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.

• Fair Use Checklist. Copyright Advisory Office, Columbia University Libraries.
• Fair Use Evaluator. ALA Office of Information Technology Policy.
• 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

• Fair-Use: Copyright Advisory Office, Columbia University Libraries.
• Copyright and Fair Use. Stanford University Libraries.
• Fair Use. Center for Intellectual Property, University of Maryland University College (UMUC).
• Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials. Copyright Crash Course. Office of General Counsel, University of Texas System. 2002.