Copyright: Selected Resources

Prepared for the University of Central Florida Library Staff

General Information

U.S. Copyright Office Home Page: http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/copy1.html
Probably one of the best ready reference sites, as this gives answers to most of the basic questions about what copyright is, how to register, search, get forms, etc.
Copyright Internet Resources: http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/resces.html
A link off the Copyright Office home page (above), this lists only government agencies, international organizations, and organizations that provide licensing or rights clearinghouse functions (ALCS, ASCAP, BMI, CCC, etc.).
Online Copyright Information: http://www.copyright.com/copyright_resources/res_pages.html
From the Copyright Clearance Center, this is the related Internet copyright resources page. While it contains some copyright guidelines and collections, it (like the Copyright Office site above) is heavily geared toward linking to organizations that are rightsholders or copyright owners.
COPYRIGHT RESOURCES ONLINE: http://www.library.yale.edu:80/%7Eokerson/copyproj.html
Developed initially by Yale librarian Ann Okerson and updated by her students as library school coursework, this extensive site both lists and annotates university copyright resources and non-university intellectual property resources.
WSU OUPP: Other Copyright Resources: http://publications.urel.wsu.edu:80/Copyright/Copylinks.html
Washington State University has an extensive copyright page; this is their "other copyright resources" page. Many legal links and intellectual property collections.

Libraries

Library Copyright Pages

SUL: Copyright & Fair Use: Library Copyright Guidelines: http://fairuse.stanford.edu/library/
From Stanford University, this page concentrates on fair use guidelines, especially as they apply to libraries.
Copyright Information Page: http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/copyright/
As this part of the University of Michigan Library's general Web site, not all the information pertains solely to libraries. It does, however, serve as a nicely organized starting point or ready reference site for basic copyright information. Also includes a section on sources for obtaining royalty free material (including graphics collections on the Web).

Various Guidelines Pertinent to Libraries

Copyright Information Page: Public Domain Chart: http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/copyright/chart.html
A one-page ready reference chart (with permission to copy it) created by a well-known copyright expert, Laura Gasaway, librarian and lawyer, indicating when works pass into the public domain.
Information Policies: Table of Contents: http://www.cni.org/docs/infopols/www/index.html
From the Coalition of Networked Information, there are many information policies listed here (from ALA, ARL, CAUSE, etc.), several relevant to copyright and libraries. Also includes pertinent laws and statutes.
Info Policies: CONTU: http://www.cni.org/docs/infopols/www/CONTU.html
CONTU, the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyright Works, was convened by Congress as it was revising the copyright laws in 1976, and the guidelines issuing from it largely govern Interlibrary Loan.
http://www.music.indian...mla/legcom/guidefai.htm: http://www.music.indiana.edu/tech_s/mla/legcom/guidefai.htm
Text of the January 18, 1995 draft document "Fair Use in the Electronic Age: Serving the Public Interest" approved by ALA and intended to be a working document.
CONFU Interim Report: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/dcom/olia/confu/index.html
This is the interim report of The Conference on Fair Use, convened after the "Green Paper" was issued as part of Clinton's Information Infrastructure Task Force reports. Forty organizations are trying to define what now constitutes fair use, and though nothing is settled, this report gives the text, status, and debates about the proposed guidelines drafted in several areas.
Fair Use Guidelines for Electronic Reserves, Draft: http://www.columbia.edu/~rosedale/guidelines.html
Though CONFU participants are working on this draft document, this particular proposed guideline is not contained in the full interim CONFU report (above).
Fair Use toc: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/avs/fairuse/default.html
This contains not only the text of the proposed CONFU Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia but also a list of related sites.
Liblicense: Licensing Digital Information: http://www.library.yale.edu/~Llicense/index.shtml
Information about libraries and the licensing of digital information; has a link to subscribe to Liblicense-L, a mailing list on the subject.

Suzanne E. Holler, s-holler@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu, 5/13/97