⇒ Campus Guide to Copyright Compliance for Academic Institutions
⇒ Intellectual Property Organizations
⇒ Sites for Investigating Copyright Status of Works
Copyright Terms in the United States
U.S. Copyright Law
Text of the current law including recent amendments.
U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States (01/01/07)
See also Library of Congress Copyright Office. Circular 15a, Duration of Copyright: Provisions of the Law Dealing with the Length of Copyright Protection (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 2004) http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ15a.pdf
Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States by Peter B. Hirtle
When Works Pass into the Public Domain by Laura N. Gasaway
Campus Guide to Copyright Compliance for Academic Institutions
Copyright & Fair Use Information and Copyright Compliance Statement
Covers general, personal, and classroom use of copyrighted materials specific to the University of Illinois. Plus links to other information on copyright and fair use, including electronic reserves, Internet/computer technologies, etc. Produced by the University of Illinois Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO).
University of Illinois Provost's Letter of Support for Retaining Publishing Rights
(07/10/07)
University of Illinois Scholarly Communication
Provides information to Illinois scholars about managing their intellectual proporty. Includes details about new publishing models, the importance of retaining control of one's copyrights, and the archiving of one's scholarly output in the University of Illinois' digital repository IDEALS (Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship). Produced by the University Library.
IDEALS
The Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (IDEALS) is a digital repository that serves as a permanent and secure online home for work produced by University of Illinois faculty and scholars. You can make your work publicly available; look into depositing your work.
Intellectual Property Organizations
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Copyright and Related Rights
UNESCO
Copyright: UNESCO Culture Center
World Trade Organization
TRIPS: Trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights
Instructional Materials
ALA Fair Use Evaluator
Produced by the American Library Association and Michael Brewer, this tool can help you work through the four principles of Fair Use.
Know Your Copy Rights
A 2007 brochure aimed at faculty and teaching assistants published by the Association of Research Libraries.
American University Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic
Indiana University
Frequently asked questions about copyright, reproduced from the former Copyright Management Center at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis.
University of Texas
Copyright Crash Course
University of Maryland University College
Stanford University Libraries
Copyright & Fair Use
Cornell University Law School Legal Information Institute (LII)
Cornell Copyright Information Center - a collaboration of the Cornell University Library, Cornell Information Technologies, Office of Technologies, Office of University Counsel, and The Cornell Store.
Cornell University Copyright Information Center
University of Minnesota Libraries
Copyright Scenarios
North Carolina State University Libraries
Scholarly Communication Center: Tutorial Series
Library Associations
Sites for Investigating Copyright Status of Works
U.S. Copyright Office
Search copyright records
Stanford University Libraries
Copyright Renewal Database
Harry Ransom Center and Reading University Library
- The WATCH File: Writer, artists, and prominent figures in other creative fields
- FOB: Firms out of Business
Getting Help
ALA Copyright Advisory Network
Discussion forum on library copyright and general scholarly copyright issues.
AAASS Bibliography and Documentation Subcommittee on Copyright Issues
Provides information and guidance on Slavic and Eastern European and international copyight.
