Gibson D. Lewis Library Libguides
Copyright, Fair Use & Public Domain
Information for Scholars about copyright, fair use, & public domain
Librarian
Creative Commons
- Creative Commons Licenses Chart
This PDF contacts a chart of Creative Commons licenses and how to attribute.
U.S. Copyright Office
- Fair Use IndexThe fair use index is a tool that provides a description of copyright related cases to help users better understand situations that could fall under the protection of fair use.
Copyright Law of the United States
- Title 17 for United States copyright codeThis link takes users to a copy of the text for title 17 of the United States Code, including the Copyright Act of 1796 and amendments through June 30, 2016.
UNT Libraries Copyright Quick Reference
- UNT Libraries Copyright Quick ReferenceThis guide offers more information about copyright laws, exceptions, and usages.
UNTHSC Intellectual Property Policy
- UNT Health Science Center Intellectual Property PolicyThe purpose of this policy is to: (1) provide general information to HSC faculty, staff, and students about intellectual property; (2) encourage the lawful use of copyright-protected materials; (3) protect the University of North Texas Health Science Center against copyright or intellectual property infringements.
Copyright and Fair Use Course
- University of Wisconsin-Madison Copyright CourseThis quick copyright course provides a more in depth look at concepts like fair use and public domain. There are also easy to follow videos and quizzes to test your knowledge.
MISC Resources
- Library Copyright Institute ResourcesThe Library Copyright Institute has assembled a collection of copyright education resources that includes slides, webinar recordings, hypothetical scenarios, and other guides and documents that were created over the course of our IMLS grant term, which ends on March 31, 2025. These works focus on how copyright law affects libraries and archives. The collection includes more general instruction on copyright law basics, as well as more focused instruction on how copyright affects specific topics, such as Interlibrary Loan, the Music Modernization Act, course reserves, fair use, risk assessment, digitization, text data mining, machine learning, AI, licenses, and more.