Copyright Information for Faculty & Staff

Center for Intellectual Property and Copyright in the Digital Environment

"provides resources and information for the higher education community in the areas of intellectual property, copyright, and the emerging digital environment" http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip

The U.S. Copyright Law (17 U.S.C. secs. 101 et seq.)

From Cornell's Legal Information Institute, www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17 Also available from U.S. GPO at www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title17/title17.html

U.S. Copyright Office

The Library of Congress is responsible for registering copyrights in the U.S., providing advice about U.S. copyright law, and administering some parts of the law. Its website includes informational circulars; application forms for copyright registration; the copyright law; information about new and pending legislation; searchable copyright records cataloged since 1978; and more, www.loc.gov/copyright

Friends of Active Copyright Education (FA©E)

An organization dedicated to gathering, disseminating and exchanging information concerning protection and use of rights in intellectual property, www.law.duke.edu/copyright/face

Copyright Clearance Center

Clearinghouse for requesting copyright permission, www.copyright.com

University of Texas System Crash Course in Copyright 

Excellent tutorial summarizing copyright law, emphasizing the academic setting, www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/cprtindx.htm

Fair Use and Multimedia 

From Stanford University. Links to Web sites and articles, http://fairuse.stanford.edu/multimed

Copyright Web site

Lots of copyright resources, including online registration. Addresses a variety of copyright issues, including Web publishing, licensing, encryption, etc, www.copyrightwebsite.com

Created November 2001