Education & Awareness
This page lists webpages, articles, and books on copyright which members of the Subcommittee on Copyright Issues have found particularly valuable. To suggest additional resources, please contact us.
Charts and Quick Guides
Selected Print Publications
Online Resources
Slavic & East European Copyright
Resources for Investigating Copyright Status
Organizations
National Copyright AgenciesPlease read these charts carefully! Most are designed for works published in the US, and in order to state the law succinctly, they may gloss over significant distinctions. You should always verify your situation with a copyright specialist.
- Copyright Exceptions for Instructors in U.S. Copyright Law: http://librarycopyright.net/etool/
- Copyright Term and Public Domain in the United States: http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain/
- Digital Copyright Slider: http://librarycopyright.net/digitalslider/
- Fair Use Evaluator: http://librarycopyright.net/fairuse/
- Flowchart for Determining When U.S. Copyrights in Fixed Works Expire: http://www.bromsun.com/practices/copyright-portfolio-development/flowchart.htm
- Library Digitization Projects and the Public Domain: http://www.librarylaw.com/DigitizationTable.htm
- Section 108 Spinner: http://www.librarycopyright.net/108spinner/
- When Works Pass into the Public Domain: http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm
- Bielefield, Arlene, and Lawrence Cheeseman. Technology and Copyright Law: A Guidebook for the Library, Research and Teaching Professions. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2006.
- Crews, Kenneth D. Copyright Law for Librarians and Educators: Creative Strategies and Practical Solutions, 2nd ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 2006.
- Fishman, Stephen. The Copyright Handbook: How to Protect and Use Written Works, 9th ed. Berkeley, Calif.: Nolo, 2006.
- Goldstein, Paul, International Copyright. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Hoffman, Gretchen. Copyright in Cyberspace 2: Questions and Answers for Librarians. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2005.
- Lewinski, Silke von. International Copyright Law and Policy. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Lipinski, Tomas A. The Complete Copyright Liability Handbook for Librarians and Educators. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2006.
- Lipinski, Tomas A., and Mary Minow. The Library's Legal Answer Book. Chicago: American Library Association, 2003.
- Lipszyc, Delia. Copyright and Neighboring Rights. Paris: Unesco, 1999.
- Moser, David J. Moser on Music Copyright. Boston: Thomson Course Technology PTR, 2006.
- National Research Council. The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 2000.
- Ricketson, Sam, and Jane C. Ginsburg. International Copyright and Neighbouring Rights: The Berne Convention and Beyond. 2nd ed. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Russell, Carrie. Complete Copyright: An Everyday Guide for Librarians. Chicago: American Library Association, 2004.
- Yu, Peter K. Intellectual Property and Information Wealth: Issues and Practices in the Digital Age. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2006. [Vol. 1 (on copyright) and vol. 4 (on international issues) are the most relevant.]
- Copyright Advisory Network, run by ALA's Office of Information Technology Policy: http://www.librarycopyright.net/
- Center for Intellectual Property, University of Maryland University College: http://www-apps.umuc.edu/primer/enter.php
- Scholarly Communication Center, North Carolina State University Libraries: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/dspc/tutorial/copyuse/index.html
- Stanford University Copyright and Fair Use Center: http://fairuse.stanford.edu/
- University of Texas Copyright Crash Course: http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm
- Copyright for Music Librarians: http://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/Copyright/
- Library Law: http://www.librarylaw.com/Copyright_and_Libraries.html
- Guide to Law Online: Law Library of Congress, Global Legal Information Network: http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/index.html
- Law Library Resource Xchange, LLC: http://www.llrx.com/
- World Legal Information Institute: http://www.worldlii.org/
- Lexinfosys legal database, on project website “Law Reform in Transition States,” German Agency for Technical Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit mbH, or "GTZ"): http://www.cis-legal-reform.org/
- UNESCO Collection of National Copyright Laws: http://www.unesco.org/culture/copy/
- WIPO Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (CLEA): http://clea.wipo.int/
Slavic & East European Copyright
- Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Fourth Part. Ed. and trans. Peter B. Maggs and Alexei N. Zhiltsov. Moscow: Wolters Kluwer, 2008.
- Maggs, Peter B., and A. P. Sergeev, Intellektual'naia sobstvennost'. Moscow: Iurist, 2000.
- Maggs, Peter B. "Mutual Restoration of Russian and United States Copyright." Parker School Journal of East European Law 3, no. 1 (1996): 305-24.
- Maggs, Peter B. “Post-Soviet Law: the Case of Intellectual Property Law,” The Harriman Institute Forum 5, no. 3 (November 1991): 3-9.
- Pilch, Janice T. “Copyright in the Research and Academic Environment,” Faculty Digital Resources Workshop, 40th Annual Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Philadelphia, November 20, 2008: http://intranet.library.arizona.edu/users/brewerm/bd/AAASS2008DigPreconferenceFinalPilch.ppt
- Pilch, Janice T., “Collision or Coexistence? Copyright Law in the Digital Environment,” in Virtual Slavica: Digital Archives, Digital Libraries, special issue, Slavic and East European Information Resources 6, no. 2-3 (2005): 79-116: http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J167v06n02_07
- Pilch, Janice T., “Current Copyright Legislation of the CIS Nations and Its Relevance for U.S. Library Collections: The Laws of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia,” Slavic and East European Information Resources 6, no. 1 (2005): 101-141: http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J167v06n01_08
- Pilch, Janice T., “Current Copyright Legislation of the CIS Nations and Its Relevance for U.S. Library Collections: The Laws of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova,” Slavic and East European Information Resources 5, no. 1-2 (2004): 81-122: http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J167v05n01_11
- Pilch, Janice T., “Fair Use and Beyond: The Status of Copyright Limitations and Exceptions in the Commonwealth of Independent States,” College and Research Libraries 65, no. 6 (November 2004): 468-504: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/crljournal/2004/nov/pilch.pdf
- Pilch, Janice T., “International Copyright for Digital Collections of Russian Material: U.S. and U.K. Law and Practice,” Solanus: International Journal for Russian and East European Bibliographic, Library and Publishing Studies 17 (2003): 24-49.
