Resources
CUA Copyright Policy
CUA Copyright Guidelines
The Copyright of your Thesis or Dissertation
Your Copying Rights Under Copyright Law
Catholic University Draft IP Policy
Copyright and Digital Images
Public Domain
Certification of Copyright Compliance
Sample Permission Request Letter
Making Copies: Student Handout or CoursePacks
Outside CUA
Read Write Web May 14, 2008 article describing images available on the *deep web* (i.e. those that don't show up in engine image searches. These images are online collections created by institutions in the US. See also Visual Resources Online: Digital Images of primary materials on public Web sites, ACRL Vol. 69, No. 5 by Anne Blecksmith.
Web page by Cornell that gives advice on how Peer to Peer File sharing applications work, and points out the hidden problems with using such applications.
NC State Office of the Provost Copyright Administration Site: A resource created by NACUA member Peggy Hoon, this is a comprehensive copyright web site. The page includes reference to new and pending legislation, sample permission forms, FAQs, TEACH Act info, and tutorials.
Copyright Advisory Network: For librarians who wish to discuss copyright issues with colleagues.
New Copyright Crash Course: Georgia Harper's new Copyright Crash Course: Posted November 2007. Excellent graphics and a very clean layout that makes the site easy to use. Also updated to inlcude links to blogs and more. A key resource for faculty.
"Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States," a new version of the copyright duration chart is now available at http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain/.
SPARC Resources for Authors
SPARC stands for the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition. SPARC was developed by the Association of Research Libraries to expand the dissemination of scholarly research and reduce financial pressure on libraries. This page includes a downloadable brochure on Author Rights.
Copyright Renewal Database: Stanford University has created a database that makes searchable the copyright renewal records received by the US Copyright Office between 1950 and 1993 for books published in the US between 1923 and 1963. Note that the database includes ONLY US Class A (book) renewals. The period from 1923-1963 is of special interest for US copyrights, as works published after January 1, 1964 had their copyrights automatically renewed by the 1976 Copyright Act, and works published before 1923 have generally fallen into the public domain. Between those dates, a renewal registration was required to prevent the expiration of copyright, however determining whether a work's registration has been renewed is a challenge.
Know your Copyrights: Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Web Page on using copyrighted works in the academic setting. This is a great new resource that features questions and answers, a brochure for faculty and teaching assistants, and a section on planning campus outreach. The brochure can be purchased in print form from the ARL, but can also be accessed on the web site, and may be customized for use on your own campus pursuant to a Creative Commons license. See especially the What you Can Do Chart.
Section 108 Study Group (Library of Congress)
The Section 108 Study Group is a select committee of copyright experts, convened by the Library of Congress, and charged with updating for the digital world the Copyright Act balance between the rights of creators and copyright owners and the needs of libraries and archives. The web page includes a paper written by Chris Weston and Mary Rasenberger on the history of the library exception, titled Overview of the Libraries and Archive Exception in the Copyright Act: Background History and Meaning.
EFF Legal Guide For Bloggers
Copyright and Your Rights
Information on Public Performances of Movies on Campus
Presentation by Association of College Unions International(ACUI) Nov. 13, 2003
Contains links to licensing resources.
Fort Hays State University Links on Copyright and Intellectual Property
"Applying Fair Use in the Development of Electronic Reserves Systems"
This document on the NACUA website is the text of the November 2003 paper developed jointly by the American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries and other organizations.
Future of Music Coalition
This is a website with all the latest on copyright, technology and public policy as it relates to music. Annual conferences held in D.C each year.
University of Maine anti-plagiarism web site
(differs from copyright but posted here due to overlap)
Copyright Issues Relevant to the Creation of a Digital Archive: A Preliminary Assessment
This paper describes copyright rights and exceptions and highlights issues potentially involved in the creation of a nonprofit digital archive. Commissioned for and sponsored by the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program, Library of Congress and written by June M. Besek, Executive Director of the Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts, Columbia Law School.
DirectTVDefense
This website is meant as a legal resource for the legitimate computer scientists, technology workers, and hobbyists who are being sued by DirecTV. This site provides scientists, researchers, innovators and their lawyers with the resources necessary to fight DirecTV and protect their right to own and use multi-purpose technology for its legal applications – and without fear of reprisal.
NetCoalition Aug. 03 Letter to RIAA raising questions about use of subpoenas as a way to enforce copyright law
Educause Web Page on File Sharing and Peer to Peer Technology
An Education in Copyright Law: A primer for Cyberspace
By Dr. Robert N. Diotalevi. Includes sections on the Teach Act and the DMCA
The Teach Act Finally becomes Law
by Georgia Harper
U.T. System/Georgia Harper Crash Course on Copyright (this link is to the old version, see above for new version)
U.S. Copyright Office
Includes a link for online search copyright records.
Copyright Endurance and Change
Georgia Harper, EDUCAUSE Review, Vol. 35, No. 6 (November/December 2000)
Explains the threat to fair use that is contained in the DMCA anticircumvention provisions.
The Groton Public Schools Copyright Resources on the Internet
Part of its Copyright Implementation Manual (CIM), directs copyright users to the wealth of copyright and fair use information on the Internet. It has recently been revised and now features a Copyright Resources: News section to help stay current in the rapidly changing world of intellectual property. It serves as both a stand-alone copyright web reference and supplement to CIM. (they link to us so we need to let them know if our link changes)
Copyright Law & Graduate Research: New Media, New Rights, and Your New Dissertation
By Kenneth D. Crews.
Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
By Charles W. Bailey, Jr., including a link to resources
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Copyright Management Center.
Includes guidance on fair use, permissions, securing and managing copyright, and more.
Yale University Library, Licensing Digital Information: A Resource for Librarians
American Library Association Washington Office Copyright Web Page
Copyright & Fair Use:
Stanford University Libraries has teamed with the Council on Library Resources and FindLaw Internet Legal Resources to sponsor this site.
Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke Law School
"Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States," a new version of the copyright duration chart is now available at http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain/.
U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Protecting Creative Works in a Digital Age.
This website has been established for constituents, consumers, creators, technologists and the general public, to learn more about what the Committee is doing on the issues of intellectual property and technology policy. On this site you will be able to research the law, review relevant hearing transcripts before the Committee, and find other helpful links to learn more. You will also be able to share your views on these important issues.
IPwatchdog page on Copyright law
Many useful links and resources on this page.
Links to lectures delivered at the Cornell University Computer Policy and Law program.
These lectures cover many topics in the area of information technology and ethics including recent topics such as academic theft on the internet, the problems of unauthorized use of digital materials, accessibility to web pages, computer logs as a FERPA issue and more.
Last Revised 15-May-08 10:15 AM.
