The Copyright Crash Course from the University of Texas Libraries has a wealth of information for faculty teaching in the digital environment.
Learn how the TEACH Act, signed into law on November 2, 2002, impacted copyright regulations for the online classroom.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, commonly known as the DMCA, is part of the Copyright Law of the United States. It is found in the U.S. Code § 12, Appendix B. It was passed to amend copyright law to address important parts of the relationship between copyright and the internet.
The three main updates were:
(1) establishing protections for online service providers;
(2) encouraging copyright owners to give greater access to their works in digital formats; and
(3) making it unlawful to provide false copyright management information or to remove or alter that type of information.
The Copyright Office of the United States has put out a video about copyright - "What is Copyright?," that may be helpful to view. The U.S. Copyright Office's website, copyright.gov, also contains many copyright and fair-use resources.
Fair use allows for the use of copyright-protected works for educational purposes, as well as for commentary, parody, news reporting, and research.
Eastern Florida State College's Fair Use Analysis Checklist (open form in Adobe Acrobat to fill in) is to be completed when you plan to use copyrighted content on campus, or in face-to-face and/or online classrooms. Directions and additional information are included on the Checklist form.