Creative Commons License
Creative Commons "provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry." You can use CC to change your copyright terms from "All Rights Reserved" to "Some Rights Reserved."
Copyright Resources
Copyright Resources
- Copyright SliderTry this if you have a publication or creation date and want to know how to assess its copyright protection status.
- Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United StatesCornell University Library's chart to understand when works enter the public domain.
- Cornell University Copyright Information CenterThis site offers information on copyright policy, copyright clearance services, and copyright training and tutorials. Answers questions about using copyrighted materials, whether in e-reserves, on course management sites, on other sites, or in face-to-face classroom settings.
- U.S. Copyright OfficeFind information about a copyright holder.
- WATCH: Writers, Artists, and their Copyright HoldersDatabase containing primarily, but not exclusively, the names and addresses of copyright holders or contact persons for authors and artists whose archives are housed, in whole or in part, in libraries and archives in North America and the United Kingdom. Provides information to scholars about whom to contact for permission to publish text and images that still enjoy copyright protection.
Cornell Library's perspective
Please note that the Cornell University Library does not require its users to seek permission to publish public domain items digitized from its collections. This does not apply to images Cornell licenses from other institutions or corporations. Consult with other digital image collection owners, such as the H. F. Johnson Museum, about their policies.
More information:
Cornell’s decision and its Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video.