resources relating to copyright law
US Copyright Law -- Title 17 of US Code -- from Cornell University Law School
Copyright Basics From the US Copyright Office -- Basic definitions, terms and limitations of protection.
NAFTA -- Intellectual Property -- US Obligations under Chapter 17 of NAFTA -- from MIT
World Intellectual Property Treaties From the World Intellectual Property Organization (U.N.) -- the text of various international treaties.
Copyright Renewal Database -- from Stanford University
Copyright Clearance Center -- These folks help simplify the process of getting permissions. They also have links to many sites with copyright information
Learning Cyberlaw in Cyberspace -- a pretty succinct overview of the principles of copyright by Stacey Dogan at Northeastern U.
The Copyright Website -- A well organized site endeavoring to "provide real world, practical and relevant copyright information ...". Includes the rather instructive Famous Copyright Infringements showing (with auditory and visual examples) why George Harrison and Warner Brothers were "busted." "Holy Infringement -- Batman Busted" - an excerpt.
Potential Pitfalls in Multimedia Product Development: Clearing the necessary content rights -- By Paul F. Norris and Mark J. Bolender, from the WWW Multimedia Law Page. A very nice summary of the many issues involved in obtaining rights in multimedia authoring.
When Works Pass into the Public Domain A widely referenced chart from Lolly Gassaway, Director of the Law Library at UNC.
Coalition CNI-COPYRIGHT Forum -- Hosted by ARL/Educause's Coalition for Networked Information, this site presents the archives of several years of discussion by legal and academic experts (and others) of the numerous issues invovled in establishing national policy in the advent of the electronic age.
Copyown -- "a resource on copyright ownership for the higher education community". It includes pointers to various College and University policies.
Another legal consideration -- when is linking allowed? (an extensive bibliography) and Linking rights (by Brad Templeton, this "frames" the issue in a reasonable context.)
Legality and imagery -- imagery, the web and the law -- various links
Parody: Fair Use or Copyright Infringement -- an informative analysis from the Publishing Law Center by Lloyd L. Rich.
Related legal material
Recent Supreme Court Decisions -- from Cornell University Law School
US Constitution -- from Cornell University Law School
Directory of electronic case law -- from Electronic Freedom Foundation
Various Internet and other policies in Higher Education -- From the Information Resources Library at CAUSE