Fair Use Tools
Fair Use Guidelines
Further Reading

Fair Use Tools

Fair use tools, such as checklists and rules of thumb, are available from several universities that may assist UC faculty, staff, and students analyze specific situations and apply the four factors to determine the fair use of copyrighted works for education and research.

• Checklist for Fair Use. Copyright Management Center, Indiana University, Purdue University, Indianapolis. 
• Fair Use Network. From NYU Law School's Brennan Center for Justice.
• Using the four factor fair use test. Crash Course in Copyright. Office of General Counsel, University of Texas System.

Fair Use and Guidelines

• Know Your Copy Rights - Resources for Teaching Faculty. Sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries, this two-part FAQ provides information about using copyrighted works in traditional and online classrooms. Created in February, 2007.
• ALA Model Policy Concerning College and University Photocopying for Classroom, Research and Library Reserve Use. March 1982.
• ALA Model Policy: Library and Classroom Use of Copyrighted Videotapes and Computer

Software. February 1986.
• Final Report to the Commissioner of the Conclusion of the Conference on Fair Use, November 1998 (note, this is a large PDF file):
• Digital Images
• Distance Learning
• Educational Multimedia
• Electronic Reserve Systems
• Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery
• Use of Computer Software in Libraries

Further Reading on Fair Use

• Crews, Kenneth D. Fair-Use: Overview and Meaning for Higher Education. Copyright Management Center, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI). May 2000.
• Crews, Kenneth D. Fair Use and Higher Education: Are Guidelines the Answer?  Reprinted from Academe: Bulletin of the American Association of University Professors, 83(6). Nov/Dec 1997.
• Copyright and Fair Use. Stanford University Libraries. 2001.
• Fair Use. Center for Intellectual Property, University of Maryland University College (UMUC). 1996-2003.
• Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials. Crash Course on Copyright. Office of General Counsel, University of Texas System. 2002.
• Fair Use of Copyrighted Works: A Crucial Element in Educating America. Consortium for Educational Technology in University Systems (Cetus). 1996 (includes illustrative scenarios).
• Fair Use Rules of Thumb. Office of General Counsel, University of Texas System (includes rules of thumb for coursepacks, distance learning, image archives, multimedia works, music, research copies, and reserves).
• Regents Guide to Understanding Copyright and Educational Fair Use. Office of Legal Affairs, Board of Regents, University System of Georgia. 13 Nov 1997 (includes scenarios for applying fair use in higher education).