Copyright

 

General/U.S. Copyright

CENDI, Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright: Issues Affecting the U.S. Government
http://www.cendi.gov/publications/04-8copyright.html#40

10 Big Myths About Copyright Explained by Brad Templeton
http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html

Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, and Licensing Issues. Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Copyright/

Copyright Toolbox
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/copyright_project/copyritetoolbox/
Toolbox_Bibliography.php

Digital Millennium Copyright Act
http://www.educause.edu/issues/dmca.html

Crews, Kenneth D. and Buttler, Dwayne, K., Copyright Law for Librarians and Educators: Creative Strategies and Practical Solutions, 2nd edition, Chicago, American Library Association, 2006. Available online from the FIU Libraries as a NetLibrary book.

Crews, Kenny, The TEACH Act and some Frequently Asked Questions, American Library Association
http://www.ala.org/advocacy/copyright/teachact/faq

Lipinski, Tomas A., Copyright Law and the Distance Education Classroom, London: Scarecrow Press, 2005, 225 p. FIU Library Reserve, KF4209 E38 L57 2005.

North Carolina State University Libraries, The TEACH Toolkit: An Online Resource for Understanding Copyright and Distance Education
http://www.provost.ncsu.edu/copyright/toolkit/

University of Connecticut Libraries, TEACH Act (Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act, 2002)
http://www.lib.uconn.edu/copyright/teachAct.html

University of Texas, Copyright Crash Course: The TEACH Act Finally Becomes Law
http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/teachact.html

U.S. Senate, S.487, 107th Congress, 1st Session
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/
getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_cong_bills&docid=f:s487es.txt.pdf

Washburn University, TEACH Act Scenarios
http://www.washburn.edu/copyright/faculty/teachact.html

5 Things You Should Read about Copyright and Sharing Instructional Materials
http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/aboutacrl/directoryofleadership/sections/is/iswebsite/projpubs/fivethings/5things2008.pdf

Is it Protected by Copyright?
http://librarycopyright.net/digitalslider/

FIU Copyright Policies (Available from the FIU Compliance website):

FIU Digital Millennium Copyright Act Policy
http://policies.fiu.edu/record_profile.php?id=545

FIU Internet Access Policy for University Libraries
http://policies.fiu.edu/record_profile.php?id=216

FIU Inventions and Works (UFF)
http://policies.fiu.edu/record_profile.php?id=204

FIU Works and Copyrightable Materials
http://policies.fiu.edu/record_profile.php?id=463

 

International Copyright

Database of International Copyright Law (K. Crews, Columbia Univ.)
http://digital.lampdev.columbia.edu/cmc/

IFLA Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM)
http://www.ifla.org/III/clm/copyr.htm

International Copyright Law (University of Washington)
http://depts.washington.edu/uwcopy/Copyright_Law/
International_Copyright_Law/

International Copyright Relations of the US (Circular 38A)
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ38a.pdf

Patry Copyright Blog (International copyright lawyer)
http://williampatry.blogspot.com/

WIPO Intellectual Property Handbook
http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/iprm/index.htm

WIPO Guide to Intellectual Property Worldwide
http://books.google.com/books?id=LiI0BXyPlF8C&dq=WIPO&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&#v=onepage&q=WIPO&f=false

 

Author’s Rights & Public Deposit Mandates

Cornell NIH Policy
http://www.library.cornell.edu/scholarlycomm/nihmandate.html

Harvard to collect, disseminate scholarly articles for faculty
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/home/news-and-notices/news/press-releases/release-archive/releases-2008/scholarly-02122008.shtml

ARL Webcast: Institutional Compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy: Ensuring Deposit Rights
http://www.arl.org/sc/implement/nih/webcast/