Selected WWW Copyright and Intellectual Property Resources
ver 2.0 10/97
- Copyright and Fair Use
Provides links to other sites and a searchable resource for information
on copyright, fairuse and multimedia such as; Primary Source Materials;
Current Legislation, Cases and Issues ; Resources on the Internet; and
an Overview of Copyright Law.
http://fairuse.stanford.edu
- Intellectual Property Mall
Maintained by the Franklin Pierce Law Center, the site contains
an excellent, annotated guide to intellectual property sites on the Web
along with links to many copyright and other IP resources.
http://www.fplc.edu/ ipmall.htm
- Copyright FAQ
An HTML front end for Terry Carroll's repository of copyright information,
Copyright FAQ. The FAQ was last updated in January 1994, but is a wealth
of general information about copyright.
http://www.aimnet.com/~carroll/copyright/faq-home.html
- Copyright Clearance Center
CCC operates collective licensing systems that
facilitate compliance with the copyright law and promote the Constitutional
purposes of copyright, namely progress and creativity in the arts and sciences.
http://www.copyright.com/
- Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights
Offers links to copyright statutes, articles on copyrights and
other intellectual property sites.
http:/lwww.uark.edu/depts/comminfo/www/copyright.html
- Copyright Guide
Provides access to database on copyrights and a list of links to
copyright -related resources.
http ://www.ilt.columbia.edu/projects/copyright/index.html
- Copyright Office Gopher
Contains copyright FAQ's, an introduction to copyrights and other
copyright office materials.
gopher://marvel.loc.gov/ll/copyright
- Yahoo
This search engine provides comprehensive coverage of many intellectual
property resources through its intellectual property site.
http ://www.yahoo.com/government/law/ intellectualproperty Clearinghouses
and Site Referrals - Multimedia and WWW
- Intellectual Property Law for Multimedia Developers
A primer on the legal issues relating to copyrights, rights of publicity,
libel, patents and trademarks that arise in the development and distribution
of multimedia works.
http://www.dorsai.org/p-law/wong_dir/ docs/wongpap1.html
- The Multimedia Law Handbook
Online access to the first 4 chapters of The Multimedia Law Handbook,
a Practical Guide for Developers and Publishers by J. Dianne Brinson and
Mark F. Radcliffe
http://www.eff.org/pub/CAF/law/multimedia-handbook
- Potential Pitfalls in Multimedia Product Development: Clearing
the Necessary Content Rights
Focuses on some of the major hurdles associated with obtaining
the rights necessary to bring together the words, images, music, video,
text and other content that product users will ultimately enjoy. Prepared
by Paul F. Norris and Mark J. Bolender.
http://www.batnet.com:80/oikoumene/nobomediarights.html
- The Copyright Web Site
Practical and entertaining presentation of information and guidance
on copyright law particularly as it relates to Web issues.
http://www.benedict.com/
- WEB Law FAO
Addresses many Web issues including use of images from other Web
sites; obtaining a domain name; copying, printing and e-mailing materials
found on the Web; linking to other Web sites; copyright and trademark law;
and protecting against loss of a domain name.
http://www.patents.com/ weblaw.sht
- Cyberlaw WorldWide
Focuses on legal issues relating to computer technology.
http:// www.cyberlaw.com/
- College Art Association
Posting of the Committee on Electronic Information 8/15/96 Draft
of the Educational Fair use Guidelines for Digital Images
http://alberti.mit.edu/caa/The_Profession/CEI/-
- Fair Use guidelines for Educational Multimedia *
The full text of guidelines from the Consortium of College and University
Media Centers advising professors and students on acceptable uses of multimedia
materials for educational purposes that would not infringe on owners' copyrights.
(Posted October 16, 1996)
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/avs/fairuse/fairuse.html
-Intellectual and Technology Law Links (Kuester)
This continually updated Web site is intended to be the most comprehensive
resource available on the Internet for information related to technology
law, including in particular patent, copyright and trademark law.
http://www.kuesterlaw.com/ index.html
- Journal of Online Law
Collection of scholarly articles analyzing current legal trends and exploring
key legal issues in the law of cyberspace.
http://www.cornell.edu/jol/jol.table.html#what
- Cyberspace Law for Non-Lawyers web site.
An online seminar about the basic principles of copyright law,
free speech law, libel law, privacy law, contract law, and trademark law
as they apply on the Net, from Prof. Larry Lessig, University of Chicago
Law School, Prof. David Post, Georgetown University Law Center, Prof. Eugene
Volokh, UCLA School of Law.
http://www.counsel.com/cyberspace/
- World Wide Web Site Development Agreement (work for hire)
Sample contract between King & Spalding and CyberNet Communications
Corp. for the
development of this World Wide Web site. Addresses a broad range of issues
involved in contracted WWW or multimedia production
http://www.kslaw.com/menu/agr.htm
Clearinghouses and Site Referrals - Intellectual Property
http://www.azlink.com/ lawyers/
- National Law Journal
Keep up with news in the intellectual property area, including
recent ip decisions.
http://www.ljx.com/practice/ intellectualproperty/
- Copyright Law for Distance Learning (University of Texas)
Compiled by Georgia Harper, Office of General Counsel, this site provides guidance and information to faculty, staff and students of the University of Texas System concerning applicable law and the alternatives available.
http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/IntellectualProperty/distance.htm-
- Copyright Considerations for Faculty: Authored Multimedia Instructional Materials
A Discussion Draft on Copyright Considerations for Faculty Authored Multimedia Course Materials created by the University of California Committee on Intercampus Information Technology and Networking for Academic Purposes (CINITAP) as a framework for discussion of copyright issues.
http://www.ucop.edu/irc/wp/wp_Docs/wpd002.html
- Educational Technology Development Center. University of Notre
Dame
The brochure is designed to heighten awareness of copyright issues
in the development of multimedia materials for curricula and to provide
some guidelines for use in developing multimedia projects.
http://www.nd.edu/~edtech/copyright.html
- Wellesley College Copyright Policy
Provides a model institutional policy with practical examples of
classroom use of copyrighted materials.
http://www.wellesley.edu/Library/copyright.html
Notes:
Sites are frequently transient, these are correct current sites as of the
publication date.
The author would appreciate any corrections to addresses, or recommended
additional sites to be sent to jeremy.rowe@asu.edu.
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