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Copyright, Fair Use, and Plagiarism

These resources will assist you in keeping up to date with copyright requirements. The "Crash Course" is highly regarded.

Copyright and Fair Use

• Fair Use of Copyright Materials (from the University of Texas "Crash Course in Copyright")
• Fair Use Guidelines for Distance Learning (University of Texas)
• Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia (University of Texas)
• US Coyright Report on Distance Education
• Digital Millennium Copyright Act (EDUCAUSE)
• SJSU 96-11 (Fair Use, Copyright, and Intellectual Property)
• Library of Congress US Copyright Office (Copyright Basics)

Plagiarism

• SJSU f88-10 (Academic Dishonesty; Cheating, Plagiarism, Sanctions)
• Cut and Paste Plagiarism (University of Illinois, for faculty)
• Avoiding Plagiarism (UC Davis, for students)