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General Intellectual Property Resources
American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) Center for Intellectual Property and Innovation, Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Indiana University, Indianapolis College Art Association (CAA) Copyright Advisory Network, American Library Association Office for Information Technology Policy Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for Digitization for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums , Peter B. Hirtle, Emily Hudson, Andrew T. Kenyon, 2009 (to order printed version )Copyright for Librarians: the essential handbook from the Berkman Center for Internet and Society CopyrightLaws.com Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States (a.k.a. Hirtle’s Chart)Copyright Watch CopyrightX Harvard Law School distance learning programCornell University Copyright Information Center Columbia University Copyright Advisory Office: Copyright Quick Guide Developing Intellectual Property Policies: A How-To Guide for Museums, Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) (archived page)Digital Copyright Slider, American Library Association Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage (IPinCH): Theory, Practice, Policy, Ethics Library Digitization Projects and Copyright Maryland Intellectual Property Legal Resource Center, University of Maryland Michelson Institure for Intellectual Property A Museum Guide to Digital Rights Management, Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) (archived page)Teaching Copyright, A project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation University of Michigan Copyright Office Visual Resources Association (VRA) Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Copyright World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Public Domain and Orphan Works
Center for the Study of the Public Domain Best Practices for Access to Images: Recommendations for Scholarly Use and Publishing, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Orphan Works and Mass Digitization, U.S. Copyright Office The Public Domain: How to Find & Use Copyright-Free Writings, Music, Art & More , Stephen Fishman, 2014 (e-book or print)Section 108 of the U.S. Copyright Code Spinner Society of American Archivists (SAA) Orphan Works: Statement of Best Practices Standards and Guidelines: Copyrights and Permissions in Scholarly and Educational Publishing, College Art Association Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use of Collections Containing Orphan Works for Libraries, Archives, and Other Memory Institutions, Center for Media and Social Impact
Fair Use
Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) : Guidelines for the use of Copyrighted Materials and Works of Art by Art MuseumsAssociation of Research Libraries (ARL) Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video , Center for Social Media, School of Communication, American UniversityCode of Best Practices in Fair Use for Poetry , Center for Social Media, School of Communication, and the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, Washington College of Law, American UniversityCollege Art Association, “Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts ”
Documentary Filmmakers’ Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use, Center for Social Media, School of Communications, American UniversityFair Use, Center for Media and Social Impact , School of Communications, American UniversityFair Use Evaluator , American Library AssociationThe Fair Use Index The Fair Use Network Reclaiming Fair Use: How to Put Balance Back in Copyright Patricia Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi, 2011Visual Resources Association (VRA) Statement on the Fair Use of Images for Teaching, Research, and Study
Copyright Holders and Copyright Registration
Visual Works Image Resources and Licensing
Musical Works and Sound Recordings
Dramatic and Literary Works
Photographic and Graphic Works
Motion Picture and Audiovisual Works
Comics, Cartoons and Editorials
Professional Association Listservs and Discussion Groups