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Internet Resources for Copyright
General Resources on Copyright and Intellectual Property | Universities, Libraries, and Fair Use | Copyright Permission | Electronic Journals | International Copyright | Other Copyright Sites
General Resources on Copyright and Intellectual Property
United States Copyright Office (The Library of Congress) [http://www.copyright.gov/]
An essential first stop for information about United States copyright. It provides information about the Copyright Office, copyright basics and registration forms, links to other Web sites devoted to copyright, and new and pending copyright legislation.
Bound by Law: Tales from the Public Domain [http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/]
The graphic novel “Bound by Law translates [copyright] law into plain English and abstract ideas into ‘visual metaphors.’ So the comic’s heroine, Akiko, brandishes a laser gun as she fends off a cyclopean ‘Rights Monster’ - all the while learning copyright law basics, including the line between fair use and copyright infringement.” (Brandt Goldstein, The Wall Street Journal online)
©ollectanea [http://chaucer.umuc.edu/blogcip/collectanea/]
“Collected perspectives on copyright.” From University of Maryland University College.
Copyright Advisory Network [http://www.librarycopyright.net/]
Sponsored by the Office for Information Technology, American Library Association, this site is a “way for librarians to learn about copyright and to get help when they have copyright troubles.”
Copyright: An Overview (Legal Information Institute, Cornell University) [http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Copyright]
Copyright law source materials and links to other Internet resources on copyright and intellectual property topics.
Copyright Law of the United States [http://www.copyright.gov/title17/]
U.S. copyright law and related laws contained in the United States Code.
Copyright on the Internet [http://www.fplc.edu/tfield/cOpyNet.htm]
A primer on copyright issues relating to the Internet, prepared by Thomas G. Field, Jr., Franklin Pierce Law Center.
The Copyright Society of America [http://www.csusa.org]
The primary function of the society is the gathering, dissemination and interchange of information concerning protection and use of rights in intellectual property. The Society’s FACE (Friends of Active Copyright Education) site is a new initiative whose goal is “to provide a broad range of resources to foster and support copyright awareness.”
Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States [http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm]
Peter Hirtle’s expanded version of Lolly Gasaway’s copyright chart, but with the primary focus on unpublished works.
The Copyright
Website [http://benedict.com/]
Benedict O’Mahoney’s site provides “real world, practical and relevant copyright information of interest to infonauts, netsurfers, webspinners, content providers, musicians, appropriationists, activists, infringers, outlaws, and law abiding citizens.”
Creative Commons [http://creativecommons.org/]
Free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. You can use CC to change your copyright terms from “All Rights Reserved” to “Some Rights Reserved.”
Current Copyright Readings [http://copyrightreadings.blogspot.com/]
Bibliography of current articles on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the TEACH act and other copyright issues. Maintained by M. Claire Stewart, Head, Digital Media Services, Northwestern University Library.
EFF “Intellectual Property Online: Patent, Trademark, Copyright” Archive [http://www.eff.org/IP/]
Archive maintained by Electronic Frontier Foundation.
FindLaw Internet Legal Resources: Intellectual Property [http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/23intellectprop/index.html]
Information Policy: Copyright and Intellectual Property (IFLA, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) [http://www.ifla.org.sg/II/cpyright.htm]
Has an extensive bibliography of materials relating to copyright, periodicals devoted to the topic, intellectual property organizations, copyright policy statements, international treaties and conventions, and more.
Intellectual Property Mall [http://www.ipmall.fplc.edu]
A centralized resource for information about patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. The site provides tools and strategies for IP research, a listing of IP holdings at the Franklin Pierce Law Center library, and online copies of previous United States Patent & Trademark Office patent exams. The IP Mall Pointer Box is a comprehensive index of IP resources available on the Internet.
Is It Protected by Copyright? [http://librarycopyright.net/digitalslider/]
Setting a slider on a date range tells you whether a work published in the United States is protected by copyright or is in the public domain.
