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Educational
Fair Use
Copyright
and Fair Use
This Stanford run site goes through in detail the statues of the
copyright law, its regulations, and judicial options. There is also
current legislation pertaining to the copyright law as well as links
to other in-depth sites on copyrighting on the web.
Fair
Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia
This page contains the entire legislation pertaining to the fair
use of educational multimedia including a large introduction and
background. There are many parts about the legislation including
its limitations, the preparation and use of such projects as well
as examples and reminders.
Copyright Permission/Registration/Ownership
WATCH:Writers
and Their Copyright Holders. How to find who owns a copyright.
The WATCH File (Writers and Their Copyright Holders) is a database
containing primarily, but not exclusively, the names and addresses
of copyright holders or contact persons for English-language authors
whose papers are housed, in whole or in part, in libraries and archives
in North America and the United Kingdom. Use this page to search
through and learn about the WATCH file.
Copyright
Clearance Center, Academic Permission Service
Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) is a not-for-profit organization
created at the suggestion of Congress to help organizations comply
with U.S. copyright law. Through its collective licensing programs,
CCC provides authorized users with a lawful means for making photocopies
from its repertoire of more than 1.75 million titles.
U.
S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library/Intellectual Property:
Copyright
For a list of links to every law pertaining to copyrighting and
protecting intellectual property, this is the page to go to.
Crash
Course in Copyright-Copyright Management Center,University of Texas
System
Precisely what the title suggests, this page contains everything
you need to know about using different images, words, videos, documents,
etc. Just click and learn.
Copyright Legislation/Reform/Intellectual
Property
Association
of Research Libraries Copyright and Intellectual Property Resources
Includes the White Paper, the Final Report from the Working Group
on Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure
and an analysis of the White Paper from the perspective of libraries
and educational institutions by Arnold Lutzker. Also includes a
link to the Triangle Research Libraries Network Model Copyright
Policy.
Digital Future Coalition
The Digital Future Coalition (DFC) is committed to striking an appropriate
balance in law and public policy between protecting intellectual
property and affording public access to it. Representing over 2
million Americans, the DFC is the result of a unique collaboration
of 39 of the nation's leading non-profit educational, scholarly,
library, and consumer groups, together with major commercial trade
associations representing leaders in the consumer electronics, telecommunications,
computer, and network access industries.
Intellectual
Property Resources on the Internet
Includes links to the text of the Copyright, Patent and Trademark
Acts from Cornell University Law School. Also lists Government Links,
Electronic Journals, Books, UseNet Discussion Groups and Additional
Links. Prepared by Brown, Pinnisi & Michaels, PC
National
Humanities Alliance-Basic Principles for Managing Intellectual Property
in the Digital Environment
This document was prepared by the Committee on Libraries and Intellectual
Property of the National Humanities Alliance (NHA) in an effort
to build consensus within the educational community on the uses
of copyrighted works in the digital environment. While the Committee
members represent primarily institutions within higher education,
the Committee believes that the principles presented here apply
to a broadly defined educational community.
Opposing
Copyright Extension
This site is intended to serve as an information source on copyright
extension for copyright-term-extension legislation that has been
introduced in the current 105th Congress. Individuals and groups
who believe in a healthy and vibrant public domain are invited to
make use of this information in resisting these efforts by the owners
of old copyrights to avoid paying their constitutional dues after
75 years of free-flowing royalty streams--namely, dedication of
the works to the public domain.
U.
S. Copyright Office
Here you will find key publications, including informational circulars;
application forms for copyright registration; links to the copyright
law and to the home pages of other copyright-related organizations;
news of what the Office is doing, including Congressional testimony
and news releases; latest regulations; a link to online copyright
records cataloged since 1978; and much more.
U.
S. Code - Title 17 - Copyrights
A service of the Legal Information Institute, this page is quite
simply the actual current copyright law. It has been placed on the
Internet to be used at your disposal.
General Information
World
Intellectual Property Organization
The main objective of WIPO is to promote the protection of intellectual
property throughout the world through cooperation among States and,
where appropriate, in collaboration with any other international
organization. Use this page to learn more about the organization
and its issues.
EFF
(Electronic Frontier Foundation) Intellectual Property OnLine:Patent,Trademark,Copyright
Archive
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is a non-profit civil liberties
organization working in the public interest to protect privacy,
free expression, and access to public resources and information
online, as well as to promote responsibility in new media.
Current
Issues and Activities-Intellectual Property
Use this page to access all of the latest info of and pertaining
to copyrighting and its laws. This particular page deals with intellectual
property.
Copyright
and Intellectual Property
This page is used as an analysis of the copyright laws and intellectual
property. It gives the majority and dissenting views on the matter
as well as problems, opinions, and solutions. There are also a variety
of links to other intellectual property and copyright sites on the
Internet.
Copyright
Information Page - University of Michigan
This page is very informative and insightful. It is designed for
anyone researching or just curious about the steps to take for copyrighting
works or wanting to use copyrighted works. It even has the copyright
law at your disposal.
Copyright Myths
Copyright
Myths
Giving the 10 most common myths about copyrighting, this page is
an attempt to answer common myths about copyright seen on the net
and cover issues related to copyright and USENET/Internet publication.
Copyright
Created by the same person who made the previous myths page, this
document is here because many people read his original article on
those same copyright myths without knowing very much about what
copyright is to begin with. This article is not about to teach you
all about copyright, though there are some decent sites out there
with lots of details.
Copyright
Quiz: Tell it to the judge
Take this eight question quiz to test your knowledge of copyright
law.
Commercial
Patent Sites (most of these require payment and/or membership
to use.)
Chemical
Patents Plus
A service of CAS, this site provides access to all classes of US
Patents since 1975.
Patent Explorer
Derwent Information provides both US and European Patents in full-text
and image.
QPAT-US
Questel-Orbit provides full text access to all US Patents since
1974.
STN
Easy
Includes US, European and Japanese Patents.
International
Patents
Index
of Patent Offices World Wide
List prepared by James W Piper & Co includes European Patent
Office, World Intellectual Property Organization and individual
country offices.
Patent
Offices on the Internet
Lists the European Patent Office and the Servers for other Countries'
Patent Resources, including the World Intellectual Property Office
(WIPO).
Legal
Information (Patents)
Intellectual
Property Resources on the Internet
Includes links to the text of the Copyright, Patent and Trademark
Acts from Cornell University Law School. Also lists Government Links,
Electronic Journals, Books, UseNet Discussion Groups and Additional
Links. Prepared by Brown, Pinnisi & Michaels, PC
Patent
Portal
Legal page prepared by a lawyer. Includes lists of Patent Attorneys
and Patent Law for NonLawyers.
Patent
Search Services
US
Patent and Trademark Office
US Patent and Trademark Office Official Page. Access to all PTO
publications and forms and searching by subject, classification,
inventor using the PTO system.
IBM
Patent Server
Free service includes full text and graphics for Patents back to
1971. Allows searching by subject , classification, inventor, assignee,
etc. Easier to use than the PTO system.
Patent
Tutorial
Patent
Searching Tutorial
Training tutorial prepared by the staff of the Ricard W. McKinney
Engineering Library, University of Texas at Austin. Provides explanations
of how to search and use PTO Classifications.
Other
Patent Information
Patent
Information Users Group
An organization for Patent search professionals hosted by Chemical
Abstracts Service
Wierd and
Wonderful Patents
A selection of strange inventions which have been patented.
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