Fair Use

Copyright / Fair Use Guidelines

An Overview of the Lesson and Activities

Fair Use and Copyright Guidelines have been developed to provide guidance for acceptable uses of multimedia materials for educational purposes. In this lesson you will examine the guidelines for using print materials, images, audio, video, and data.

When you are ready to proceed to the lesson, click on the title below:

Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia

Related Links for Further Information

University of Texas System: http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/ccmcguid.htm
Guidelines developed during the CONFU (Conference on Fair Use) process

American Distance Education Consortium: http://www.adec.edu/admin/papers/fair10-17.html
The full text of guidelines from the Consortium of College and University: Media Centers advising professors and students on acceptable uses of multimedia materials for educational purposes that would not infringe on owners' copyrights.

University of Washington: http://www.washington.edu/classroom/emc/fairuse.html; Fair use guidelines for educational multimedia

University Libraries - University of Washington: http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/guides/copyright.html
Copyright information for educators

St. Andrew's Episcopal School: http://www.standrews.austin.tx.us/library/WorksCited.htm
Quick guide for preparing a works cited page