Updated 9/19/16
Law 874
Seminar in Advanced Copyright Law Topics
Links to copyright reference sources
- The copyright statute: Title 17 of the US Code (current as of July, 2015)
- United States Copyright
Office:
- Another copy of the copyright statute (current as of December, 2011) and recently enacted amendments
- Current copyright legislation
- The Compendium of Copyright Office Practices (3d edition 2014)
- Copyright Office Regulations
- Copyright Office Policy Reports
- Current active policy studies
- Rulemaking proceedings, current and past
- House Report 94-1476, accompanying the 1976 Copyright Act (1976)
- Copyright Law Revision Studies (1955-1960)
- U.S. Government Executive Branch resources:
- U.S. Department of Justice Intellectual Property Task Force
- White House Office of the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator
- U.S. Department of Commerce Internet Policy Task Force 2013 Green Paper on Copyright Policy, Creativity and Innovation in the Digital Economy with links to comments submitted in response to the Report, and 2016 White Paper on Remixes, First Sale, and Statutory Damages
- U.S. National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center("Protection is Our Trademark")
- U.S. Trade Representative Office of Intellectual Property and Innovation
- Resources hosted by universities:
- Primary Sources on Copyright: 1450 to 1900
- Columbia Law School's KeepYourCopyrights.org resource for creators
- Duke Law School Center for the Study of the Public Domain
- George Mason University Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property
- Harvard Berkman Center’s Lumen project
- University of Pennsylvania Digital Library Online Books Page: Information about the Catalog of Copyright Entries
- Stanford University Library Copyright & Fair Use Site
- Stanford University Library Copyright Renewal Database
- University of New Hampshire IP Mall
- University of Nottingham Center for Research Communications
- USC Gould School of Law/Columbia Law School Music Copyright Infringement Resource collection of MIDI files, MP3 files, and partial scores from songs involved in infringment cases
- Resources posted by NGOs and other organizations interested in copyright
- Authors Alliance Issues for Authors
- The Authors Guild: Where We Stand
- BSA-The Software Alliance: Studies and Research
- The Center for Copyright Information: Resources and Frequently Asked Questions about the Copyright Alert System and the Independent Review Program
- Computer & Communications Industry Association
- Copyright Clearance Center: Learn About Copyright
- Creative Commons
- Electronic Frontier Foundation: Teaching Copyright Curriculum
- Free Software Foundation: Resources
- Future of Music Coalition: Education, Research and Advocacy for Musicians
- International Federation of the Phonographic Industry: Resources and Reports
- Knowledge Ecology International: Publications and Research Notes
- Library Copyright Alliance
- International Intellectual Property Alliance: Studies and Reports
- SoundExchange: Advocacy
- International Copyright Resources
- The World Intellectual Property Organization
- The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
- The WIPO COPYRIGHT TREATY
- The WIPO PERFORMANCES AND PHONOGRAMS TREATY
- Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled
- WIPO Lex (searchable database of national IP laws)
- Wittem Project Model European Copyright Code
- EBLIDA (European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations)
- Euro-Copyrights.org
- European Commission Communication: Towards a more modern, more European copyright framework (December 9, 2015)
- UNESCO's collection of national copyright laws
- Comparative Copyright Resources
- Australian Copyright Council
- Australian Digital Alliance
- Canadian Intellectual Property Office Copyrights page.
- Lehman, Lee & Xu's Intellectual Property Laws and Regulations in China
- Government of India Copyright Office
- Japan Copyright Research and Information Center
- U.K. Intellectual Property Office
- Blogs
- Techdirt
- Rebecca Tushnet’s 43(b)log
- Terry Hart’s Copyhype
- EFF Deeplinks
- The 1709 Copyright Blog
- Jonathan Bailey’s Plagiarism Today
- DisCo (Disruptive Competition Project)
- Future of Music Coalition Future Blog
- Michael Geist’s Tech Law Topics Blog
- Chris Castle’s Music Technology Policy blog
- TorrentFreak
- Music Law Updates blog
- Creative Commons weblog
- David Newhoff’s The Illusion of More
- The MTTLR Blog
- Patrick Ross’s Copyright Alliance Blog
- Creative Future blog
- The Trichordist
- Bill Patry's Copyright Blog archive (2005-09)