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Legal Resources for Downloading
Copyrighted Material

We encourage you to use one of the web sites below that provide a variety of options for the legal downloading of copyrighted materials:

• Film and TV: MPAA Legal Options for downloading movies and TV shows
  http://www.mpaa.org/contentprotection/get-movies-tv-shows
• Music: RIAA List of legal music download sites
  http://www.riaa.com/toolsforparents.php?content_selector=legal_music_sites
• Digital Textbooks and Other Written Works: AAP Sources of Legally-available downloads
  http://publishers.org/productlinks/
• EDUCAUSE Legal Sources of Online Content
  http://www.educause.edu/legalcontent

The Ann Arbor District Library also provides free music downloads
http://aadl.org/node/40427

The University of Michigan Library's Copyright Office has excellent information about other copyright issues as well as additional copyright resources.