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Copyright & Intellectual Property
Learning More about Copyright and Intellectual Property
UC Davis Resources
UC Davis Intellectual Property Management - A unit of the Office of Research
The primary campus resource for UC Davis patent, intellectual property, and technology transfer issues.
Policy and Procedure Manual
Copyright Basics
- The US Copyright Office
- The US Copyright Law
- Copyright Basics from the U.S. Copyright Office
- Copyright Information for Educators and Librarians [pdf] from the U.S. Copyright Office
- Copyright Term and the Public Domain
- An Education in Copyright Law: A Primer for Cyberspace by Dr. Robert N. Diotalevi, Program Coordinator, Legal Studies, Florida Gulf Coast University (Click on first article listed.)
- Is it Protected by Copyright? Digital slide rule American Library Association, Office for Information Technology Policy
- Primer on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
New and Pending Legislation
- Most recent Congressional legislation from the U.S. Copyright Office
- Digital Millennium Copyright Act [pdf] from the U.S. Copyright Office
Determining Who Owns a Copyright & Obtaining Permissions
- SHERPA: Publisher Copyright Policies & Self-Archiving
- Search Copyright Records: Registrations and Documents from the U.S. Copyright Office
- Copyright Clearance Center
- Copyright Board of Canada
- ASCAP: American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers Copyright Clearance Site
- ASPP's Best Practices for Locating Copyright Owners of Photographic and Visual Art
- BMI (performing rights)
- Creators (syndicated columns and some comics)
- Harry Fox Agency (music publishers)
- SESAC (performing rights)
Copyright & Intellectual Property Information from Other Academic Institutions & Organizations
- American Library Association:
- Association of American Universities - Campus Copyright Rights and Responsibilities: A Basic Guide to Policy Considerations [pdf]
- Association of Research Libraries Copyright Information
- Copyright Society of the USA
- Dutch SURF Foundation:
- EDUCAUSE: 7 Things You Should Know about Creative Commons
- EDUCAUSE's Legal Downloading - 57 Resources.
- Federal SDI Managers Group (CENDI): Frequently Asked Questions about Copyright
- Indiana University: Purdue Copyright Management Center
- IP @ the National Academies
- Medical Library Association Copyright Information
- Stanford University: Copyright and Fair Use by Stanford University Libraries
- Who Owns Online Courses and Course Materials? (Pew Symposium)
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- SPARC (The Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition)