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Some common copyright myths

• Everything on the internet is free to use

• If I only use 10% of the content, I am not infringing on copyright law

• If I don't intend to make money, it's ok to use

• If I'm using it for educational purposes, it's ok under fair use

• Copyright can protect my ideas

• Everything without a copyright notice is not protected

This guide from the library at California State University, Long Beach, and this guide from the library at Lane Community College contain many scenarios you may encounter in your search and consideration of works to use in your teaching.

Summaries of Fair Use Cases

• Cases involving text, art work, visual arts, audio visual internet, music and parody. A summary from the libraries at Stanford University.

More copyright cases

• Copyright in 2022, a year in review 

Court cases involving educational arguments for using media without permission or paying royalties

• This list of cases is from the University of Florida Language Studio

U.S. Copyright Office database of copyright cases

• On this page from copyright.gov, you will find a list of recently settled copyright cases as well as the ability to search the database by categories and legal jurisdictions.