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I. Introduction
This is a guide to UW Madison libraries and online sources for
research on copyright. Print and electronic resources are
integrated and categorized according to topic. All call numbers
included refer to locations in the Law Library unless otherwise
noted.
II. Copyright Basics
This section includes handbooks, guides, and other resources that highlight the basics of copyright law.
Copyright:
An Overview and Menu of Sources
A brief overview of copyright law from the Legal Information
Institute (Cornell). Includes links to legislative, judicial,
administrative and other resources on copyright law.
The Copyright Book: A Practical Guide (MIT Press) 5th ed. -- KF 2994.S75 1999
The Copyright
Guide: A Friendly Handbook for Protecting and Profiting From
Copyrights (Allworth) -- Memorial Library Reference KF 2995
W48 1996
The Copyright Handbook : How to Protect and Use Written Works. 6th ed. (Nolo) -- College Library: KF 2995 F53 2002
Note: Law Library has the 3rd ed. at KF 2995 F53 1996
Copyright in Cyberspace 2 : Questions and Answers for Librarians. (Neal-Schuman Publishers) -- KF3030.1 Z9 H64 2005
Copyright Law (West Legal Studies) - KF 2995 S75 2000
Copyright Office Forms (U.S. Copyright Office) -- US
Documents LC 3.14:
Also available online from the US
Copyright Office.
Copyright Office Circulars (US Copyright Office) -- US
Documents LC 3.4/2:
Also available online from the US
Copyright Office. See especially:
CIRCULAR R1: Copyright Basics --LC 3.4/2: 1/2002
CIRCULAR R2: Publications on Copyright -- LC 3.4/2: 2/2000
CIRCULAR R21: Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians --
LC 3.4/2: 21/1995
The web version was revised in June 1998.
CIRCULAR R22: How to Investigate the Copyright Status of a Work -- LC 3.4/2: 22/2004
Copyright Plain & Simple (Career Press) -- College Library KF 2995 B47 1997
Copyright Search
(US Copyright Office)
Search for owners of copyrighted works, including periodicals,
books, music, art and more.
Crash
Course in Copyright (University of Texas System. Office of General
Counsel)
Major themes are fair use and copyright in the digital environment.
The focus is on higher education. See the "Crash Course Tutorial"
on fair use, ownership and permission.
Dealing With Copyrights (Oceana Publications) -- K1420.6 W56 2000
Electronic Reserve : A Manual and Guide for Library Staff Members. Binghamton , NY (Haworth Information Press, 2003-) -- School of Library/Info Studies. General Collection 025.174 D833e
Every Writer's Guide to Copyright and Publishing Law. 3rd ed. (Holt) -- KF 3020 Z9 K69 2004
FA©E (Friends of Active
©opyright Education)
An initiative of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. Click on one
of the six colored buttons for answers to copyright questions in a
variety of contexts and links to related sites. Site is divided
into sections according to the type of work involved (e.g. books,
motion pictures).
Frequently asked Questions (U.S. Copyright Office) -- U.S. Documents LC 3.2: Q 3/3
Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright
Designed by CENDI, the Federal STI (Scientific and Technical Information)Managers grouo, for federal STI agencies. Last updated in August 2004.
General
Information About Copyrights
The law firm, Oppedahl and Larson presents
a copyright FAQ list.
The Law of Copyright
(Oceana) -- KF 2995 F69 2000
The Librarian's Copyright Companion (Hein) -- KF 2995 H45 2004
The Librarian's Guide to Intellectual Property in the Digital age : Copyrights, Patents, and Trademarks (American Library Association) -- Memorial Library Z 688 P36 W33 2002 ;
School of Library/Info Studies. General Collection 655.673 W574L
What is a copyright? 2nd ed. (American Bar Association,
Section of Intellectual Property Law) - KF 2995 A53 2001
When
Works Pass into the Public Domain
Chart from the University of North Carolina's Task Force on
Intellectual Property detailing the inception and duration of a
work's copyright protection.
III. Treatises
See International, Comparative and Foreign Copyright for treatises on these topics.
