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Copyright, Intellectual Property, and Fair Use
- Selected Subject Headings for Searching Orbis
- Selected Copyright Resources
- Selected Fair Use, Copyleft and Intellectual Commons Resources
- Current Controversies: DMCA and UCITA
Selected Subject Headings for Searching Orbis
- Copyright
- Fair use (copyright)
- Intellectual property
- Public domain
- Patent laws and legislation
- Patents
Note: Many resources on copyright and intellectual property
will be found at the Law Library. Be sure to check Morris (the Law Library
catalog).
Selected Copyright Resources
Article in First Monday, vol. 6, no. 9 (September
2001)
"Copyright
Law and Electronic Access to Information" by Jessica Litman
Article in First Monday, vol. 1, no. 4 (October
1996)
Information on fair use in teaching and research,
getting permissions, special media, and other issues. The CMC serves Indiana
University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and Indiana University.
A portal providing real world, practical and relevant
copyright information for anyone navigating the net.
Edited by Karla Tonella, University of Iowa.
Cyberspace and Intellectual Property: Academic Law Journals
and Professional
Journals, Newsletters & Articles
Many in full text. Lists maintains by FindLaw.
Elias, Stephen. Patent, copyright & trademark: a desk reference
to intellectual property law. Edited by Lisa Goldoftas. 1st ed. Berkeley:
Nolo Press, 1996.
SML, Reference KF2980 M38X 1996
Fishman, Stephen. The copyright handbook: how to protect and use
written works. 4th ed. Berkeley, Calif.: Nolo Press, 1997.
SML, Reference KF2995 +F53X 1997
Intellectual
Property Law Resources (FindLaw)
Patterson, L. Ray, and Stanley W. Lindberg. The nature of copyright:
a law of users' rights. Foreword by Robert W. Kastenmeier. Athens:
University of Georgia Press, 1991.
SML, Reference KF3020 P37X
CCL, Stacks KF3020 P37X 1991
Reed, Mary Hutchings. The copyright primer for librarians and educators.
Chicago: American Library Association; Washington, D.C.: National Education
Association, 1987.
SML, Reference Z649 F35 R44 1987
From the University System of Georgia. The guide
provides examples of Fair Use and the legal background of copyright law,
to provide faculty, employees, and students with a basic understanding
of copyright and fair use.
Strong, William S. The copyright book: a practical guide. 4th
ed. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1993.
SML, Reference KF2994 S75X 1993
Information on copyright basics, registration,
fees, forms, law, and much else.
Selected Fair Use, Copyleft and Intellectual Commons Resources
Aims to further the development of scholarly online
journals with open access.
"The
Cathedral and the Bazaar" by Eric S. Raymond
The seminal 1998 article on open source, in the
version published by First Monday.
"Commodification
of Culture Harms Creators" by Howard Besser
Article prepared for the American Library Association
(October 2001)
See also its list of Related
Links.
"Copyleft
vs. Copyright: A Marxist Critique" by Johan Söderberg
Article in First Monday, vol. 7, no. 3 (March
2002).
Excellent summary on copyright and fair use guidelines,
from the University of South Carolina's Beaufort Library.
Aims to increase the sum of raw source material
online, make access to that material cheaper and easier, and build an
"intellectual property conservancy."
The DFC is a collaboration of many educational,
scholarly, library, and consumer groups, together with major commercial
trade associations, committed to striking balance in law and public policy
between protecting intellectual property and affording public access to
it.
Highly extensive collection of articles and links.
This resource provides information to activists,
artists, scholars, and anyone else who has questions about "IP"
(intellectual property) law. Its basic purpose is to support fair use
and other free expression safeguards within the law.
Full-text online journal advocating access to ideas.
Litman, a professor at Wayne State University
Law School, is a major scholar on copyright and Internet law. This page
includes links to several of her articles (in full-text) and new developments
in cyberspace law.
Full-text articles from the Duke University Law
School conference (Nov. 2001) on public domain.
A public-interest advocacy organization dedicated
to fortifying and defending a vibrant "information commons."
Practical examples of uses that generally meet
"fair use" guidelines, and uses that don't. From Nolo:
Law for All.
Current Controversies: DMCA and UCITA
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
DMCA
Text (in PDF format)
Unified Computer Internet Transactions Act (UCITA)
UCITA
Text (in PDF format)
This file last modified Wed, 21 Jun 2006 Copyright © Yale University Library.
Yale University Library Research Guide for Mass Media and Popular Culture
Comments to Tobin Nellhaus, Librarian for Drama, Film and Theater Studies.