Library Digitization Projects and Copyright [http://www.llrx.com/features/digitization.htm]
Using everyday scenarios, attorney Mary Minow provides information on public domain, fair use, and permissions.
Public.resource.org [http://www.scribd.com/people/view/365754-public-resource-org]
Blog from a “nonprofit dedicated to enlarging the public domain.”
“The Purpose of Copyright Law” [http://www.open-spaces.com/article-v2n1-loren.php]
An essay by Lydia Pallas Loren in Open Spaces Magazine, 1 February 2000.
Report on Orphan Works (A Report of the Register of Copyrights, January 2006) [http://www.copyright.gov/orphan/orphan-report-full.pdf]
“Orphan works” are copyrighted works whose owners may be impossible to identify and locate.
Selected Copyright Law Decisions of the U. S. Supreme Court [http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases.copyrt.htm]
From the “Selected Historic Decisions of the U. S. Supreme Court” site at the Legal Information Institute, Cornell University. (“Historic” means before 1990.)
Supreme Court Decisions [http://neuro.law.cornell.edu/supct/search/search.html?query=copyright&scope=onlysyllabi]
Search the Supreme Court Decisions site at the Legal Information Institute, Cornell University for syllabi containing the word “copyright.”
THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet [http://thomas.loc.gov/]
Search CURRENT CONGRESS for Text of Bills by Word/Phrase “copyright” for recent House and Senate bills.
United States Code Title 17 - Copyrights (1976 Act, with later amendments) [http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sup_01_17.html]
Full text of the section of the United States Code relating to copyright.
When Works Pass into the Public Domain [http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm]
A handy chart, prepared by Laura N. (“Lolly”) Gasaway, Director of the Law Library and Professor of Law, University of North Carolina.
“Who Owns What?” [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=jep;view=text;rgn=main;idno=3336451.0004.301]
This article by Lorrie Lejeune, published in JEP: The Journal of Electronic Publishing 4:3 (March 1999), examines the challenges and opportunities for intellectual property and copyright in the digital age.
Yahoo’s
Index of Intellectual Property Resources [http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/Law/intellectual_property/]
For information on other forms of intellectual property, go to Resources for Patents.
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page.Universities, Libraries, and Fair Use
Copyright & Intellectual Property Policies [http://www.arl.org/pp/ppcopyright/] (Association of Research Libraries)
Copyright Issues (University of Delaware Web Developer IdeaCenter) [http://www.udel.edu/webdev/copyright.html]
AALL Guidelines on the Fair Use of Copyrighted Works by Law Libraries (American Association of Law Libraries) (May 1997) [http://www.aallnet.org/about/policy_fair.asp]
Complying with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act: Making Digital Copies in the Library [http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/dmcalib.htm]
Part of the University of Texas’ Copyright Crash Course.
Copyown [http://www.nethics.umd.edu/copyown/]
“A resource on copyright ownership for the higher education community.” This site, created by Rodney J. Petersen, Director of Policy and Planning in the Office of Information Technology at the University of Maryland, is devoted to understanding conflicts over copyright ownership within the higher education community and to seeking appropriate solutions for everyone.
Copyright & Fair Use [http://fairuse.stanford.edu]
Maintained by Stanford University Libraries. Links to primary materials (statutes, regulations, treaties), current legislation, resources on the Internet, and overview of copyright law.
Copyright Crash Course [http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm]
Developed by the University of Texas Libraries. Copyright basics, particularly as they apply in an academic setting, with links to copyright and intellectual property Web sites.
Copyright for Music Librarians [http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/mla/]
Sponsored by the Legislation Committee of the Music Library Association, this site features latest news, current issues, frequently asked questions, copyright guidelines, a bibliography of documents related to issues of copyright and music, and links to related Internet resources.
Copyright Information (Rutgers University) [http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/copyright/copyright.shtml]
See especially the links to copyright policies from other universities.
Copyright Management Center (Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis) [http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/]
Resources on Fair Use for Teaching and Research, Rights & Claims of Ownership, Distance Education, Library Issues, Giving & Getting Permissions, and Special Rules for Special Media.
