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Copyright + Fair Use Research Guide

Websites

ARL Code of Best Practices in Fair Use
CAA Code of Best Practices in Fair Use in the Visual Arts
CAA Intellectual Property and the Arts
Copyright & Fair Use Guide - Stanford University
Overview tab is especially helpful, with information on Copyright FAQs, fair use, public domain, and how to conduct copyright research.
Creative Commons
Documentary Filmmakers' Best Practices Fair in Use
EFF’s Fair Use: Remix Culture, Mashups, and Copyright
Fair Use Checklist (Columbia University Libraries)
Freesound Project
Instagram + Copyright
Plagiarism: How to Recognize It and Avoid it
Recreate: fair use advocacy group
SHERPA/RoMEO
A database of publishers' normal copyright agreements.
SPARC Author Rights: Using the SPARC Author Addendum
Know your rights, scrutinize contracts, retain your rights
SPARC Author Addendum
How to modify contracts to retain your rights.