Music

Provides general copyright information and helpful copyright tools, as well as information about fair use, intellectual property, and key copyright-related legal cases.

Provides an overview of the key points that frame many copyright issues.

Background information and instructions for composers interested in registering their works with the United States Copyright Office.

This government website provides information about copyright, including how to register a work, and allows users to search copyright records online.

This checklist can be used to help you evaluate whether or not a use of a copyrighted work might be considered fair use.

A tool that can assist in evaluating whether or not a use of a copyrighted work might be considered fair use. Users are provided with a time-stamped, PDF document for their records, which can be used should they ever be asked by a copyright holder to provide their fair use evaluation and the data they used to support it.