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COPYRIGHT INFORMATION FOR EDUCATORS

University of Washington Resources

• University of Washington Copyright Connection The local resource for copyright information
• Digital Millenium Copyright Act
• University of Washington Copyright Policy

Copyright Basics

• The Copyright Office
• Copyright FAQ from the Copyright Office
• The Law from the Copyright Office
• Copyright Basics from the Copyright Office
• Copyright Information for Educators and Librarians from the Copyright Office
• Patent, Trademarks and Copyright from the National Paralegal College
• The Digital Millenium Copyright Act from the Copyright Office (pdf file)
• Copyright Term Extension Act from the Copyright Office (pdf file)
• Primer on the Digital Millenium Copyright Act
• Copyright Renewal Database a Google project
• How to Investigate the Copyright Status of a Work from the Copyright Office
• When Works Pass into the Public Domain from Peter Hirtle at Cornell

Copyright in Academia

• Copyright Law and Graduate Research
• Copyright for Librarians
• Regents Guide to Understanding Copyright and Educational Fair Use from the University System of Georgia
• Crash Course in Copyright by the General Counsel of the University of Texas - Austin
• Stanford University's Fair Use Site
• Copyown- A Resource on Copyright Ownership for the Higher Education Community
• Columbia University Fair Use Checklist
• The National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage
• Copyright Bay A graphical explanation of copyright issues

Registering Your Work

• Forms from the Copyright Office

Obtaining Permissions

• UW Copyright Permissions Center
• The Copyright Clearance Center
• The Digital Object Identifier System a plan to identify works on the net and link users with copyright holders
• The American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers
• BMI