Open Directory - Society: Law: Legal Information: Intellectual Property: Copyrights
See also: This category in other languages: - An exhaustive list of annotated links to patent, trademark and copyright information from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. - Information on Intellectual Property laws. Includes articles on current legislation, tips, and upcoming programs. - International convention for the protection of literary and artistic works. - A forum devoted to discussing copyright, intellectual property rights, and public access to information in the digital age. - Law journal article by I. Trotter Hardy focusing on copyrights. - A resource on copyright ownership for the higher education community. - Promotes informed debate and awareness of copyright issues in Ireland and around the world. - Information and resources including infringement notification. Features school policies, guidelines, and related links. - Information about copyright issues, obtaining permission and other key areas relating to copyright regulations. - Overview of laws, rights, and treaties regarding copyrights and intellectual properties. Includes information on registration, fair use, and applications in the recording and publishing industries. - Copyright and fair use in the realm of art and our cultural heritage. - Articles, guidelines, meeting schedules, resources, and press releases. - Article from Peter D. Hirtle of Cornell University. - A 16-step roadmap to copyright's most important exception. By Lloyd J. Jassin, a New York-based publishing attorney. - Basic information about copyright, FAQs, myths and links. - Organization supporting software authors who give up their copyright protections to allow the free distribution of software. - Detailing the history of copyright law. - Professor Landau of the Georgia State University College of Law comments on the Supreme Court case of The New York Times v. Tasini. - Resources for copyright, trademark, royalty collection and other intellectual property topics. - Answers to common myths about copyright from Brad Templeton, former publisher at ClariNet Communications Corp., - Information sharing initiatives, including copyright town meetings. - Directory of full-text copyright laws from around the world, in English, for review on line or free download. - From OCLC. - A digital archive of primary sources on copyright from the Universities of Cambridge and Bournemouth in the UK. Initially focuses on document from Renaissance Italy, France, German-speaking countries, Britain and the United States. Search and browse by date, location, language, and author. - Reference site to help the ordinary person identify music and songs in the public domain. - Legal information for the publishing community. - Australian copyright information - Information on copyright for songwriters, from Robert Carter, a Texas lawyer. - Overview of rights and permissions for websites, academics and educational applications. Includes frequently asked questions, registration, enforcement, public domains, and research. - Information and study aids concerning copyright law. - Endeavoring to provide real world, practical and relevant copyright information. - Provides and an overview of copyright law, federal laws, regulations and other US government publications. Also provides information about registering a copyrighted document, as well as a searchable database of documents filed with the office. - Copyright, intellectual property rights and fair use resources. - Information about copyrights in general, and as applied to the internet. - Annotated copyright policies of selected colleges and universities. - An essay on the state of copyright protections. (February 01, 2000) - Article explaining basic copyright concepts with links, examples, and additional information. (September 01, 1997)
