Copyright and Intellectual Property Office

Copyright resources from Dr. Fritz Dolak, Copyright and Intellectual Property Manager of the University Copyright Office and Special Assistant to the Dean.

Copyright Compliance

• Ball State Intellectual Property Policy: 2008 FAQ
• Ball State Copyright Compliance 
• Copyright for Students
• Copyright for Distance Educators
• Copyright for Librarians
• Respecting Intellectual Property Rights
• TEACH Act Compliance Form
• The TEACH Act and Fair Use 
• DMCA Agent & the DMCA
• Intellectual Property Issues
• Copyright FAQs
• Columbia University Fair Use Checklist
• IUPUI Fair Use Checklist (PDF)
• US Copyright Office
• Orphan Works Act of 2006 (70KB PDF)
• Copyright Office Support
• Copyright Alliance
• Creative Thinking: class lessons, films, and activities on plagiarism and copyright awareness

Using Copyrighted Materials: Helpful Videos

• Student Rights
• Plagiarism 
• IT and Copyright
• Royalty Free Materials
• Copyright Presentations  (Open-captioned version)
• Copyright Office Introduction 
• Music Downloading Video 
• Video Transcripts
• What do you think about Intellectual Property?

Fair Use and the TEACH Act

• Copyright & Fair Use 
• Fair Use Background 
• The Four Factors of Fair Use 
• Exclusive Rights and Fair Use 
• The TEACH Act of 2002 
• The TEACH Act Tutorial (PowerPoint File)
• Fair Use Statement of Images for Teaching, Research, and Study from the Visual Resources Association's Intellectual Property Rights Committee (PDF)

More on Copyright

• Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States
• Additional Copyright Resources
• Additional Copyright Sources

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• Obama administration plays politics with treaty on copyright exceptions for disabled people