Copyright for Teachers

Creative Commons allows for the maximization of digital creativity while still upholding the laws of standard copyright. It tries to develop, support, and steward "legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation."
Offers many types of licenses for authored and collaborative works

Protection by the government for the author of published and unpublished works in any form

CreativeCommons.org

U.S. Copyright Office- Fair Use

U.S. Copyright Office- Standard Copyright

Fair Use is an aspect of standard copyright that defines what aspects of a copyrighted work can be reproduced by the author or by others under certain limitations

How and why the copyrighted work is being used

The content of the copyrighted work

How large of a portion and how sustainable the portion of the copyrighted work is

The effect the use has on the original copyrighted work

Electronic Frontier Foundation- Curriculum
http://www.teachingcopyright.org/curriculum/hs