All Rights Reserved" to "Some Rights Reserved." We're a nonprofit organization. Everything we do — including the software we create — is free." |
Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use (5-part
series from Education World)
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr280.shtml
Articles by Linda Starr, some updated as late as 11/2006. "When it comes to copyright law and the application of fair use exceptions, ignorance is definitely not bliss! Learn how to educate yourselves and your students and avoid making a costly mistake!" Five-part series includes: Copyrights and Copying Wrongs; Is Fair Use a License to Steal?; Copyright Law and New Technologies; Applying Fair Use to New Technologies; District Liability and Teaching Responsibility. Related article: Who Said That? How to Cite Electronic Resources. |
FAŠE - Friends of Active Copyright Education
http://www.csusa.org/face/home.htm
A new initiative of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A.; the principal goal
of FACE is to provide a broad range of resources to foster and support copyright
awareness. Covers information on words, still images, moving images, internet,
music and international copyright. (One of their projects is Copyright
Kids described above.) |
Fair Use and Copyright for Teachers
http://home.earthlink.net/~cnew/research.htm
Nice site for teachers provided by Cathy Newsome, but is copyrighted 1997
and last updated Jan. 2000. (See Education World site described above for
more up-to-date resources for teachers.) |
Intellectual Property Law Server
http://www.intelproplaw.com/
Server was founded by George A. Wowk, an intellectual property lawyer at Parlee McLaws LLP; provides information about intellectual property law including patent, trademark and copyright. Resources include comprehensive links, general information, space for professionals to publish articles and forums for discussing related issues. |
Plagiarism Blog
http://tass-plagiarism.blogspot.com/
Keeping Current on Plagiarism, Cheating & Academic Integrity by Susan Herzog, Information Literacy Librarian, Eastern Connecticut State University |
Plagiarism Court: You Be the Judge
http://www.fairfield.edu/x13870.html
A Plagiarism Avoidance Tutorial created by Ramona Islam, with voice-overs
by Christopher Dunham and Ramona Islam. (FLASH and HTML versions available)
Also links to an "award-winning
short, funny video about plagiarism, written and directed by Jared Mezzocchi:
The Dr.
Dhil Show. (Quicktime) |
Plagiarism Links
http://www.web-miner.com/plagiarism
Material for faculty and students about plagiarism. There are links to plagiarism
detection sites, term paper writing sites, and more. Provided by a librarian
at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Last updated June, 2006
when accessed on 4/22/07. |
Plagiarism Research Guide
http://www.csulb.edu/library/subj/plagiarism/index.html
Taming the Beast of Plagiarism ... a webliography of sources for CSULB Faculty. Definitions, Research, Prevention, Related Links. This page was created March 2004 by Tiffini A. Travis, Psychology and Communications Librarian University Library, California State University, Long Beach, CA. |
TEACH Act Toolkit
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/scc/legislative/teachkit/
An online resource for understanding copyright and distance education. The Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act (TEACH Act) is now law. TEACH updates copyright law pertaining to transmissions of performances and displays of copyrighted materials. Such transmissions are critical to current higher education distance education efforts, including online courses. Sections for Education, Implementation, Best Practices, and more. |
U S Copyright Office
http://www.copyright.gov/
This site provides one-stop shopping for copyright information complete with all the forms and processing instructions for obtaining copyright protection. Information regarding copyright law and practices is provided in clear detail, including the complete text of the Copyright Offices Circulars, Brochures, and Factsheets. In addition, a catalog of copyright records is searchable back to 1978. Patrons may also submit an online request for a cost estimate for a search of all Copyright Office records, including earlier records not available online. The forms and basic instructions are also provided in Spanish. --RUSA Best Ref Sites List |
Welcome to ŠPrimer
http://www-apps.umuc.edu/primer/enter.php
The Š Primer is an introduction to issues concerning copyright ownership and use of information. The interactive tutorial overviews the underlying principles behind copyright in the United States, outlines the requirements for copyright protection as well as discusses the parameters of use and access of copyrighted material. University of Maryland University College. |
What is Copyright Protection
http://www.whatiscopyright.org/
Addressing copyright from an international perspective -- discussing the Berne Convention; from Business Network Services, WhatisCopyright.org. |
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