Copyright Resources

 

United States Copyright Office

Includes Copyright Basics, new and pending legislation, more.

http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/

 

Stanford University's Copyright and Fair Use web site

Includes a section on Fair Use and Multimedia.

http://fairuse.stanford.edu/

 

A Crash course in Copyright From the University of Texas.

Includes the Four-Factor Test for fair use.

http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/cprtindx.htm

 

Conference on Fair Use (CONFU)

From the U.S. Patents and Trademarks office

http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/dcom/olia/confu/

 

Digital Millennium Copyright Act, signed into law this month by President Clinton.

An analysis written by Jonathan Band, Morrision & Foerster LLP, Washington, D.C.

http://www.arl.org/info/frn/copy/band.html

 

Copyrights and Responsibilities; A Guide to Developing School District Copyright and Acceptable Use Policies for the Information Age

http://www.aces.k12.ct.us/csde/copyaup/copyaup.htm

 

Copyright Implementation Manual Groton (CT) Public Schools' Media Technology Services.

Includes sections on specific uses, such as off-air videotaping, public performance, music, etc.

http://groton.k12.ct.us/mts/cimhp01.htm

 

Liblicense From Yale University, a guide for licensing digital information.

http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/

 

 

M. Claire Dougherty
Director, Northwestern University New Media Center
m-dougherty@nwu.edu
http://www.library.nwu.edu/staff/cdougherty/islma98/