A. General
Boorsytn on Copyright. 2nd ed. (Clark Boardman
Callaghan) 2v. - KF 2994 B66 1994
With current supplements.
Copyright : Current Issues and Laws (Nova Science Publishers) - KF 2994 C57 2002
Copyright in a Global Information Society : The scope of Copyright Protection Under International, US, UK, and French law (Kluwer Law International) -K1447.3 M35 2000
Copyright Law and Practice (Bureau of National Affairs)
3v. -- KF 2994 P35 1994
With current supplements.
Copyright Law in Business and Practice (West Group) 2v. -- KF 2994 H35 2002
With current supplements.
Copyright Law: Protection of Original Expression (Carolina Academic Press) -- KF 2993 H354 2002
Copyright : Principles, Law and
Practice (Little, Brown) 4v.-- KF 2979.G63 1996
With current supplements.
Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity (Penguin Press, 2004) -- KF2979 L47 2004; http://www.free-culture.cc/freeculture.pdf
Goldstein on Copyright. 3rd ed. (Aspen Publishers) 4v. -- KF 2979 G63 2005
Intellectual Property : The Law of Copyrights, Patents, and Trademarks (Thomson/West) -- KF2980 S34 2003
Nimmer on Copyright : A Treatise on the Law of Literary,
Musical and Artistic Property, and the Protection of
Ideas (Matthew Bender) 10 v. - Reserve Collection KF 2991.5 N5
1978
With current supplements.
Scott on Computer Law. 2nd ed. (Prentice Hall Law &
Business) 2v. -- KF 390.5 C6 S38
B. Specialized
American Literature and the Culture of Reprinting (University of Pennsylvania Press) -- PS 208 M38 2003
Copyright : Sacred text, Technology, and the DMCA ( Kluwer Law International) -- KF 3030.1 N56 2003
Free Culture : How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity. (Penguin Press) -- KF 2979 L47 2004; College Library KF 2979 L47 2004
How to Avoid Reel Legal Problems : A Film Making & Multimedia Legal Guide. (Thomson/West) -- KF 4298 S26 2004
The Legal Protection of Databases. (Cambridge University Press) -- KD1303 C65 D388 2003
Licensing of Intellectual Property and Other Information Assets (LexisNexis Matthew Bender) -- KF 2979 N55 2004
Promises to Keep : Technology, Law, and the Future of Entertainment (Stanford Law and Politics) 2004 -- KF 3035 F57 2004; College Library KF 3035 F57 2004
IV. Copyright Legislation and Regulation
For foreign and international copyright law, see International and Foreign Copyright.
Copyright Act of 1976 and amendments
Title 17, United States Code -- 5th Floor, East Wing, Section
27-29. Check Tables volumes of the United States Code to
search for copyright legislation that may not be codified in Title
17.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
P.L. 105-304, 112 Stat. 2860 (1998)
Regulations
Title 37, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) -- 5th Floor, East Wing, Section 30
Copyright
law of the United States of America -- Selected Provisions of the
US Code Relating to Copyright
From the US Copyright Office. Lists sections from parts of the US
Code besides Title 17 which pertain to copyright.
United States Code, Title 17 (GPO Access)
V. Copyright Cases
Copyright Law Decisions (Commerce Clearing House) -- Ref KF 2990 A2 C67
Copyright Law Reporter
(Commerce Clearing House) -- Ref KF 2991.5 C67
Monthly publication reporting trial and appellate cases involving
copyright cumulating in the bound Copyright Law Decisions,
supra.
Decisions of
the United States Courts Involving Copyright (US Copyright
Office) -- US Gov. Documents LC 3.3/3:
Covers years 1909-1985; cumulative index for 1909-1970.
United States Patents Quarterly (Associated Industry Publications) -- Ref KF 2975 A2 U552 Weekly publication reporting the full text of cases on patents, trademarks, copyright and related areas.
VI. Intellectual Property Periodicals
Indexes
The following indexes cover copyright periodicals and publications:
Current Index to Legal
Periodicals (University of Washington Law Library) Current
issues - Law
Library Web site; WESTLAW: CILP
This weekly publication is an update to Index to Legal
Periodicals and Books, infra.
