Resources on Copyrights, Fair Use and Intellectual Property
For additional reading on intellectual property issues, and copyright in particular, see these online resources.

• The American Library Association
• Bitlaw on technology law.
• Digital Millennium Copyright Act at EDUCAUSE.
• Intellectual property law at www.intelproplaw.com
• U.S. Copyright Office.
• The University of Tennessee has been recognized as a good source of copyright information. The following links are some essential samples of the information available through the UT System:

The Electronic Challenge for Copyright Law (6 pages)
http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/chalenge.htm

UT System Crash Course in Copyright
http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/cprtindx.htm

UT System Digital Library: Copyright Tutorial
http://www.lib.utsystem.edu/copyright/

UT System Comprehensive Copyright Policy (summary)
http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/IntellectualProperty/admin3.htm

Copyright and the University Community: Implementing a ComprehensiveCopyright Policy,
A Presentation for University Administrators (14 pages)
http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/IntellectualProperty/admin3.htm

Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials (16 pages) -- includes separate “Fair Use Rules of Thumb'
for: course packs, distance learning, image archives, multimedia works, music, research
copies, reserves
http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/IntellectualProperty/copypol2.htm