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ALA Copyright Issues
http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/WOissues/copyrightb/copyright.htm
Presents copyright issues including copyright & fair use, copyright & distance education (TEACH Act), UCITA, DMCA, international copyright, and copyright and fair use court cases.
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Association of American Publishers
http://www.publishers.org/main/Copyright/copy_01.htm
Copyright from publishers' point-of-view.
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Catholic University of America, Office the the General Counsel: Copyright
http://counsel.cua.edu/copyright/index.cfm
Fairly extension site containing policies, procedures, and questions & answers for the faculty, staff, and students of the Catholic University of America. Includes links to current copyright news and cases and Federal law on copyright.
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Copyright Advisory Network
http://www.librarycopyright.net
From the American Library Association, Office for Information Technology Policy, this site contains some information about copyright. However, its main purpose is its forums where registered users may ask and respond to copyright questions. No information given is to be considered legal advice.
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Copyright and Intellectual Property Policies
http://www.arl.org/pp/ppcopyright/
From Association of Research Libraries (ARL), this site provides information on Fair Use, Orphan Works, Digital Rights Management, and more from libraries' point-of-view.
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Copyright & Fair Use
http://fairuse.stanford.edu
Resources from Stanford University.
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Copyright Clearance Center
http://www.copyright.com/
Collects royalities from users of copyrighted works for copyright owners.
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Copyright Office Records
http://www.copyright.gov/records/
Provides a place to begin looking for ownership of books, music, films, and computer software. The Catalog of Online records only contains materials in 1978 or later. Other options are given to find a copyright record. These are only places to begin since there are no reporting requirements when copyrights are sold or transferred. See also, Circular 22: How to Investigate the Copyright Status of a Work.
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Copyright Renewal Database
http://collections.stanford.edu/copyrightrenewals/bin/page?forward=home
From Stanford University, this database makes renewal records for copyrighted books published from 1923-1963 searchable. The database contains renewal records only for books published in the United States and renewed during the stated period.
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Copyright Resources on the Web
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2007/march07/copyrightresources.cfm
For more resources available as of March 2007, see this article from C&RL News by David Hodgins.
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Copyright Slider
http://librarycopyright.net/digitalslider/
Move the red arrow to the correct date and read whether or not the work in question is in the public domain. Click on the asterisks for additional information.
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©opyright Website
http://www.benedict.com/
Issues of copyright for Web designers are discussed. Includes linking, compiling lists, and copying Web site designs.
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Crash Course in Copyright
http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/Intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm
Extensive site explaining copyright and fair use. Includes information about CONFU and links to other copyright sites.
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Copyright & Intellectual Property Policies
http://www.arl.org/pp/ppcopyright/
Statement on fair use prepared by representatives of the American Library Association, American Association of Law Libraries, Association of Academic Health Sciences Library Directors, Association of Research Libraries, Medical Library Association, and Special Libraries Association in 1995.
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IP @ The National Academies
http://ip.nationalacademies.org/
Includes a library of recent publications, intellectual property news, and upcoming events.
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Liblicense: Licensing Digital Information
http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/index.shtml
A site for librarians, from the Yale University Library and Yale's Council on Library & Information Resources. Includes links to Licenses Provided by Publishers listed alphabetically by publisher, Vocabulary with definitions, and National Site License Initiatives in addition to many other sections.
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Regents Guide to Understanding Copyright and Educational Fair Use
http://www.usg.edu/legal/copyright/
The purpose of this site is to provide a basic understanding of copyright and fair use for students, faculty, and staff of the University System of Georgia. It includes examples of what the University System Committee on Copyright considered fair use and not fair use.
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UMI Dissertation Publishing
http://www.umi.com/products_umi/dissertations/
Check out the information available on publishing dissertations with UMI under Authors, and Graduate Students.
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United States Copyright Office
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
Includes current news about copyright, copyright basics, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and copyright term extension.
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When Works Pass into the Public Domain
http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm
A chart prepared by Laura Gasaway, Law Library Director and Professor of Law at University of North Carolina.
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Last updated July 31, 2008. |
