Academic Integrity
What you need to know about Plagiarism
Flier explaining plagiarism created by the NJ Bar Association
Best Practices:
- Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video
This guide suggests appropriate approaches to using copyrighted material in remix videos that are in tune with the fair use provisions of the copyright law.
The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education
Updated guidelines for using copyrighted media in the classroom under the 'fair use' rights, as well as educational materials and videos about copyright
Blogs and other Fora
Copyright Advisory Network
http://librarycopyright.net/wordpress/
Copyright Alternatives
Creative Commons
An alternative to "all rights reserved" for folks who want to let other people use but not necessarily profit from their work.
Copyright Clearance
Copyright Clearance Center
This commercial enterprise manages rights permissions for selected publicatons.
Intellectual Property & Politics
ALA
Copyright office of the American Library Association
Washington Declaration on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest
The Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest, August 25-27, 2011, convened over 180 experts from 32 countries and six continents to help re-articulate the public interest dimension in intellectual property law and policy. This document records the conclusions from the Congress and is now open for endorsements and comments.
Orphan Works: The 30,000 Foot View
Information about orphan works proposals from the Public Knowledge group.
Law/Legal
Copyright Law in the United States (BitLaw)
http://www.bitlaw.com/copyright/index.html
Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States
Handy Chart
Digital Millenium Copyright Act
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c105:H.R.2281.ENR:
Text of the final bill through Thomas at the Library of Congress
Digital Millennium Copyright Act Study
http://www.copyright.gov/reports/studies/dmca/dmca_study.html
Report prepared by the Copyright office for Congress on the effects of DMCA
The GSU Lawsuit: You Don't Know How Lucky You Are
http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/890709-264/the_gsu_lawsuit_you_dont.html.csp
U.S. Copyright Office
Wayback Wednesday: Copyright Lawsuits (from a digitization blog)
http://hurstassociates.blogspot.com/2011/11/wayback-wednesday-copyright-lawsuits.html
Remixes/Mashups
RIP!: A remix manifesto
A documentary about remixers and their relation to modern copyright.
Digitization, Reserves & Other Library Concerns
Library Digitization Projects and Copyright
http://www.llrx.com/features/digitization.htm
From LLRX
Electronic Reserves Clearinghouse / Jeff Rosedale
archive site
Open Access
- Open access policy adopted at Princeton
Article from The Daily Princetonian about Princeton's new open access copyright policy for its faculty publications. - About the Harvard's Open Access Repository - ROARMAP
The Harvard repository and Harvard's Open Access policy for faculty deposit of electronic copies of their works.
University & College Copyright information & offices
Association of Research Libraries :: Copyright & Intellectual Property Policies
http://www.arl.org/pp/ppcopyright/index.shtml
Columbia Copyright Advisory Office
http://copyright.columbia.edu/copyright/
Copyright Crash Course
http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/
Copyققight information from CUA office of General Council
The Catholic University of America - Campus Legal Clearinghouse
Copyright Office at the University of Michigan
http://www.lib.umich.edu/copyright
Copyright Resource Guide
Indiana University
Know Your Copy Rights
from the Association of Research Libraries
Stanford Copyright & Fair Use Center
Especially good on Fair Use.