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The following links are intended to provide supplemental resources on copyright, intellectual property and related issues.  If you know of additional sites that might be added to this list, please forward them to jbwoodward@aacc.edu.

10 Big Myths About Copyright Explained: Brad Templeton founded ClariNet Communications Corp (the world's first "dot-com.")  He is currently chairman of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the leading cyberspace civil rights foundation.

AACC Printing and Copying Center [on-campus use for faculty and staff only]: Policies and guidelines for Copy Services on campus. 

Center for Intellectual Property: UMUC's Resource Center for Intellectual Property and Copyright in the Digital Environment.  Highlights include a copyright tutorial, workshops and conferences, and the digital copyright electronic list.

Circular 21 [pdf]: U.S. Copyright Office's "Guidelines for the Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians."

Crash Course in Copyright: University of Texas' copyright portal includes information on negotiating licensing agreements, distance education issues, multimedia presentation, and a copyright tutorial.

Deep Linking: ALA explains "deeplinking", or, linking to pages within websites rather than to the homepage, and related court cases.

Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia: Includes specific examples of how fair use guidelines for copyrighted materials can be applied in educational settings.

Library Law--Copyright and Libraries: Articles, guidelines, court cases and webliography relevant to copyright issues in libraries.

Plagiarism: Webliography of plagiarism, copyright, intellectual freedom and ethics resources, created/maintained by Sharon Stoerger at the Univ. of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.

Teach Toolkit: Faculty guide to understanding and implementing the TEACH Act in distance higher education efforts, including online courses.

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