Resources for Educators

Useful Links

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998

• EDUCAUSE

Digital Rights Management (DRM)

• How Digital Rights Management Works
• Luminary Lectures – Karen Coyle, The Technology of Copyright: Digital Rights Management
• ALA DRM Tip Sheet

Fair Use

• U.S. Copyright Office
  • What is Fair Use

Games

• ESA (Entertainment Software Association)
  • Anti-Piracy Information

General Links

• AALL (American Association of Law Libraries)
  • First Sale Doctrine
• Library of Congress
  • Copyright and Primary Sources
• Copyright Infringement of Software
• U.S. Copyright Office
  • Copyright Law of the United States

Digital Piracy

• What is Digital Piracy and Its Consequences?
• What is Internet Piracy?

Movies

• MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America)

Music

• RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America)
• U.S. Copyright Office
  • Digital Audio Recording Devices and Media (PDF)
  • Sound Recordings and Music Videos (PDF)

Software

• BSA.org The Software Alliance
  • Compliance and Enforcement

Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act of 2002

• ALA (American Library Association)
• BYU Copyright Licensing Office 
  • Copyright Tutorial for Teachers and Students
• Copyright Clearance Center
  • The TEACH Act