Copyright and Intellectual Property

Related W&L Policies:

• Policy for the Use of Copyrighted Works
  
• Intellectual Property Policy
  
• Peer-to-Peer File Sharing

W&L Tutorials and Resources:

• Guidelines for Showing Movies
  
• Copyright Permission Form for Course Materials
  
• Registered Service Marks of Washington and Lee University
  
• Copyright in the Digital Age: Guidance for W&L Faculty
  
• Guidance on Protecting Faculty Copyrights When Publishing

Helpful Third Party Links:

• U.S. Copyright Office

Copyright Basics

• What is Copyright Law? - Higher Ed Matrix; Resources
• Copyright Crash Course - University of Texas
• Copyright on Campus

Fair Use

• Fair Use - Higher Ed Copyright Resources
  
• Copyright and Fair Use - Harvard University
  
• Fair Use Checklist - Columbia University

Public Domain

• Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the U.S. - Cornell University

Copyright Research

Guides and Tools

• How to Investigate the Copyright Status of a Work - U.S. Copyright Office
  
• Copyright Research Overview - Stanford University
  
• Researching the Copyright Status of a Book: Protected or Public Domain? - Columbia University
  
• Digital Image Rights Computator - Visual Resources Association
  
• Copy Photography Computator - Visual Resources Association

Databases

• Copyright Catalog (1978 - present) - U.S. Copyright Office
• Copyright Renewal Records- Google
• Publishing, Literary, and Other Firms Out of Business (FOB) Database - University of Texas
• WATCH (Writers, Artists and Their Copyright Holders) Database - University of Texas
• Find an Author - The Society of Authors

Specific Copyright Issues

• Digital Millennium Copyright Act - Higher Ed Resources
  
• TEACH Act - University of Texas