This research examines the copyright guidelines and policies from a purposeful sample of colleges and universities in the United States. It is a descriptive, qualitative study of 39 copyright and intellectual property policies and guidelines from these institutions. Compliance to the Teach Act of 2002 was the initial feature that this research examined. This research details the trends, contradictions, and unique features of these policies and guidelines. The goal of the research is to provide a resource for institutions creating or revising copyright policies. [This was a report to the Technology Learning Community at New Jersey City University in September 2004.]