Copyright and Creative Commons

Copyright is an extremely important issue to address when selecting materials to display online. Before beginning a digitization project, make sure that the materials are in the public domain and/or that you are making a fair use of them under copyright.

• Quick reference chart for when materials pass into the public domain, maintained by Peter B. Hirtle.
• U.S. Copyright Office
  • How to Investigate the Copyright Status of a Work, U.S. Copyright Office
  • Complete Copyright Law of the United States
• Copyright Advisory Network, American Library Association, Office for Information Technology Policy
  • Copyright Advisory Network (CAN) Forum, American Library Association
• Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis' Copyright Management Center
• Digital Millenium Copyright Act
  • ARL resources on the DMCA
  • Educause resources and articles on the DMCA

Creative Commons

7 Things You Should Know about Creative Commons

Creative Commons - Attribution-Non-commercial-ShareAlike 2.5

Creative Commons Legal Code

Creative Commons Metadata and Adobe Applications Help

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