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Management Guide to Intellectual Property for State Departments of Transportation (2015)

Chapter: Appendix B - Copyright Search Resources

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B - Copyright Search Resources." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2015. Management Guide to Intellectual Property for State Departments of Transportation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/22190.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B - Copyright Search Resources." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2015. Management Guide to Intellectual Property for State Departments of Transportation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/22190.
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117 A P P E N D I X B Copyright Search Resources Fair Use Evaluator http://librarycopyright.net/fairuse/ This online tool can help determine if the use of a protected work is a fair use. It helps users collect, organize, and document the information they may need to support a fair use claim. Columbia University Fair Use Checklist http://copyright.columbia.edu/copyright/iles/2009/10/fairusechecklist.pdf Public Domain Slider http://librarycopyright.net/digitalslider/ This tool can help determine the copyright status of a work irst published in the United States. Exceptions for Instructors eTool http://librarycopyright.net/etool/ Guides users through educational exceptions in U.S. copyright law, helping explain and clarify rights and responsibilities for the performance and display of copyrighted content in education. Section 108 Spinner http://librarycopyright.net/108spinner/ Section 108 of the U.S. Copyright Code allows libraries and archives, under certain circumstances, to make reproductions of copyrighted materials without the permission of the copyright holder. This simple tool can help determine whether a particular reproduction is covered by this exemption.

118 Management Guide to Intellectual Property for State Departments of Transportation Creative Commons was founded in 2001 to help expand the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. Creative Commons has released several copyright licenses known as Creative Commons licenses free of charge to the public. These licenses allow creators to communicate which rights they reserve, and which rights they waive for the beneit of recipients or other creators. Copyright Clearance Center http://www.copyright.com/ A nonproit founded in 1978 to provide collective copyright licensing services for corporate and academic users of copyrighted materials. The Copyright Clearance Center procures agreements with rights holders, primarily text publishers and authors, both for print and online, and acts as agent for them. The Center manages over 400 million rights to works in all formats. Stanford Copyright and Fair Use http://fairuse.stanford.edu/ Copyright Crash Course (University of Texas Libraries) http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu Educause: 15 Copyright Tutorials http://www.educause.edu/Resources/Browse/CopyrightTutorials/36099 Copyright Advisory Ofice (Columbia University) http://copyright.columbia.edu/copyright/ U.S. Copyright Ofice http://www.copyright.gov/ The U.S. Copyright Ofice is the oficial government body that maintains records of copyright registration in the United States. This site can help users attempting to clear a chain of title for copyrighted works, and it has information circulars, forms for copyright registration, links to copyright law, and links to other copyright organizations. Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org

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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 799: Management Guide to Intellectual Property for State Departments of Transportation documents guidance on how agencies can manage the copyrights, patents, and other intellectual property that may be used or produced as a byproduct of the agency’s usual business activities.

In addition to the report, a PowerPoint summary of the research is available online, as well as a webinar that was held on this topic.

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