Take free copyright training on campus

Downloading and File Sharing

• University of California's Share Right, resources about copyright
• "What happens if I receive a copyright infringement notice, and how can I avoid it?" from the Indiana University Knowledge Base
• Campus Downloading FAQs, from campusdownloading.com
• musicunited.org, the MUSIC Coalition's Web site providing information about peer-to-peer file sharing and the law
• For fun: See the University of Wisconsin-Madison's file-sharing video (2 minutes)

Copyright Training

• Copyright 101 ( 141 KB)
• Copyright 101 for Students ( 93 KB)
• Copyright Crash Course, University of Texas [online copyright training]
• 10 Big Myths about Copyright Explained, by Brad Templeton

Plagiarism

• Take Cal Poly Pomona's Plagiarism Quiz!
• About Plagiarism ( 68 KB)
• Copyright & Plagiarism Tutorials, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
• Copyright and Plagiarism: What's the Difference?

The TEACH Act/Fair Use

• U.S. Copyright Office - Fair Use
• Copyright and Fair Use, Stanford University Libraries
• The TEACH Act - New Roles, Rules and Responsibilities for Academic Institutions, Copyright Clearance Center
• Using Electronic Reserves (), Copyright Clearance Center
• The TEACH Act Finally Becomes Law, part of the Copyright Crash Course at the University of Texas
• For fun: A Fair(y) Use Tale, a short film (10 minutes) on YouTube

Google Book Search Settlement

• Google Book Search Bibliography, compiled by Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
• Google Book Settlement, the settlement administration Web site [go here if you want to file a claim]
• The Future of Google Books, according to Google Books

CSU Copyright Policy

• Executive Order 999: Illegal Electronic File Sharing and Protection of Electronic Copyrighted Material, effective March 7, 2007
• Fundamentals of Copyright and Fair Use ( 515 KB), Office of General Counsel, The California State University, July 2007

Basic Copyright Law

• U.S. Copyright Office
• Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, U.S. Copyright Office Summary
• U.S. Copyright Office - Orphan Works
• Directory of Service Provider Agents for Notification of Claims of Infringement
• “When U.S. Works Pass into the Public Domain”, Lolly Gasaway, University of North Carolina [notice the permission she gives at the bottom of the page]