Current Law Index (Information
Access Company) [1980 - ] - Ref. Periodical Index Tables
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books Full Text and
Retrospective (H.W. Wilson) [1908 - ] Ref. Periodical Index
Tables;
Law Library Web site [1918- ] ; also LEXIS: LAWREV; ILP and
WESTLAW: ILP
Legal Resource Index (Information Access Company) - LEXIS:
LAWREV; LGLIND
To find periodicals in the University of Wisconsin Law Library covering intellectual property, use the guided keyword search in MadCat, and search for the Subject "Intellectual Property United States Periodicals", making sure to select "all of these" instead of "as a phrase."
VII. Education and Fair Use
This section of the guide is devoted to copyright issues as it applies to educators and librarians."Fair Use," the case law-based doctrine added as Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, is a focal point of interest and concern for those in education at all levels. This doctrine holds that the production and dissemination of works in the context of teaching, research and scholarship is not an infringement of copyright.
The materials below are designed to serve as practical guides to "fair use" and its implications for those in an educational environment.
Checklist
for Conducting a Fair Use Analysis
From Cornell University. A guide to applying the balancing test for
determining whether one may make or distribute copies of works
protected by copyright without having to obtain the permission of
the copyright holder.
Copyright and Fair
Use
Guide to copyright-related web pages from Stanford University
Libraries.
Copyright for schools : A Practical Guide ( Linworth Pub., Inc.) -- CIMC Professional Stacks KF 3020.Z9 S57 2005
Copyright and the NII [National Information Infrastructure]: Resources for the Library and Education Community (Association of Research Libraries) -- School of Library and Information Studies Library, General Collection 655.673 C794
Copyright for Teachers and Librarians (Neal-Schuman Publishers) -- CIMC Professional Stacks KF 2995 B88 2004
Copyright Law for Librarians and Educators : Creative Strategies and Practical Solutions (American Library Association) -- CIMC Reference Stacks KF 2995 C74 2006; Memorial Library Reference KF 2995 C74 2006; School of Library and Information Studies 655.673 C867ce2
Copyright Law on Campus (Washington State University Press) -- KF 3030.1 L56 2003
Crash Course in Copyright
From the University of Texas, Office of General Counsel. Major
themes are fair use and copyright in the digital environment. See
the "Copyright
Online Tutorial" on fair use, ownership and permission.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act Guide
The American Library Association offers a brief summary of the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act's provisions.
Fair
Use Issues
Guide to fair use issues, from the Copyright Management Center,
Indian University-Purdue University.
Fair Use Network
A program of the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of
Law. Providing information designed to support fairuse, including a
Resources section. This section contains contains a reference
guide, including guides on copyright, fair use, an annotated
compilation of federal statutes and regulations, and other
reference materials and indexes.
In Answer to Your Query: Fair Use (U.S. Copyright Office) -- LC 3.4/2: FL-102; http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.pdf
Questions & Answers on Copyright for the Campus Community
(Association of American Publishers) -- KF 2995 Q47 2002; http://www.nacs.org/public/copyright/
VIII. International and Foreign Copyright
Copyright and the GATT : An Interpretation and Legislative History of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act : 1995 supplement to Copyright Law and Practice (Bureau of National Affairs) - KF 2994 P345 1995
Copyright in a Global Information Society: The Scope of Copyright Protection under International, US, UK, and French Law (Kluwer Law International) - K 1447.3 M35 2000
Intellectual Property Law of Canada (Juris Publishing)
1999 - KE 2777.5 S75
With current supplements.
International Copyright: Principles, Law and Practice (Oxford University Press) - K 1420.5 G65 2002
Whale on Copyright (Sweet & Maxwell) - KD 1289 W5
1997
An introduction to the law of copyright in the U.K.
World Copyright Law : Protection of Authors’ Works, Performances, Phonograms, Films, Video, Broadcasts, and Published Editions in National, International, and Regional law (Sweet & Maxwell) -- K 1420.5 S737 2003
Foreign National Copyright Offices
Australian Copyright
Council
See the list of Information Sheets
which summarize Australian copyright law.
