Copyright

Copyright at the University of Michigan

• For Creators
• For Instructors
• For Students

General

• Bound by Law - A comic book explanation of copyright law
• Campus Copyright Rights and Responsibilities: A Basic Guide to Policy Considerations (pdf) - Association of American Universities, Association of Research Libraries, and the Association of American Publishers
• Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education - Center for Social Media, School of Communication, American University
• Copyright Essentials for Linguists and other authors in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
• Copyright and Fair Use - U of Minnesota
• Thinking Through Fair Use
• Know Your Copyrights: Using Copyrighted Works in your Teaching - by Peggy Hoon, J.D.
• Michigan Electronic Library Copyright for Educators
• U.S. Code Title 17: Copyrights
• U.S. Copyright Office
• U.S. Copyright Office Study on Distance Education
• Understanding the TEACH Act
• When does copyright expire? - Cornell

University of Michigan Documents

• Campus Policy for Commercial Videos
• Copyright 2002 (PowerPoint file) Nov 5, 2002 Provost Rountable presentation by Jack Bernard
• Copyrights at the University of Michigan
• Standard Practice Guide Online
  Sections of the SPG that relate to copyright and use of information technology:
  • 601.03-0 Ownership and Use of Computer Software. (pdf - 18K)
  • 601.03-1 Management of Copyrighted Software (pdf - 18K)
  • 601.07-0 Proper Use of Info Resources, Info Technology etc... (pdf - 17K)
  • 601.16 Electronic Access to Potentially Offensive Material, Policy etc..(pdf - 24K)
• UM Dearborn's Provider Agent for Notification of Claims of Infringement (pdf)

Digital Copyright

• Digital Millennium Copyright Act Summary (pdf)
• Digital Millennium Copyright Act Full Text (pdf)
• Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (pdf)
• UM Dearborn's Provider Agent for Notification of Claims of Infringement (pdf)