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Links to Information about
Copyright & Intellectual Property Law
Want to understand the law and ethics of copyright law and usage? Are you about to debate the ins and outs of intellectual property law?
These authors explain these complex issues better than we ever could.
Visit:
- 10 Big Myths About Copyright Explained
"An attempt to answer common myths about copyright..." by Brad Templeton
www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
- Intellectual property basics
Basic definitions of patent, copyright, trademark and more, by Ilise Benun
www.documentiq.com/resources/tips/372-DocumentIQ Tips.html
- Wired Law: resources for copyright law
www.wiredlaw.com/links.html
Copyright Questions Answered:
Rights, Limits, and Liabilities
What rights does copyright provide? How long does copyright last? Is a U.S. Government work provided copyright protection? If a work was created under a government contract, who holds the copyright? Does the U.S. Government have any special rights to use copyrighted material?
These are only a few of the questions addressed by the newly published "Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright " from CENDI. The 63 questions and answers contained in this initial publication address copyright and contract law that affect federal government information dissemination practices. Developed primarily as an awareness tool for use by federal librarians, information center managers, publications managers, and government authors, the FAQ is available on CENDI's website at http://www.dtic.mil/cendi/publications/00-3copyright.html.
CENDI is an interagency cooperative organization composed of scientific and technical information (STI) managers from the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Energy, Education, Defense, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Health and Human Services, Interior, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Their Copyright Task Group developed the publication in response to requests from member agencies to address copyright from an operational perspective. This copendium is helpful to non-government workers as well.
Law Firms & Consultants
Greenberg & Lieberman, intellectual property law firm
www.aplegal.com
G&L is a neighbor business of ours here in Takoma Park, MD, so we know them and consider them colleagues in the technology business. The law firm specializes in intellectual property law and issues about technology, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, domain names, litigation, prosecution, licensing, trade secrets, and business design. They offer free consultations.
Old Dominion Law Firm
www.olddominionlaw.com
A general practice firm, it provides business law services, as well as patent, copyright, and intellectual property rights law.
- U.S. Copyright Office (http://www.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ1.html#wci)
This United States Copyright Office (The Library of Congress) site covers "Copyright Basics" clearly and thoroughly
- http://whatiscopyright.org/
This page covers the basic definitions regarding copyrights, written using the Berne Union for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Property (Berne Convention) as the main bibliographical source
- Copyright-Public Domain Chart
http://www.progenealogists.com/copyright_table.htm
This handy chart lists when copyrighted materials pass into the public domain
- Copyright Clearance Center (http://www.copyright.com/CopyrightResources/default.asp)
This page by the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. answers common questions about copyright law. CCC, a licenser of text reproduction rights in the world, was formed to facilitate compliance with U.S. copyright law. CCC's Links page is an extensive listing of useful resources
- Univ. of Rochester (http://www.lib.rochester.edu/copyright/resource.htm)
The University of Rochester "Copyright Resources" page
- Stanford Univ. (http://fairuse.stanford.edu/niilegis/)
Stanford University's "Copyright and Fair Use" page, including additional articles, analysis and papers
- Digital Millennium Copyright Act (http://www.educause.edu/issues/dmca.html)
Resources on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Key topics included in the DMCA are provisions concerning the circumvention of copyright protection systems, fair use in a digital environment, and online service provider (OSP) liability (including details on safe harbors, damages, and "notice and takedown" practices)
- http://www.fplc.edu/tfield/copyNet.htm
"Copyright on the Internet" — this site addresses U.S.
copyright concerns pertaining to those who post to or own email lists
or host web pages. It also covers forwarding or archiving another person's
email posting, or to copying material from another's web page.
- Public Domain (http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm)
This is an oft-cited table describing when US published works go into the public domain.
- Circular 22: How to Investigate the Copyright Status
of a Work confirms many of the facts in the table mentioned above: http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ22.html