Copyright Compliance

Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances.

Section 107 provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that may qualify as fair use.

See a six-minute video made available by the global rights licensing experts at Copyright Clearance Center, where "Jane the librarian educates her university colleagues about copyright law."

This six-page brochure includes tips for faculty and teaching assistants in higher education, to help navigate what you can and can't do when it comes to providing your students with access to copyrighted material.