Resources to help you navigate the mysterious world of copyright law and the concept of Fair Use.

Students, faculty and staff of United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities are responsible for compliance with U.S. copyright law -- including the provisions that apply to Fair Use (Title 17, Section 107) -- when it comes to the reproduction and use of intellectual property for research, classroom, or library reserve uses.

" ... overarching purpose is to provide information to the academic community in order to help faculty members, librarians, administrators, students, and others to learn and apply copyright principles of importance to their work" -- from the C.A.O. web site.

A unique "rule of thumb" approach to deciphering the Fair Use of intellectual property. Includes an online tutorial on copyright.

Helpful tool for applying Fair Use to your current project.

"CCC was created in 1978 by a group of authors and publishers. Today, we represent tens of thousands of authors, publishers and creators from nearly every country in the world, and we license the rights to millions of books, journals, newspapers, websites, ebooks, images, blogs and more." -- from the C.C.C. web site.

The official government site for all things copyright.