Resources
CHECKLISTS AND OTHER DECISION TOOLS
- Cornell Copyright Decision Tree (pdf)
- Fair Use Checklist (pdf)
- Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States
Peter Hirtle, Cornell University Library
CORNELL COPYRIGHT PERMISSION FORMS
- Assignment of Rights (From Independent Contractor to Cornell)
- Performance Agreement and Release
- Photo Model Release (pdf)
- Sample Letter Requesting Permission to Reproduce Copyrighted Material
- Standard Release - University Communications
RESOURCES FOR LIBRARIANS
- LibraryLaw Blog
Issues concerning libraries and the law - LIBLICENSE: Licensing Digital Information
Yale University Library and Council on Library and Information Resources
RELATED SITES, PAGES, AND MATERIALS
- Visual Resources Association: Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, Fair Use
Fair Use
- Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials
Georgia Harper, University of Texas System Office of General Counsel - Fair Use Defintion, U.S. Code TITLE 17 > CHAPTER 1 > Sec. 107
- Copyright and Fair Use
Stanford University Libraries
US Copyright Law
- US Copyright Law from Cornell Legal Information Institute
- US Copyright Law of the United States of America
- Copyright: An Overview
Cornell Legal Information Institute - United States Copyright Office
The Library of Congress
Music
- Copyright for Music Librarians
Music Library Association - Search Performing Rights Societies
Music Publishers' Association - SongFile Community Licensing for Mechanical Reproductions
- Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials
INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT
- UNESCO
Free access to national legislations on author's rights and neighbouring rights, which are regularly communicated to UNESCO by its Members States. Click and choose the country which you want to consult.