CMU LibGuides: Art: 60492: Visual Arts Research : Copyright &amp; Fair Use

The Basics

4 Factors of Fair Use

1. Purpose & Character of Use

2. Nature of Copyrighted Work

3. Amount Used

4. Effect of Potential Market or Value

Fair Use Index (U.S. Copyright Office)

U.S. Copyright Records
Search the Copyright Public Records Catalog online. 1978 to present.
Fair Use Checklist
A helpful tool from Columbia University Libraries
Stanford's Copyright Renewal Database
A searchable index of the copyright renewal records for books published in the US between 1923 and 1963.

The Public Domain Review
The Public Domain Review is an online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to the exploration of curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas. Check out PDR's free to download colouring books, Zoom backgrounds, and Collections (including these beautiful illustrations from Japanese fireworks catalogues).
Center for the Study of the Public Domain
The Center for the Study of the Public at Duke Law School promotes research and scholarship on contributions of the public domain. See Public Domain Day 2022 for works that entered the U.S. public domain this year.
1923: A Monthly Zine of Public Domain Treasures
1923 is a year-long zine publication by Parker Higgins distributed on paper to 100 subscribers and online to the world.