An Overview of Copyright

• United States Copyright OfficeThe Library of Congress 
• USC Title 17--Copyrights, aka the US Copyright Act of 1976 Cornell University 
• Law and the Web: what you don't know can hurt you: Copyright Law Susan Stellin, CNet.com

Electronic Copyright -- Overview

• 10 big myths about copyright explained Brad Templeton, ClariNet 
• Law and the Web: what you don't know can hurt you Susan Stellin, CNet.com 
• The great Internet panic: How digitization is deforming copyright law Anne K. Fujita, Journal of Technology Law and Privacy
• Intellectual property law@intelproplaw.comintelproplaw.com
• Copyright TutorialNCSU Libraries (Also see the SSC  website for Intellectual Property, Licensing etc discussions) 
• Intellectual Property and Copyright Links Yahoo.com 
• An intellectual property law primer for multimedia and web developers J. Diane Brinson and Mark F. Radcliffe 

Copyright updates

• Revising the copyright law for electronic publishing David J. Loundy
• Database Legislation Spurs Fierce Lobbying David E. Rosenbaum,TECHNews 
• Fighting the Good Fight: Enforcing Copyright Law on the Web Marion Long, TECHNews 
• Free Speech Right for Computer Code Amy Harmon,TECHNews 
• Do Databases Need Protection? From Whom? David I.Lewin, TECHNews

Electronic copyright and intellectual property issues

• Copyright law explained, The Majlessi Law Firm
• Copyrights in softwareThomas G. Field, Jr., Franklin Pierce Law Center
• The Copyright Website (Look under section "Digital") 
• Fair use in the electronic age: serving the public interest Working Document
• Multimedia Content Rights Issues Fred Greguras and Sandy J. Wong (Also see Multimedia Law Page)
• Fair use guidelines for educational multimedia and related documents and linksPenn State University 
• TRLN model copyright policy The Copyright Policy Task Force
• What's hot in intellectual property bulletin Electronic Frontier Foundation 
• Intellectual property and the national information infrastructure The Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights 
• What's wrong with content protection John Gilmore, Electronic Frontier Foundation
• A Law Enforcement/IT Industry Dialogue on Prevention, Detection, Investigation and CooperationAttorney General Janet Reno, United States Department of Justice 
• Hard-Drive-Embedded Copy Protection Bruce Schneier, Counterpane Internet Security, Inc. 
•  Software Copy Protection Bruce Schneier, Counterpane Internet Security, Inc. 
•  The Concept of Copyright Fights for Internet Survival John Markoff, New York Times
• Cyberspace Programmers Confront Copyright Laws  John Markoff, TECHNews
• Users' Rights Take Another Hit in Ruling Karen Kaplan,TECHNews

Photocopying vs. Copying electronic documents

• Guidelines for Fair Dealing in an Electronic Environment Joint Information Systems Committee and Publishers Association 1998 

Trademarks and the Web

• Law and the Web: what you don't know can hurt you: Trademark Law Susan Stellin, CNet.com 
• Law and the Web: what you don't know can hurt you: Can you use company's logos or trademarks Susan Stellin, CNet.com 

Database Copyright Protection

• History of Database Protection Anne Linn, National Research Council, USA 
• Database Proposals and Legislation Association of Research Libraries 
• Database Protection Proposals Page HyperLaw, Inc. 
• Bill to Protect Databases Creates Strange Bedfellows David E. Rosenbaum, New York Times 

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