Copyright Resources
United States Copyright Office
Includes Copyright Basics, new and pending legislation, more.
Stanford University's Copyright and Fair Use web site
Includes a section on Fair Use and Multimedia.
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
Digital Millennium Copyright Act, signed into law this month by President Clinton.
An analysis written by Jonathan Band, Morrision & Foerster LLP, Washington, D.C.
Copyrights and Responsibilities; A Guide to Developing School District Copyright and Acceptable Use Policies for the Information Age
Copyright Implementation Manual Groton (CT) Public Schools' Media Technology Services.
Includes sections on specific uses, such as off-air videotaping, public performance, music, etc.
Liblicense From Yale University, a guide for licensing digital information.
M. Claire Dougherty
Director, Northwestern University New Media Center
m-dougherty@nwu.edu
http://www.library.nwu.edu/staff/cdougherty/islma98/