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Big Myths about copyright explained by Brad Templeton. This is a list of 10 misconceptions of about copyright rights
A Bill of Writes column by Nicholas Negroponte and Michael Hawley, originally published in Wired Magazine. Almost every book published in the United States during the last 15 years has been produced digitally. The Bill of Writes is a digital deposit act, requiring that each item submitted to the Library of Congress be accompanied by its digital source in order to obtain copyright. This will lead to the quicker building of digital libraries which will benefit future generations
Posting Course Materials Online Course Management Systems From Columbia University’s Copyright Advisory Office
Copyright and Authors’ Rights by Mike Holderness for the International Federation of Journalists Freelance conference in Amsterdam. Statement urging a recognition of “authors’ rights” by the United States and the UK
Copyright and Fair Use in the Digital Age: Q&A with Peter Lyman. Educom Review
Copyright and Preservation: A Serious Problem in Need of a Thoughtful Solution by Robert L. Oakley
Copyright Basics [PDF] From the US Copyright Office
Copyright FAQ From the US Copyright Office
The Copyright Grab by Pamela Samuelson, a visiting professor of law at Cornell Law School and a Fellow of EFF. Published in Wired. Examines the White Paper on Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure and how enactment of its views would rescinded traditional user rights to browse, share, or make private noncommercial copies of copyrighted works and lead to an invasion of user privacy. Argues that the White Paper is not a good idea from a user perspective
Copyright Law for the Digital Library Framework of Rights and Exceptions, by Kenneth D. Crews Indiana School of Law (PDF Document)
Crash Course in Copyright From the University of Texas Fair Use and Copyright Center
The Economy of Ideas: A framework for rethinking patents and copyrights in the Digital Age (Everything you know about intellectual property is wrong) by John Perry Barlow, a retired cattle rancher, a lyricist for the Grateful Dead, and co-founder and executive chair of EFF. Published in Wired magazine
The Educator’s Guide to Copyright and Fair Use From tech Learning a resource for teachers, technology coordinators and administrators.
Fair Use Check List From Columbia University’s Copyright Advisory Office
Fair Use of Copyrighted Works Electronic version of a pamphlet published by CETUS: Consortium for Educational Technology in University Systems. Includes information on fair use as it relates to higher education, illustrative scenarios, and information on obtaining permissions.
Fair Use in the Electronic Age: Serving the Public Interest this Working Document is an outgrowth of discussions among a number of library associations regarding intellectual property, and in particular, the concern that the interests and rights of copyright owners and users remain balanced in the digital environment.
Fair Use Materials and Articles From the University of Texas Fair Use and Copyright Site
- Copyright in the Library
- Copyright Management
- Coursepacks and Fair Use
- Creating Rights for Mulimedia Works
- Enforcement of Copyright Law Against State Universities
- Fair Use Reserve Operations
- Future of Fair Use
- Information on Getting Permission
- Licensing Resources
- Permissible Copying of Software
- Permissible Use of Research Copies
- Presentations on Various Copyright Topics
- What do the CONFU Guidelines Mean?
- Who Owns What?
Franklin Pierce Law Center Publications on Intellectual Property Several discussions of intellectual property by Professor Thomas G. Field, Jr.
- Avoiding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Problems: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You – The title says it all. Written primarily for the owners of small businesses who feel that they cannot afford to concern themselves with intellectual property.
- Copyright for Computer Authors
- Copyright on the Internet Focuses on copyright issues most apt to concern those who post to or own email lists or those who have put up web pages. Such matters as the fundamental distinction between works that are and are not “for hire,” deposit and issues to consider in transferring copyright interests are treated in the two discussions below.
- Copyright in Visual Arts Addresses the importance of copyright registration and notice, works for hire, deposit requirements, registration of multiple works, the need for counsel in licensing and other matters of interest to free lance artists, computer authors, craftspeople and entrepreneurs.
How Much of Someone Else’s Work May I Use Without Asking Permission? The Fair Use Doctrine – Part II By Lloyd L. Rich.
Intellectual Property Committee on Copy Control Systems, DRAFT Institutes of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Position Statement on Copy Control Systems
Intellectual Value by Esther Dyson, Originally published in Wired Magazine, discusses how the Net changes the economics of content and strategies to take advantage of these changes
Is Copyright Dead on the Net? by Lance Rose, published in Wired Magazine
Judicial Response: A Safe Harbor in the “Fair Use” Doctrine
The Law of Fair Use and the Illusion of Fair Use Guidelines by Kenneth Crews, from the Ohio State Law Journal
Legal and Policy Responses to the Disappearing ‘Teacher Exception,’ Or Copyright Ownership in the 21st Century University by Elizabeth Townsend of the University of Arizona. Publsihed in the University of Minnesota Law School’s Minnesota Intellectual Property Review in 2003 (vol. 4, issue 2, page 209).
Library Copyright Liability and Pirating Patrons . . . and What You Can Do About It By Mary Minow, May 2001
A Magna Carta for the Knowledge Age by Esther Dyson, George Gilder, George Keyworth and Alvin Toffler
Negativland’s Essay on Fair Use
Promoting Open Access: Developing New Strategies for Managing Copyright and Intellectual Property by Mary M. Case, Director, Office of Scholarly Communication, ARL, and Prudence S. Adler, Associate Executive Director, Federal Relations and Information Policy, ARL
The Purpose of Copyright By Lydia Pallas Lauren, Northwestern School of Law Lewis & Clark College
RISKS of guessing at Fair Use by Mich Kabay
Some Thoughts on the Political Economy of Intellectual Property: A Brief Look at the International Copyright Relations of the United States David G. Post, Temple University
University Copy Centers: Do They Pass the Fair Use Test? From the University of Texas Fair Use and Copyright site
Washington State University Copyright Office Copyright articles and tests
Whom Do You Trust? Op Ed by Michigan Law’s Roberta J. Morris and Jonathan Franklin
Where Does the Free Online Scholarship Movement Stand Today? by Peter Suber, Professor of Philosophy, Earlham College, and Editor Free Online Scholarship Newsletter
Whose article is it anyway? Copyright and intellectual property issues for researchers in the 90s, Notices of the AMS, January 1996. By Ann Okerson
Who Will Own Your Next Good Idea By Charles C. Mann, published in Atlantic Monthly (September 1998)