Copyright and Fair Use

See All faculty of Rollins College, Section II, Policies and Procedures

This guide is designed to help students find and use video, audio, and multimedia works without having to seek copyright permission.

This Code is based on a consensus of professionals in the visual arts who use copyrighted images, texts, and other materials in their creative and scholarly work and who identified best practices for using such materials. However, although there is much useful advice in the code and it represents current practice in the field, the principles and limitations do not represent official Rollins College policy.

The CCC is a publisher funded organization that aims to help users of copyrighted works seek permission to use works.

The federal agency charged with administering the U.S. copyright system. This is a good site for official news on copyright, for the details of copyright bulletins and rules, and the place to research the copyright status of works.

A source of standard licenses that enable copyright holders to determine how they would like their works to used by others.

A good, thorough introduction for students on “fair use”, stylized as a comic book.

Complete and retain a copy of this checklist for each “fair use” of a copyrighted work in order to establish a “reasonable and good faith” attempt at applying fair use should any dispute regarding such use arise.

Provides information about archives and manuscript collections that may be protected by copyright.

Emphasizes copyright issues especially relevant to the education and library community, including examples of fair use and policies. Useful copyright charts and tools are continually added to help users evaluate copyright status and best practices.

Cornell University has a chart of when works pass into the public domain and can be used (in ways that would otherwise infringe the exclusive rights of the copyright holder) without permission.