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Copyright Resources on the Internet - Part of the Groton Public Schools' Copyright Implementation Manual, which has been recently extensively revised, this site features an annotated listing of copyright sites of interest to educators.

• Fair Use

  • Stanford University's Fair Use Site
  • Albany University's Intellectual Property, Copyright, and Fair Use Resources
  • American Library Association Statement on Fair Use
  • Copyright Clearance Center
  • University Duplicating Services
  • CONFU and Guidelines Sites
    
    
    • The Interim Report of the PTO
    • Christine Sundt's "Copyright and Art Issues"

      Includes references to articles, public statements, videotapes, and a compilation of endorsements and rejections received by the PTO during the comment period.

• Who Owns What?

  • Who Owns Digital Works? by Ann Okerson
  • TRLN Model Copyright Policy
  • Report of the Association of American Universities Task Force Report on Intellectual Property Rights in the Electronic Environment
  • HEIRAlliance Executive Strategies Report #5: What Presidents need to know about the AAU Action Agenda for University Libraries
    
    

• Creating Multimedia

  • Judicial Response: A Safe Harbor in the "Fair Use" Doctrine
    
    
    • An article by Pamela R. O'Brien, indexed by date (February 2, 1998) on the Intellectual Property & Technology Forum
      
      
  • Helpful Articles for Writers and Publishers by Ivan Hoffman
  • WWW Multimedia Law Home Page
  • Multimedia Content & the Superhighway
  • Electronic Frontier Foundation - Defending Freedom in the Digital World
  • Stanford's Multimedia Page
    
    

• In the Digital Library

  • ARL (Association of Research Libraries) Copyright and Intellectual Property Resources
  • IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations) Copyright and Intellectual Property Resources
  • Electronic Reserves Clearinghouse
  • Library of Congress
  • The Universal Library Project
  • University of Michigan Digital Library Project
  • International Publishers' Association
  • Guide for Citing Electronic Information (Prepared by Kurt Wagner for the Sarah Byrd Askew Library at William Patterson University of New Jersey)
  • UT Austin Web Central Provides links to Austin Campus Libraries, information about electronic publishing and search tools.
    
    

• Copyright Management for
  Scholarly Communication

  • Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
    By Charles W. Bailey, Jr.: selected articles, books, electronic documents, and other sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet and other networks
  • "Towards a New Paradigm for Scholarly Communication" (Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada/Canadian Association of Research Libraries September 1995)
  • Journal of Electronic Publication
    
    
    • An electronic archive of thoughtful and provocative works reflective of the current issues and trends in electronic publishing
      
      
  • University Libraries & Scholarly Communication (Mellon Foundation\ARL 1992)
  • Scholarly Communication, Academic Libraries, and Technology (Mellon Foundation\ARL 1994)
  • ACM Copyright Policy
    
    
    • The Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. ("ACM") is one of the first scholarly societies to comprehensively address electronic publishing issues. The policy is good food for thought.
      
      
  • The University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty Senate Resolutions on Faculty Concerns on Copyright.
  • The TRLN Model Copyright Policy
  • University of California discussion draft: Copyright Considerations for Faculty-Authored Multimedia Course Materials
  • The Association of American University Presses, Inc.
    
    

• Licensing Resources

  • "Liblicense" - Licensing Digital Information
    
    
    • A Yale University Library Resource for Librarians
      
      
  • Kohn on Music Licensing
  • Web Licensing (Music)
    
    

• Distance Learning

  • Distance Education Clearinghouse
  • Copyright and Distance Education: Lawful Uses of Protected Works
  • Library Support for Distance Learners
    
    

• General

American Communication Association WWW

This site provides information about the ACA, a collection of materials on communication law and First Amendment issues, resources for teaching and research in communication studies, and an extensive reference resource page for scholars and activists.

Association of American University Presses

This site provides information about the AAUP, professional development opportunities, cooperative programs, and information resources for the support of creative and effective scholarly communications.

Chicago-Kent College of Law - Home Page

Includes links to the Legal Domain Network where substantive legal discussions take place, to KentWeb's Guide to Substantive Legal Resources, a comprehensive subject guide, and to search tools.

Copyright Searches at the Library of Congress

The Copyright Office is pilot testing a new user interface   for its three databases: registered works, serials, and documents. The Office's Telnet system, LOCIS, will still be available, but this site should help novices search for copyrights more effectively. Online information includes works registered since 1978; records and index terms are added each week. Users can search a variety of fields depending on what database they are accessing. Results include information such as author, title, claimant, dates of registration, ISBN or ISSN, and more. Pilot testers may report problems and suggestions for improvements by email to copyweb@loc.gov. (June 2001)

CNI-Copyright Archive

The Coalition for Networked Information's Copyright Listserv Archive.

Computers and Academic Freedom

An archive of materials related to first amendment issues in the electronic environment.

Copyright Management Center at IUPUI

This is Kenny Crews' site and the inspiration for the UT System site.

The Copyright Website

A fascinating site containing very helpful and interesting copyright information. The author is P.J. Benedict O'Mahoney.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act

On October 12, 1998, Congress passed this complex set of changes to U.S. copyright law. Attorney Jonathan Band, with Morrison & Foerster LLP, has written an excellent analysis of the legislation for the Association of Research Libraries.

The Franklin Pierce Law Center Intellectual Property Mall

An unbelievable collection of links to information about intellectual property.

A Guide to Copyright for Music Librarians

Current issues, frequently asked questions and guidelines, all from the music librarian's point of view.

Helpful Articles for Writers and Publishers by Ivan Hoffman

ILT (Institute for Learning Technologies) Guide to Copyright

Especially tailored to educators.

IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations)

Copyright and Intellectual Property resources

KUESTERLAW - Jeff Kuester's Technology Law Resource

Links to innumerable sources of legal information.

Law Library Resource Xchange

Dedicated to finding legal resources on the Web and to pointing out the multiple wasy technology has affected legal research.

Legal Information Institute

More Law than you'll ever want or need to know!

Electronic Frontier Foundation - Defending Freedom in the Digital World

Designed to provide accurate information on the legal issues in multimedia.

Open Spaces Quarterly
"The Purpose of the Copyright" - by Lydia Pallas Loren

This article discusses the evolution of copyright law and emphasizes that its continuing development must take place within the framework of its Constitutional purpose, increasing knowledge.

P-Law Resource Locator

An access point to a variety of legal resources or "research facilities" as Kenneth M. Perry calls them, including universities and Lexis Counsel Connect (LawLinks).

Recording Industry Association of America

The RIAA provides the core materials to serve as a framework for discussion of music and the Internet. Its purpose is to raise awareness that reproducing and distributing music illegally is akin to stealing, and such actions have serious ethical and legal consequences.

Stanford University's Fair Use Site

This is a wonderful site that includes links to primary materials, a section that focuses on currently hot legislation, cases and issues and an extensive collection of links to other resources. An excellent first stop.

Ten Big Myths About Copyright Explained

This is an article written by Brad Templeton that has been around the web for a long time. Very practical, good  basic information..

Terry Carroll's Copyright FAQ

A very detailed (6 part) FAQ.

Web Law FAQ