Navigation for this Page (Overview)
- Understanding Copyright
- Finding Creative Commons Materials
- Citing and Documenting Creative Commons Materials
- Articles and News Related to Copyright, IP, and CC Materials
- Organizations and Resource Sets Related to Copyright, IP, and CC Materials
- Copyright, IP, and Creative Commons Resources For Writing Instructors
Understanding Copyright
Bound by Law – Tales from the Public Domain (Keith Aoki, James Boyle, Jennifer Jenkins)
- “Copyright and Fair Use” via Common Sense Media
- “Copyright Crash Course” via University of Texas Libraries
- “Copyright Overview”” via Purdue’s University Copyright Office
- “Strategies for Fair Use” via Purdue’s Online Writing Lab
- Creative Commons
Finding Creative Commons Materials
General Sources
- CC Search
- Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
- Media Commons | Free Media Library
- Wikimedia Commons
Where to Find Creative Commons Video
Youtube.com
- Creative Commons
- Youtube.com
- Creative Commons – YouTube Help
- YouTube Copyright School – YouTube
- How to find Creative Commons videos on Youtube and images or music elsewhere! – YouTube
Vimeo.com
Archive.org
- Archive.org Stock Footage
- Prelinger Archives : Free Movies : Download & Streaming : Internet Archive
Others Sources for Video
- StockFootageForFree.com
- BottledVideo.com
- National Park Service B-Roll Footage
- The Open Video Project
- Flickr
General Video Help
- How to Find Creative Commons Video Assets
- 5 Websites to Find Creative Commons Videos – Make Tech Easier
Where to Find Creative Commons Music
- Creative Commons
- Jamendo
- CCMixter
- Free Music Archive: Creative Commons
- 14 Websites To Find Free Creative Commons Music
- Guide To Finding Music For Your Videos: 15 Great Music Websites – DSLR Video Shooter
- Great resources for finding music for your films. on Vimeo
- Legal Music For Videos – Creative Commons
- 20 (More) Websites To Download Creative Commons Music For Free
Where to Find Creative Commons Images
Creative Commons
Flicker
- How to Find and Download Creative Commons Images from Flickr
- Flickr Creative Commons licensing info
- Flickr photos or video with a Creative Commons Attribution License
- Flickr: Creative Commons
Public Domain
Others
- Find Images for Blogs & Social Media with Embed | Getty Images
- Flickr: Smithsonian Institution’s Photostream
- Public Domain Images from the New York Times
- Photo Pin : Free Photos for Bloggers via Creative Commons
- Wikipedia:Public domain image resources – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
General Image Help
- “Fair Usage Publication of Film Stills” via Society For Cinema Studies
- Free Technology for Teachers: 9 Places to Find Creative Commons & Public Domain Images
- Top Resources for Finding Creative Commons Images for WordPress Themes
- 5 More Places To Help You Find Quality Creative Commons Images
Where to Find Creative Commons Sounds and Sound Effects
- SoundJay.com – Free Sound Effects
- Freesound.org – Freesound.org
- Download Sound Effects | SoundDogs.com
- Free Sound Effects | SoundBible.com
- SoundCloud | What is Creative Commons?
- Download Free Sound Effects
- 55 Great Websites To Download Free Sound Effects
- FindSounds – Search the Web for Sounds
- Download Free Sound Effects – via Media College
Where to Find Creative Commons Books
Citing and Documenting Creative Commons Materials
- Citation Machine: MLA format citation generator for televisions
- YouTube – Citations – LibGuides at Boise State University
- MLA Citation Style
- MLA Citation Rules – Art Research – Subject and Course Guides at University of California Irvine
- “What are the different ways to cite a youtube video?” via Lorain County Community College
- MLA Documentation Help
- How to Cite Media
- LibAnswers: How do I do in-text MLA citations for youtube videos?
- Create an MLA Film / Online Video Citation for your Bibliography | EasyBib
- “Citing Sources – Digital Tools and Media for Research and Content Creation” via College of Charleston Libraries
- Formatting Text with a Hanging Indent – UVa-SHANTI Wiki Collaborations
- hanging indents-html
Articles and News Related to Copyright, IP, and CC Materials
- The National Digital Public Library Is Launched! by Robert Darnton | The New York Review of Books
- Google & the Future of Books by Robert Darnton | The New York Review of Books
- Google’s Loss: The Public’s Gain by Robert Darnton | The New York Review of Books
- The Tyranny of Copyright?
- Remixing Culture: An Interview with Lawrence Lessig – O’Reilly Media
- The Ecstasy of Influence | Harper’s Magazine
- Remix Culture: The Good, the Bad and the Confusing | Center for Media & Social Impact
- The Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media Literacy – YouTube
- Copyright: Forever Less One Day – YouTube
- Good Copy Bad Copy (2007) Copyright and Culture Documentary – YouTube
- Watch Good Copy Bad Copy – full feature | Good Copy Bad Copy Episodes | Learning Videos | Blip
- A World Digital Library Is Coming True! by Robert Darnton | The New York Review of Books
- Remix Culture | Center for Media & Social Impact
- Recut, Reframe, Recycle | Center for Media & Social Impact
- My First Copyright Dispute and More on Digital Copyright (Kyle Stedman via Transmedia Me)
- Righting Copywrongs – The New Yorker
- YouTube Copyright Basics (Global) – YouTube
- “Piecing Together the Copyright Puzzle” via tengrrl
- Fair Use for Media Literacy Education – YouTube
- “Study: YouTube uploaders don’t understand Fair Use” via reclaimthemedia.org
- “The Complete Guide To Fair Use & YouTube” via SocialTimes
- “YouTube’s Fair Use tool addresses disputes over copyright violation claims” via zdnet
Organizations and Resource Sets Related to Copyright, IP, and CC Materials
- Archive.org
- Fair Use (via the U.S. Copyright Office)
- Laws on Electronic Recording (via RCFP)
- Copyright Resources | Northwestern University Library | www.library.northwestern.edu
- Fair Use | Center for Media & Social Impact
- Fair Use Codes & Best Practices (via the Center for Social Media)
- Code of Best Practices in Fair Use | Association of Research Libraries® | ARL®
- Copyright Office | George Mason University Libraries | George Mason University
- Best Practices – Copyright Resources – LibraryGuides at University of Massachusetts Medical School
- Copyright Resources | Northwestern University Library | www.library.northwestern.edu
- The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education | Center for Media & Social Impact
- Stanford Copyright and Fair Use Center
- Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video
- The Center for Media & Social Impact
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Center for Social Media
- “Copyright & IP” via the Association of Research Libraries
- “Copyright Basics” via U.S. Copyright Office
- “Legal Guide for Bloggers” via the Electronic Frontier Foundation
- “Copyright and Fair Use – Digital Tools and Media for Research and Content Creation” via College of Charleston Libraries
Copyright, IP, and Creative Commons Resources For Writing Instructors
- “Using Creative Commons to Make Stuff” via Kyle Stedman’s Plugs, Play, Pedagogy podcast.
- Resources | Teaching Copyright
- “Copyright And Fair Use: Lesson Plans for High School, College and Graduate Education” via the Media Education Lab
- “The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education” via the Center for Media and Social Impact
- “Re/Mix and Memes” The JUMP (Journal of Undergraduate Media Projects) Issue v1.2
- “Finding Reusable AUDIO & VIDEO for Digital Composition Projects” via Amy Goodloe’s site, Digital Writing 101 (to whom I’m indebted for exposing me to many of these resources)