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Copyright, Fair Use and Intellectual Property Rights

Copyright and intellectual property rights are complex topics and involve legal issues that educators and students must be aware of. With the advent of the Internet and electronic technologies the ease with which information may be accessed and utilized has increased dramatically. Unfortunately, users of electronic resources may not always understand the complexities of copyright issues and this leads to problems for the individual and the district. The ease of copying electronic information can also lead to deliberate plagiarism that educators must identify and deal with. The following list is a collection of resources to provide information on these issues.

Copyright, and Fair Use

DPI Site that provides links to copyright law, fair use, how the rules apply to various media including the web and sample district policies.

http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dltcl/lbstat/copyres.html

Basics of copyright law from the US Copyright Office.

http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html

Tech & Learning straightforward explanation to copyright and quiz

http://www.techlearning.com/content/speak/articles/copyright.html

Well-researched site produced by Stanford University about copyright issues, which is searchable.

http://fairuse.stanford.edu/

Website that identifies common misconceptions about copyright and the Internet

http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html

Simple commentary on as it pertains to schools and educators.

http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr280.shtml

Guide to Copyright ... Guidelines for Classroom Copying

http://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/Copyright/guidebks.htm

Plagiarism

Provides a online collection of anti-plagiarism resources

http://hargrave.drh.net/academics/teaching/antiplag.html

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