Copyright Resources
compiled by Carl Rahkonen, Music Librarian / Professor

I have been interested in copyright for the past 25 years, and have collected information, taken seminars, and attended hearings and clinics on copyright.   From time to time, I have been asked to do presentations for classes, library groups, and continuing education.  The following resources are from those presentations and I've placed them here for those who may wish to study them further.

Disclaimer:  These resources should NOT be taken as legal advice.  They only provide a summary and overview of the literature on copyright.

My PowerPoints:

Copyright Basics in the Digital Age
The Basics of Fair Use
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Plagiarism and Case Studies
Copyright for Librarians
Legacy Collections

Web-sites:

U.S. National Copyright Office:  http://www.loc.gov/copyright
The best copyright site.  Be sure to read their page on Copyright Basics.

The American Library Association (ALA) Copyright site.

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Copyright and Intellectual Property site

The Music Library Association "Copyright for Music Librarians"

The IUPUI “Copyright Management Center”:  http://www.copyright.iupui.edu
An outstanding site for copyright and the university.  Be sure to study their Fair Use checklist.   

Brad Templeton “10 Big Myths About Copyright” A fine site for discussion of copyright issues.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office:  http://www.uspto.gov
This is a great site for all intellectual property questions.  Be sure to check out the general discussion of the differences between the three types of intellectual property.

Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, and Licensing Issues  U.C. Berkley Digital Library.

Copyright & Fair Use  Stanford University Libraries. Links to primary materials (statutes, regulations, treaties), current legislation, resources on the Internet, and overview of copyright law.

Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom, on the Internet, and the World Wide Web, from the University of Maryland University College

The Infringometer.  A fair use guide created by Paul Soderdahl at the University of Iowa.

Copyright on the Internet  Guide to copyright issues relating to the Internet by Thomas G. Field, Jr., Franklin Pierce Law Center.

Copyright Website  Practical and relevant copyright information.

When U.S. Works Pass into Public Domain:  Laura N. (Lolly) Gasaway, Professor of Law, University of North Carolina, and copyright expert.

Resources for Copyright, the University of Delaware Library.