Intellectual Property and Copyright Resources
A Primer on Distance Learning and Intellectual Property Issues, http://www.teletrain.com/copyrigh.htm#Copyright%20Issues%20and%20Distance%20Learning
"This primer highlights the intellectual property issues that will inevitably confront telecommunications networks, participating universities, and other programming contributors who produce and distribute educational programming via telecommunications. The primer also suggests measures that can help shield these entities from copyright liability while permitting maximum flexibility for the exploitation of educational programming."
Crash Course in Copyright, http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm
As stated on this University of Texas Copyright Website: "Someone owns just about everything. Fair use lets you use their things - But not as much as you'd like to. Sometimes you have to ask for permission. Sometimes you are the owner - think about that!" Take their crash course in copyright to determine the answers to your questions about copyright issues. Be sure to read the TEACH Act Update ( http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm), which "expands the scope of educators' rights to perform and display works and to make the copies integral to such performances and displays for digital distance education."
The TEACH Toolkit, http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/scc/legislative/teachkit/
The Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act updates copyright law pertaining to transmissions of performances and displays of copyrighted materials. This Website, created by North Carolina State University Libraries, provides a comprehensive tutorials on the TEACH act.