Section of Communications and Technology Services and Procedures Manual
Previous | Index

Useful Copyright Law Resources On The Internet

A Crash Course in Copyright

http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/cprtindx.htm

An extensive collection of practical advice, a "crash tutorial", and other useful, plain English materials on copyright issues, focusing primarily on the academic setting

10 Big Myths About Copyright Explained

http://www.clari.net/brad/copymyths.html

A good, basic primer on copyright law and the Internet

The United States Copyright Office

http://www.loc.gov/copyright

Information, copyright registration forms, and more from the people in charge; in particular, see "Reproduction of Works by Educators and Librarians", an information circular available at <http://www.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ21.pdf>; and "Copyright Search", a tool for identifying the copyright owner of a given work, at <http://www.loc.gov/copyright/search>

Stanford University Libraries' Fair Use Site

http://fairuse.stanford.edu

A virtual law library of copyright-related materials

©opyown and ©opyfair

http://www.inform.umd.edu/copyown
http://www.inform.umd.edu/copyfair

A wealth of sample policies and other resources on the issues of copyright ownership and fair use in higher education

Copyright Law & Graduate Research

http://www.umi.com/hp/Support/DExplorer/copyrght

A good overview of the copyright rights and responsibilities of dissertation authors

When Works Pass into the Public Domain

http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm

A handy reference chart on this surprisingly thorny issue

Copyright Permission Page

http://www.law.wfu.edu/library/copyright

Advice on how to obtain copyright permissions, sample request forms, and links to online permission offices

Copyright Clearance Center

http://www.copyright.com

Online access to the rights organization of the same name

Center for Intellectual Property and Copyright in the Digital Environment

http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip

Materials, online workshops, and other resources on digital copyright issues

Digital Future Coalition

http://www.dfc.org

A good source of information on current copyright legislation and issues from an advocacy group dedicated to an "international copyright law and policy that rewards and promotes creativity"

CNI-COPYRIGHT

A copyright-related listserv from the Coalition for Networked Information -- to subscribe, send the following message to mailto:listproc@cni.org:subscribe cni-copyright Firstname Lastname

Previous | Index This document conforms to the XHTML 1.0 Strict specificationThis document conforms to CSS Level 1 specifications