Guide or Toolkit

Understanding Open Access

Working with the Authors Alliance, the Clinic drafted a book that provides the most up-to-date information about when, why, and how authors can make their work openly accessible.

Understanding Rights Reversion

On behalf of Authors Alliance, the Samuelson Clinic helped to draft a guide on how authors may go about reclaiming copyright from their publishers and making their books more available.

Fair Use Best Practices Guide for Nonfiction Authors

On behalf of Authors Alliance, the Samuelson Clinic helped to draft a guide on fair use for nonfiction authors. The purpose of the guide is to help authors take advantage of source material by better understanding how to avail themselves of their fair use rights.

Digital Library Copyright Project

Project to investigate copyright obstacles faced by libraries and other like-minded organizations in their efforts to realize the full potential of present and future digital library initiatives

Is it in the Public Domain?

A Handbook for Evaluating the Copyright Status of a Work Created in the United States Between January 1, 1923 and December 31, 1977