Canadian
Intellectual Property Office-Copyright
Links to Canadian copyright legislation and reference sources.
UK Patent
Office-Copyright
Overview of British copyright law, links to principal British
copyright legislation, information on EU copyright law, news, and
FAQs.
IFRRO (International
Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations)
Copyright Legislation section contains links to laws of selected
European nations.
International Federation
of Library Associations (IFLA) -- Information Policy: Copyright and
Intellectual Property
Directory of links to papers and periodicals discussing copyright;
organizations and copyright collections; examples of copyright
policies; copyright treaties and conventions; and copyright
organizations in the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, and Europe.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Site includes UNESCO publication, including the Copyright Bulletin (in six languages), the Collection of National Copright Laws, various studies of copyright issues. and more.
World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO)
WIPO is the United Nations organization that administers treaties
involving intellectual property protection. Site contains
information about the organization, an overview of international
copyright, and a searchable database of foreign and international
intellectual property laws, the Collection of Laws for Electronic
Access.
Treaties, Conventions and Laws
Selected Treaties and Conventions
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic
Works
Paris Act of July 24, 1971, as amended on September 28, 1979.
Universal Copyright Convention (aka Paris Convention)
Adopted in Geneva in 1952, revised in Paris in 1971.
WIPO
Copyright Treaty
Full text of the treaty, with links to agreed-upon statements by
the Conference that produced the treaty.
Compilations
Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (CLEA)
Database contaiing national laws relating to intellectual property, all WIPO treaties, and bibliographic data on laws and treaties.
Collection of National Copyright Laws
From UNESCO.
Copyright and Neighboring Rights Laws and Treaties
(WIPO) 6 v. -- Ref K 1418 1987
Latest update is No.12 (Dec. 2001)
Copyright Laws and Treaties of the World (UNESCO) -- K
1420.5 U55
Latest update is No.28 (1996/1998).
Industrial Property and Copyright : Monthly Review of the
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) -- Law Library
Periodicals, 3rd floor (shelved by title)
Compilation of laws and treaties.
Intellectual property Laws and Treaties : Monthly
Publication of the World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO) -- Law Library Periodicals, 3rd floor (shelved by
title)
Compilation of laws and treaties.
See section IX., supra.
IX. Directories of Links
For directories of links related to international copyright, see International and Foreign Copyright.
Copyright:
An Overview and Menu of Sources
A brief overview of copyright law from the Legal Information
Institute. Includes links to legislative, judicial, and other
resources on copyright law.
From Stanford University Libraries. A collection of copyright law materials and links to primary source materials, inlcuding legislation and case law.
Copyright Internet
Resources
Site from the US Copyright Office provides links to web sites of
other copyright-related organizations, both foreign and
domestic.
From the Association of Research Libraries. Links to copyright legislation, decisions, international activities, and more.
European Copyright User Platform
(E©UP)
Links to European copyright
legislation and international conventions and treaties, and links
to selected international copyright offices.
Directory of resources from the Wisconsin State Law Library.
Intellectual Property Rights Helpdesk
From the European Community's Research and Development Information Service. Offers extensive information on IP law and pratice in Europe, including sections focusing on copyright and a collection of practice guides and working papers.
Legal Research
Guide: Intellectual Property Law
From Virtual Chase. Site provides access to lists of web links to
US and foreign intellectual property organizations, publication and
statistical databases, and other IP-related web sites.
Researching
Intellectual Property Law in an International Context
From Law Library Resource Xchange (LLRX). Overviews of major
international agreements and intellectual property laws; links to
foreign national and governmental organizations; and lists of
foreign IP legislation.
X. Online Fee-Based Databases
LexisNexis has a copyright library (COPYRT) containing federal
cases and legislation, intellectual property journals, legislative
history material, and other secondary sources.
Westlaw contains several databases relating to intellectual property, which cover IP case law, statutes and legislative history, administrative law, public records and filings, directories, and legal texts and periodicals.
Compiled by Sunil Rao
Univerisity of Wisconsin - Madison Law Library
Revised: December 2006
