Here are links to sites involving copyright explanations, examples, issues:

U.S. Copyright Office

Copyright and Fair Use from Stanford University (especially "Fair Use" and" Website Permissions")

Guidelines for Educational Copying

Music Copyright Violations (File Sharing at GMU) - Required Reading

What Chemists Need to Know about Copyright

Copyright vs. Plagiarism -Required Reading

Creative Commons - "a single goal unites Creative Commons’ current and future projects: to build a layer of reasonable, flexible copyright in the face of increasingly restrictive default rules".