Copyright & Patents

American Library Association-Copyright --Provides links to copyright news, legislation and related issues.
Basic Copyright Information for Instructors--a practical guide for Truman State University faculty, staff, and students.
U.S. Copyright Office Main Page
    Copyright Basics (PFD file)
    Digital Millennium Copyright Act Summary (PDF file)
    Duration of Copyright (PDF file)
    How to Investigate the Copyright Status of a Work (PDF file)
Conference on Fair Use
    Page at US Patent and Trademark Office
    Page at Association of Research Libraries
Copyright and Fair Use--at Stanford U.  Includes a search engine and many links to government sources.
Copyright and Intellectual Property---at Association of Research Libraries.
Copyright and the Public Domain in the United States---Cornell University
Copyright Clearance Center (CCC)
Copyright Information Center at Cornell University
Copyright Website--"This site endeavors to provide real world, practical and relevant copyright information."
Digital Future Coalition---an organization of educational, scholarly, library, and consumer groups "committed to striking an appropriate balance in law and public policy between protecting intellectual property and affording public access to it".
Georgia Harper's Copyright Crash Course
Patent Law Materials--Basic patent information from the Legal Information Institute at Cornell U.
US Patent and Trademark Office
World Intellectual Property Organization

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