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Copyright for Authors & Creators

A guide for students, staff, and faculty members on author rights and copyright.

Tools & Guides

Avoiding Risk Table
The University of North Texas Center for Learning Enhancement, Assessment, and Redesign's table for avoiding copyright risk.
Copyright Term Table
Peter Hirtle's 2017 chart to determine what works are now in the public domain
Digital Copyright Slider
An Interactive tool to determine if something is under copyright.
Owning and Using Scholarship: an IP Handbook for Teachers and Researchers
Kevin L. Smith, J.D., Director of the Office of Copyright and Scholarly Communication at Duke University

Books

Getting It Published by William Germano
ISBN: 9780226281407
Publication Date: 2016-04-08
This book is a wealth of knowledge. Chapter 8 helps you understand your contract.
Permissions, a Survival Guide by Susan M. Bielstein
ISBN: 9780226046396
Publication Date: 2010-06-01
From Dissertation to Book by William Germano
ISBN: 9780226062044
Publication Date: 2013-10-18
The Education Dissertation by Dan W. Butin (Editor)
ISBN: 9781412960434
Publication Date: 2009-12-10
Getting Published in Asian Studies by Gerald Jackson
ISBN: 9788791114779
Publication Date: 2005-12-01
Invention, Copyright, and Digital Writing by Martine Courant Rife
ISBN: 9780809330966
Publication Date: 2013-01-30
Copyright Law for Librarians and Educators by Kenneth D. Crews
ISBN: 9780838916292
Publication Date: 2020-02-21
Information Doesn't Want to Be Free by Cory Doctorow; Neil Gaiman (Foreword by); Amanda Palmer (Introduction by); Amanda Palmer (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9781940450285
Publication Date: 2014-11-18
What's Wrong with Copying? by Abraham Drassinower
Call Number: K1447.15 .D73 2015
ISBN: 9780674743977
Publication Date: 2015-04-09
The Public Domain by James Boyle
Call Number: K1401 .B689 2008
ISBN: 9780300137408
Publication Date: 2008-12-09

Websites

Authors Alliance
The Authors Alliance provides resources on rights reversion, open access, and other important issues authors face.
Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC )
"SPARC is a global coalition committed to making Open the default for research and education. SPARC empowers people to solve big problems and make new discoveries through the adoption of policies and practices that advance Open Access, Open Data, and Open Education."

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