Copyright News: Copyrights

updated March 12, 2002

Artist Resource. Advice on registering your works of art. Basic U.S. Patent, Trademark & Copyright Information. Franklin Pierce Law Center's extensive collection of articles. The Berne Convention. The text of the 1971 agreement involving international copyright law. Collard & Roe. Their articles on copyright law, trademark law, and intellectual property law. Copyright and Art Issues. A resources list. Copyright Basics, from the American Bar Association web page. Copyright Clearance Center's Copyright Resources. A links list. Copyright and Art Issues. Several online papers and articles on art copyright issues. Copyright and Fair Use. This Stanford University based website offers information on fair use and multimedia, current copyright legislation, and an overview of copyright law. Copyright and Intellectual Property. The Association of Research Libraries provides articles on copyright, including lawful uses of copyrighted works. Copyright Liability of On-line Publishers. An article at the CyBarrister page, describing new media publishing such as cd-roms, and discussing service provider liability. Copyright Information. Info designed for webmasters to educate them about what they can't use on their websites. Copyright Protection on the Web. Jacob C. Reinbolt's article on rights granted by copyright law, the "First Sale" doctrine, fair use, and frames on websites. Copyright Resources on the Internet Focused towards education professionals, this site offers annotated links. Several refer to obtaining permission and photocopying rights. The Copyright Website. We highly recommend this web site. See famous copyright infringements, learn about copyright fundamentals, find out how to register your copyright, visit the page on Internet copyright issues, read up on Fair use, catch up with current software copyright issues, and read about public domain. Copyright and IP. A links list from Cni.Org. Copyright and Trademark. A resources list from the HTML Writers Guild. Crash Course in Copyright is an article written for designers, webmasters and other creators. It covers multimedia, fair use, ownership, and licensing. Cyberspace Copyright. The issues surrounding copyrights on the Web. Information on copyright as it applies to HTML code and formatting, content, and graphics. Cyndi's List. Cyndi's extensive information and links on copyright issues. The Daily Diffs. Copyright web pages that have changed today. DuBoff Law Group Critical Issues Archive. Articles on trademark, trade dress, copyright, fair use, music rights. Findlaw: Copyright. Copyright links and resources from the FindLaw: Internet Legal Resources site. Getting Started: Copyright. Provided by Small Business Exchange, this document has info on protecting your writing, software, film, or other creative works. History of Copyright in the U.S.. A comprehensive article on the history of copyright law in the United States. The last entry is from as recently as 1996. Information Policy. Copyright and intellectual property resources. A bibliography and a large number of links to articles and websites. ILT Guide to Copyright. Copyright basics, fair use, Supreme Court cases on copyright, copyright enforcement, and the CREDO (Copyright Resources for Education Online) database. Also see the Educator's Copyright Survival Guide which is archived here. Information Policy: Copyright and Intellectual Property. This site offers tons of well-annotated links to copyright information, including policies, a bibliography, periodicals, and articles. Intellectual Property. Benton.org's long page on copyright, meant to be read by people using and creating things on the Internet. An Introduction to Copyright Infringement. MyCounsel.com's excellent page on infringement, the test for determining infringement, types of work you can use without infringing, and fair use. Kohn on Music Licensing. A website about music copyrights, webcasting, the Rio music player, and music licensing. Lawgirl. Lawgirl's copyright page has info on copyright basics, copyright registration, and trademarks. Link Controversy Page. Bechtold's page of links to articles about linking issues on the Web. Midi Files and Copyrights. An article from the International MIDI Association Bulletin, covering the MIDI file format and copyright issues. Authors rights and performance rights are discussed. Multimedia Law Repositories. A link list to multimedia and cyberspace law, and copyright websites. Please Don't Violate My Copyright. The editor of Web Marketing Today, Ralph Wilson, explains what copyright covers in relation to the web. Also there are some astonishing accounts of the many instances in which people have stolen his web pages, contracts, and reprinted his articles without permission. Publishing Law Center. Many helpful articles on copyrights, including articles on framing, spam, metatags, copyright registration, subsidiary rights, trademark protection and much more. Very recommended resource. QuickLinks. Links to news articles and items about copyright; updated frequently. Songwriter and Music Copyright Resources. A links list, with links of interest to musicians. Ten Big Myths about Copyright Explained. A must-read file, written by Brad Templeton. He dispels myths such as "If I don't charge for it, it's not a violation" and "If it doesn't have a copyright notice, it's not copyrighted." An additional copy is here. Trademark & Copyright Resources. A links list to trademarks, patents, and copyrights. Typeface and Copyright. A page from the Internet Type Foundry Index, covering issues related to typefaces and copyright. United States Code. The US Code title 17, copyrights. Information on scope of copyright, copyright ownership and transfer, duration of copyright, copyright infringement and rememedies, and more. United States Copyright Office. The Library of Congress site offers information on Copyright Basics, copyright registration, a Frequently Asked Questions list, as well as Copyright office announcements. You can obtain copyright application forms online, and keep up with pending copyright legislation in the U.S. They offer a Copyright FAQ. Congress. Also visit their copyright links list. University Copyright Resources. A links list to university documents. UT Crash Course in Copyright. Univ. of Texas's guidelines on what you can use on your web page. The Weak Link. An article on linking and copyright issues, touching upon copyrighting links, titles, slogans, and compilations. What Is Copyright?. Information on when copyright protection begins, copyright and the Internet, the copyright symbol, HTML code, direct linking and framing issues. World Book and Copyright Day. April 23 is the day that UNESCO celebrates intellectual property rights, reading and publishing. Writers and Their Copyright Holders. A database of English-language authors and contact information for them or their copyright holders. The purpose for this database is to assist scholars in obtaining permission to quote from or publish previously unpublished works.