- Pilch, Janice T., “Understanding Copyright Law for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Materials,” Slavic and East European Information Resources 4, no. 1 (2003): 75-101: http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J167v04n01_05
- Pilch, Janice T., “ U.S. Copyright Relations with Central, East European, and Eurasian Nations in Historical Perspective.” Slavic Review 65, no. 2 (2006): 325-348.
Resources for Investigating Copyright Status
- Search copyright information on works registered and documents recorded by the US Copyright Office since January 1, 1978: http://www.copyright.gov/records/
- Stanford University Copyright Renewal database, for searching copyright renewal records received by the US Copyright Office between 1950 and 1992 for books published in the US between 1923 and 1963: http://collections.stanford.edu/copyrightrenewals/
- The University of Reading & the Harry Ransom Center at Texas offer this database of publishing, literary or other firms out of business: http://www.fob-file.com/
- The University of Reading & the Harry Ransom Center at Texas offer this database of copyright contacts for writers, artists, and prominent figures in other creative fields: http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/
- US Copyright Office catalog, for searching copyright information on works registered and documents recorded by the US Copyright Office since January 1, 1978.: http://bulk.resource.org/copyright/
- WorldCat Copyright Evidence Registry: http://www.worldcat.org/copyrightevidence
- American Library Association, Office for Information Technology Policy: http://www.ala.org/oitp/
- Copyright Advisory Network: http://www.librarycopyright.net/
- Association of Research Libraries, Federal Relations and Information Policy Program, on copyright and intellectual property policy: http://www.arl.org/info/frn/copy/copytoc.html
- Copyright Clearance Center: http://www.copyright.com/
- Copyrightlaws.com: http://www.copyrightlaws.com/
- Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/
- eIFL.net (Electronic Information for Libraries): http://www.eifl.net/
- Electronic Frontier Foundation, Intellectual Property: http://www.eff.org/issues/intellectual-property
- International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, Committee on Copyright and Other Legal Matters: http://www.ifla.org/III/clm/copyr.htm
- International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organizations: http://www.ifrro.org/show.aspx?pageid=home
- Library Copyright Alliance: http://www.librarycopyrightalliance.org/
- Public Knowledge: http://www.publicknowledge.org/
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): http://www.wipo.int/portal/index.html.en
- World Trade Organization website, section on intellectual property: http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/trips_e.htm
See Directory of Intellectual Property Offices from WIPO.
- U.S. Copyright Office: http://www.copyright.gov/
- Albania -- Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, Legal and Copyright Department: http://www.mtkrs.gov.al/
- Armenia -- Intellectual Property Agency of the Republic of Armenia: http://www.armpatent.org/
- Azerbaijan -- Copyright Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan: http://www.copag.gov.az/
- Belarus -- National Center of Intellectual Property (NCIP): http://www.belgospatent.org/
- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Institute for Standards, Metrology, and Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina: http://www.ipr.gov.ba/
- Bulgaria -- Copyright and Related Rights Division, Ministry of Culture: http://mc.government.bg/
- Croatia -- State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia: http://www.dziv.hr/
- Czech Republic -- Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, Copyright Department: http://www.mkcr.cz/
- Estonia -- Estonian Ministry of Culture: http://www.kul.ee/
- Georgia -- National Intellectual Property Centre (Sakpatenti): http://www.sakpatenti.org.ge/
- Hungary -- Division of Copyright, Hungarian Patent Office: http://www.hpo.hu/English/
- Kazakhstan -- Committee on Intellectual Property Rights of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan: http://www.intellkaz.kz/
- Kyrgyzstan -- State Agency of Science and Intellectual Property under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzpatent): http://www.kyrgyzpatent.org/
- Latvia -- Ministry of Culture, Copyright and Neighboring Rights Division: http://www.km.gov.lv/
- Lithuania -- Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, Copyright Division: http://www.lrkm.lt/
- Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia -- Normative, Governing and Intellectual Rights Division, Ministry of Culture: http://www.kultura.gov.mk/
- Moldova -- State Agency on Intellectual Property Protection (AGEPI):
- http://www.moldovanpatentoffice.org/
- Montenegro -- Copyright Department Federal Intellectual Property Office Federal Ministry for Economy and Internal Trade: http://www.yupat.sv.gov.yu/
- Poland -- Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Legal Office: http://www.mkidn.gov.pl/english/english.html
- Romania -- Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs, Romanian Copyright Office: http://www.cultura.ro/
- Russian Federation -- Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (ROSPATENT): http://www.rupto.ru/
- Serbia -- Copyright Department Federal Intellectual Property Office Federal Ministry for Economy and Internal Trade: http://www.yupat.sv.gov.yu/
- Slovakia -- Media and Copyright Division, Ministry of Culture: http://www.culture.gov.sk/english/
- Slovenia -- Slovenia Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), Ministry of Economy: http://www.uil-sipo.si/
- Tajikistan -- Agency of Copyright and Related Rights, Ministry of Culture
- Turkmenistan -- Patent Department, Ministry of Economy and Finance
- Ukraine -- Ukrainian Agency of Copyright and Related Rights (UACRR) Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine: http://www.uacrr.kiev.ua/
- Uzbekistan -- Uzbek Republican State Copyright Agency: http://www.uzraap.uz/