This checklist is provided as a tool to track compliance with the TEACH act and help point the way to other legal uses of copyrighted content should your project no fit the TEACH act.
Guide to help students who would like to use previously published materials in their theses/dissertations. Includes links and information on the author rights of major publishers.
Tools for determining the protected status of a work
A question/answer wizard that determines the copyright protection on a work depending on age and policy. The end results can be exported into a PDF for personal record.
An online wizard created by the Visual Resources Association based on generally accepted practices regarding image acquisition and use in the educational environment
Free online search of the USPTO database. TESS provides access to text and images of registered marks, and marks in pending and abandoned applications.
Committee of Practitioners of Opencourseware in the United States (2009) Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for OpenCourseWare. UASOC Center for Social Media.
International Communication Association Ad Hoc Committee on Fair Use and Academic Freedom (2010) code of best practices in fair use for scholarly research in communication.