Welcome to the Copyright & Fair Use Research Guide

While this guide will introduce you to the basic concepts of copyright and fair use as it applies to your academic work, it cannot offer legal advice. 

You will learn how to answer:

• What is copyright?
  • What does copyright protect?
  • How does copyright affect me as a student?
  • How does copyright affect me as an author?
  • How does copyright affect me as an instructor?
• How is Fair Use understood and applied in an educational setting?
• What is Public Domain?
• What is Creative Commons?
• What is Open Access?

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