Selected WWW Copyright and Intellectual Property Resources

Clearinghouses and Site Referrals - Copyright

• Copyright and Fair Use
  Provides links to other sites and a searchable resource for information on copyright, fairuse and multimedia such as: Primary Source Materials; Current Legislation, Cases and Issues; Resources on the Internet; and an Overview of Copyright Law.
  

  http://fairuse.stanford.edu

• Intellectual Property Mall
  Maintained by the Franklin Pierce Law Center, the site contains an excellent, annotated guide to intellectual property sites on the Web along with links to many copyright and other IP resources.
  

  http://www.fplc.edu/ipmall.htm

• Copyright FAQ
  An HTML front end for Terry Carroll's repository of copyright information, Copyright FAQ. The FAQ was last updated in January 1994, but is a wealth of general information about copyright.
  

  http://www.aimnet.com/~carroll/copyright/faq-home.html

• Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights
  Offers links to copyright statutes, articles on copyrights and other intellectual property sites.
  

  http://www.uark.edu/depts/comminfo/www/copyright.html

• Copyright Guide
  Provides access to database on copyrights and a list of links to copyright -related resources.
  

  http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/projects/copyright/index.html

• Copyright Office Gopher
  Contains copyright FAQ's, an introduction to copyrights and other copyright office materials.
  

  gopher://marvel.loc.gov:70/11/copyright

Clearinghouses and Site Referrals - Multimedia and WWW

• Intellectual Property Law for Multimedia Developers
  A primer on the legal issues relating to copyrights, rights of publicity, libel, patents and trademarks that arise in the development and distribution of multimedia works.
  

  http://www.dorsai.org/p-law/wong_dir/docs/wongpap1.html

• The Multimedia Law Handbook
  Online access to the first 4 chapters of The Multimedia Law Handbook, a Practical Guide for Developers and Publishers by J. Dianne Brinson and Mark F. Radcliffe
  

  http://www.eff.org/pub/CAF/law/multimedia-handbook

• Potential Pitfalls in Multimedia Product Development: Clearing the Necessary Content Rights
  Focuses on some of the major hurdles associated with obtaining the rights necessary to bring together the words, images, music, video, text and other content that product users will ultimately enjoy. Prepared by Paul F. Norris and Mark J. Bolender.
  

  http://www.batnet.com:80/oikoumene/nobomediarights.html

• The Copyright Web Site
  Practical and entertaining presentation of information and guidance on copyright law particularly as it relates to Web issues.
  

  http://www.benedict.com/

• WEB Law FAQ
  Addresses many Web issues including use of images from other Web sites; obtaining a domain name; copying, printing and e-mailing materials found on the Web; linking to other Web sites; copyright and trademark law; and protecting against loss of a domain name.
  

  http://www.patents.com/weblaw.sht

• Cyberlaw WorldWide
  Focuses on legal issues relating to computer technology.
  

  http://www.cyberlaw.com/

• College Art Association
  Posting of the Committee on Electronic Information 8/15/96 Draft of the Educational Fair use Guidelines for Digital Images
  

  http://alberti.mit.edu/caa/The_Profession/CEI/

• Fair Use guidelines for Educational Multimedia*
  The full text of guidelines from the Consortium of College and University Media Centers advising professors and students on acceptable uses of multimedia materials for educational purposes that would not infringe on owners' copyrights. (Posted October 16, 1996)
  

  http://chronicle.com/che-data/focus.dir/data.dir/1016.96/fairuse1.htm

  *Proprietary site only source identified to date - publicly accessible site to be added in next version

• Intellectual and Technology Law Links (Kuester)
  This continually updated Web site is intended to be the most comprehensive resource available on the Internet for information related to technology law, including in particular patent, copyright and trademark law.
  

  http://www.kuesterlaw.com/index.html

• Cyberspace Law for Non-Lawyers
  web site. An online seminar about the basic principles of copyright law, free speech law, libel law, privacy law, contract law, and trademark law as they apply on the Net, from Prof. Larry Lessig, University of Chicago Law School, Prof. David Post, Georgetown University Law Center, Prof. Eugene Volokh, UCLA School of Law.
  

  http://www.counsel.com/cyberspace/

• World Wide Web Site Development Agreement (work for hire)
  Sample contract between King & Spalding and CyberNet Communications Corp. for the development of this World Wide Web site. Addresses a broad range of issues involved in contracted WWW or multimedia production
  

  http://www.kslaw.com/menu/agr.htm

Clearinghouses and Site Referrals - Intellectual Property

• Bacal's Indispensable Website
  Contains articles on intellectual property law and a comprehensive list of links to law related Web sites with a focus on intellectual property sites.
  

  http://www.azlink.com/lawyers/

• National Law Journal
  Keep up with news in the intellectual property area, including recent ip decisions.
  

  http://www.ljx.com/practice/intellectualproperty/

Campus or System Policy/Resource Examples

• Copyright Management Center (University of Texas)
  Provides guidance and information to faculty, staff and students of the University of Texas System concerning applicable law and the alternatives available.
  

  http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm

• Educational Technology Development Center. University of Notre Dame
  The brochure is designed to heighten awareness of copyright issues in the development of multimedia materials for curricula and to provide some guidelines for use in developing multimedia projects.
  

  http://www.nd.edu/~edtech/copyright.html

• Wellesley College Copyright Policy
  Provides a model institutional policy with practical examples of classroom use of copyrighted materials.
  

  http://www.wellesley.edu/Library/copyright.htm

Notes:
Sites are frequently transient, these are correct current sites as of the publication date.

The author would appreciate any corrections to addresses, or recommended additional sites to be sent to jeremy.rowe@asu.edu.

This list may be distributed for instructional use if reproduced in its entirety, including credit.

This resource list is being integrated into the Instruction Support Web site at Arizona State University.

©1996, Jeremy Rowe
E-mail: jeremy.rowe@asu.edu