The Media Library Copyright Information

The Media Library follows the United States' Copyright Law (Public Law 94-533) of 1976 and urges all members of the Middle Tennessee State community to be aware of and abide by it. We also support the Off-Air Taping Guidelines for Educational Purposes.
For further information about copyright issues.

ARL Code of Best Practice
A clear and easy-to-use statement of fair and reasonable approaches to fair use developed by and for librarians who support academic inquiry and higher education.

The Exceptions for Instructors eTool
This is a tool that provides exceptions for Insructors who want more details about copyright laws, especially exceptions.

Performance Rights for Copyrighted Videorecordings. Frequently Asked Questions from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Section 108:Interactive tool to help determine whether copying a copyrighted work is permissible without written permission from the copyright holder.

Is it Copyright Protected?Interactive tool to help determine whether a copyrighted work is in the public domain.

Center for Social Media: The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education
Discusses best practices that helps educators using media literacy concepts and techniques to interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use.

Center for Social Media
New document from American University concering fair use in copyright.

Chronicle of Higher Education article discusses The Center for Social Media 's document concerning use of copyrighted materials in the classroom.

Copyright & Fair Use in Documentary Film
Comprehensive links to publications and reports on fair use in documentary films, motion pictures, classroom tools and much more. Includes Documentary Filmakers' Statement of Best Practices, Recut, Reframe, Recycle.

US Copyright Office Web Site
Search copyright records. Learn the basics about copyright law and legislation.

Copyright Website
This portal provides real world, practical and relevant copyright information for anyone navigating the net

Crash Course in Copyright
Lots of good information in a very readable form; contains a copyright tutorial for faculty (University of Texas system).

Digital Preservation and Copyright
From the Stanford University Libraries

Kastenmeier Guidelines for Off-Air Taping
From the UC Berkeley Library Web site.

Cornell University Copyright Information
check Out http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training

Performance Rights for Copyrighted Video Recordings
This FAQ page, from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, is a good source for determining copyright compliance in the performance of video recordings. Contains concise, easy to use information.

Fair Use Guidelines for Multimedia
The full text of the guidelines and more are available on the Consortium and University Media Centers Website.

Bound By Law Comic Book
The Center for the Study of the Public Domain has issued a comic book that explores in plain English the impacts of intellectual property on creativity, focusing on documentary film.

Collectanea Blog
The Center for Intellectual Property (CIP) at The University of Maryland University College has launched a new blog portal addressing the cultural, political and legal context of copyright issues.