Preamble to the Columbia University Copyright Policy [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/provost/docs/copyright.html]
Section 108 [http://librarycopyright.net/108spinner/]
An online “spinner” can help librarians determine whether or not a particular reproduction is covered by Section 108 of the U.S. Copyright Code, which allows libraries and archives, under certain circumstances, to make reproductions of copyrighted materials without the permission of the copyright holder.
The TEACH Act Finally Becomes
Law [http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/IntellectualProperty/teachact.htm]
Part of the University of Texas” Copyright Crash Course site, this article by Georgia Harper outlines the provisions of the TEACH Act (Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization Act) and how it affects distance education.
TEACH Act Hightlights and Resources [http://www2.nea.org/he/abouthe/teachact.html]
Precis of the new TEACH Act, with links to related resources.
The TEACH Toolkit: An Online Resource for Understanding Copyright and Distance Education [http://connect.educause.edu/Library/Abstract/TheTEACHToolkitAnOnlineRe/38172?time=1236610398]
Information to help educate, implement, learn best practices, and find more resources on the TEACH Act.
Unintended Consequences: Seven Years under the DMCA [http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/unintended_consequences.php]
A report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation which contends that the anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act have not been used as Congress envisioned and have chilled fair use.
Copyright Permission
Copyright.com (Copyright Clearance
Center) [http://www.copyright.com/ccc/home.do]
According to its mission statement, “The Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) was established by authors, publishers and users as the not-for-profit Reproduction Rights Organization (RRO) for the United States. CCC operates collective licensing systems that facilitate compliance with the copyright law and promote the Constitutional purposes of copyright, namely progress and creativity in the arts and sciences.”
WATCH: Writers and Their Copyright Holders [http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/]
Electronic Journals
The Journal of Intellectual Property Law [http://www.law.uga.edu/jipl/]
The nation's first student-edited law journal devoted solely to the increasingly-important field of intellectual property law. The Journal is published twice a year by students of the University of Georgia School of Law and provides a forum for discussion of issues of interest to the intellectual property legal community, including patent, trademark, copyright, unfair trade, entertainment, and other related topics. The Journal publishes scholarly works from leading academics and practicing attorneys as well as student Notes.
International Copyright
Compleat World Copyright Website [http://www.compilerpress.atfreeweb.com/index.htm]
Links arranged by author, country, institute, journal, media, multilateral, and topic.
Researching Intellectual Property Law in an International Context [http://www.llrx.com/features/iplaw.htm]
An article providing a wealth of links to Web sites relating to intellectual property worldwide.
Australian Copyright Council [Australia] [http://www.copyright.org.au]
Canadian Intellectual Property Office [Canada] [http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/welcome/welcom-e.html]
Derechos de Propiedad Intelectual [Mexico] [http://www.sice.oas.org/int_prop/nat_leg/mexico/lcrind.asp]
Mexico's 1997 laws concerning intellectual property.
UK Intellectual Property Office [United Kingdom] [http://www.ipo.gov.uk/home.htm]
Information on copyright and other forms of intellectual property in the United Kingdom.
Copyright and Related Rights (World Intellectual Property Organisation, WIPO) [http://www.wipo.int/copyright/en/]
Information about WIPO, press releases, publications, and other information about international intellectual property.
WIPO-Administered Treaties (World Intellectual Property Organization) [http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/]
Lists the signatories of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works and other treaties administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization.
Other Copyright Sites
Center for the Public Domain [http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/]
The Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke Law School was founded in September of 2002, as part of the school’s wider intellectual property program. Its mission is to promote research and scholarship on the contributions of the public domain to speech, culture, science and innovation, to promote debate about the balance needed in our intellectual property system and to translate academic research into public policy solutions.
10 Big Myths about Copyright Explained [http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html]
Brad Templeton, on the board of directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, exposes myths about copyright, particularly in the Internet environment.
This page is maintained by David L. Langenberg, Collection Development Department.
Last modified: 04/10/09
