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Copyright

Copyright material can be found in the Government Documents Area of the ground floor of Helm Library. Information Circulars from the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress are shelved at LC 3.4/2. Copyright law is contained in Title 17 of the United States Code on the web or the printed version of Title 17 of the United States Code Annotated in the Law Collection. Selected forms, that may be photocopied, are located at the Reference Desk, first floor of Helm Library. If you have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer you may also print copyright application forms from the Copyright Office Home Page.

General Overviews and FAQs

10 Big Myths about copyright explained (Brad Templeton) Copyright and Digital Distance Education Report (U. S. Copyright Office, 1999)
Copyright Basics (Circular 1) Copyright Crash Course (University of Texas System)

Columbia U. Copyright Advisory Office

Copyright Website (Benedict O'Mahoney)
General Information About Copyright (Oppedahl & Larson LLP) Questions and Answers on Copyright for the Campus Community (National Association of College Stores & Association of American Publishers)
U.S. Copyright Office (Library of Congress) Center for Intellectual Property and Copyright in the Digital Environment (University of Maryland University College)
Copyright Basics (American Bar Association) Copyright Corner - Articles from Lolly Gasaway’s monthly column in the Special Libraries Association's publication Information Outlook
Copyright Information (Jeanne Boyle, Rutgers Univ. Libraries) Copyright Research Guide (University of North Texas Libraries)
Copyright@AALL OSLA Arts & Law Home Page (Ocean State Lawyers for the Arts)
Teaching With Film Across the Curriculum (WKU Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching) Includes an FAQ by Bryan Carson on copyright and using film in the classroom. The University of Nevada-Reno has a good general site with links to many intellectual property Websites.

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Legislation, Cases, Standards, and Regulation

Agreement on Guidelines for Classroom Copying in Not-For-Profit Educational Institutions With Respect to Books and Periodicals (The National Association of College Stores, Inc. and The Association of American Publishers) Copyright Basics (Circular 1)
Digital Millennium Copyright Act Status & Analysis WIPO E-Commerce and Copyright Website
Chapter 1, § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: fair use Chapter 1, § 110. Limitations on exclusive rights: Exemption of certain performances and displays - Includes the educational exemption for face-to-face teaching in § 110(1) and the distance education exemption (also known as the TEACH Act) in § 110(2)
Computer Software Rental Amendments Act of 1990 Creative Commons Licenses
Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians (Circular 21) Copyright Laws from Title 17 United St ates Code (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
Chapter 1, § 108. Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction by libraries and archives Copyright Regulations from Title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations

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Filing for a Copyright

LOCIS: Search Copyright Office Records U.S. Copyright Office Forms
U.S. Copyright Office (Library of Congress)  

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Copyright Permission and Fair Use

Copyright Clearance Center Copyright & Fair Use (Stanford University Libraries)
Copyright Law, Libraries, and Universities (Kenneth D. Crews, J.D., Ph.D. -- Presentation to Association of Research Libraries, October 1992) Information on Obtaining Copyright Permissions
Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians (Circular 21) Software Use and the Law: A Guide for Individuals, Educational Institutions, User Groups, and Corporations (Software Publishers Association)
When works pass into the public domain (Lolly Gasaway) Computers and Academic Freedom Archive (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
   
Copyright and Digital Distance Education Report (U. S. Copyright Office, 1999) The Copyright Website (P.J. Benedict O'Mahoney, copyright lawyer) features a Fair Use Test, News, and Basics of Copyright Law.
Questions and Answers on Copyright for the Campus Community
(National Association of College Stores & Association of American Publishers)
Stanford University Libraries Copyright and Fair Use
Using Software: A Guide to the Ethical and Legal Use of Software for Members of the Academic Community (EDUCOM)  

Copyright for Kids

Cyberethics Websites (Dept. of Justice)

Copyright Kids (Copyright Society of the USA)
CyberBee (Linda Joseph, Linda Resch, Leni Donlan) Stop Piracy (USPTO)
School Discovery i-SAFE Lesson Plan (Court TV)

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