A Plain Guide to Copyright
Brian Blood
This is a highly technical subject which, if to be taken seriously, requires that you seek professional advice from a qualified lawyer.
For those seeking general information, you may wish to refer to those sources of information listed below:
- A Guide to Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents in Print and Beyond (our thanks to Erin for locating and LouAnne Taylor for suggesting we add this resource)
- Patents, Trademarks & Copyrights (US) (our thanks to Ben for locating and Kristen McNeill for suggesting we add this resource)
- Trademarks and Copyrights - Understanding the difference - a US resource (our thanks to Jim Colbert for this recommended resource)
- Trademark and Other Intellectual Property Resource Guide (our thanks to Elizabeth Stanley and her students for suggesting we add this resource)
- Copyright Timeline: A History of Copyright in the United States
- A Web Developer's Guide to Copyright and Intellectual Property Issues in Cyberspace by Karen L. Kranack
- Music in The Marketplace
- The Copyright Archive Resource Page
- FAQS.org - the law sections have a lot of information about Internet copyright
- Oppedahl & Larson's Web Law FAQ
- Internet Pressure Group
- Copyright Office of the Library of Congress
- U.S. Copyright Law
- Text of the U.S. Copyright statutes
- US Legal Firm's Guide to Copyright Law in the US
- excellent general copyright FAQ; written by commercial firm specializing in copyrights and copyright searches
- 10 myths about copyright, particularly as it applies to the internet; written by a publisher of an electronic newspaper
- 6-part FAQ about general copyright; written by a (at the time) 3rd-year law school student
- Excellent web site by an intellectual property lawyer including information on Internet use
- Copyright, public domain, backgrounds/clip-art
- U.S. Patent and Technology Office, including the government panel's recommendations about copyright and electronic media
- Searchable page on Fair Use housed at Stanford University
- University of Indiana's copyright page, including information on fair use and distance learning; also a copyright "tutorial"
- Copyright infringement and piracy watch
- Public domain resources - a list maintained on Wikipedia
- How to License Your Music - a US-based commercial site that gives advice on how to license music
