Intellectual Property Resources

General Intellectual Property Resources
Public Domain and Orphan Works
Fair Use
Copyright Holders and Copyright Registration
Visual Works Image Resources and Licensing
Musical Works and Sound Recording
Dramatic and Literary Works
Photographic and Graphic Works
Motion Picture and Audiovisual Works
Comics, Cartoons and Editorials
Professional Association Listservs and Discussion Groups

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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 program

• Cornell 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 Museums

• Association 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 University

• Code 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 University

• College 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 University

• Fair Use, Center for Media and Social Impact, School of Communications, American University

• Fair Use Evaluator, American Library Association

• The Fair Use Index

• The Fair Use Network

• Reclaiming Fair Use: How to Put Balance Back in Copyright Patricia Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi, 2011

• Visual Resources Association (VRA) Statement on the Fair Use of Images for Teaching, Research, and Study

Copyright Holders and Copyright Registration

• Accessible Registries of Rights Information and Orphan Works (ARROW)

• Artists Rights Society (ARS)

• The Bridgeman Artists’ Copyright Service (BACS)

• Canadian Artists Representation Copyright Collective (CARCC)

• Canadian Copyrights Database

• Catalogue Raisonné Scholars Association

• College Art Association (CAA) Obituaries

• Copyright Renewal Database, Stanford University Libraries

• The Design and Artists Copyright Society - U.K.

• Library of Congress, Rights and Restrictions

• International Foundation for Art Research Catalogues Raisonnés

• National Archives and Records Administration’s Source and Permissions Contact List

• SOMAAP - Mexican Society of Authors of Fine Arts Collecting society of public interest

• The Catalog of Copyright Entries

• U.S. Copyright Office, Copyright Information Center

• U.S. Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014

• Writers, Artists and Their Copyright Holders (The WATCH File)

Visual Works Image Resources and Licensing

• Art Resource

• Artstor Images for Academic Publishing

• Bridgeman Images

• Bridgeman Education

• Christian Copyright Licensing International

• Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)

• Europeana

• Getty Images

• LIBLICENSE Project

• The Public Domain Review 

Musical Works and Sound Recordings

• American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP)

• Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)

• BZ Rights and Permissions, Inc.

• Diamond Time LTD

• Harry Fox Agency

• Music Library Association (MLA)

• Music Publishers’ Association (MPA) Directory of Music Publishers

• Music Publishers’ Association (MPA) Copyright Search Information Resource

• Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)

• SESAC

• Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN)

Dramatic and Literary Works

• Access © (Copyright)

• Authors

• Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS)

• The Authors Registry

• Baker’s Plays Pioneer Drama

• Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. (BPPI)

• Copyright Clearance Center (CCC)/

• Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA)

• Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

• Dramatic Publishing

• HathiTrust

• Musical Theatre International (MTI)

• Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization

• Samuel French, Inc.

• Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc.

Photographic and Graphic Works

• Advertising Photographers of America

• American Society of Picture Professionals

• The American Society of Media Photographers

• Graphic Artists Guild

• National Press Photographers Association

• Professional Photographers of America

• List of stock photo agencies

• List of free stock photo sites

Motion Picture and Audiovisual Works

• Criterion Pictures

• Insane Impact

• Internet Movie Database (IMDB)

• Kino International

• Motion Picture Licensing Corporation

• Swank Motion Pictures, Inc.

Comics, Cartoons and Editorials

• The Cartoon Bank
   

• CartoonStock

• Tribune Media Syndicate: Comics Page

• EToon

• King Features Syndicate

• Universal Press Syndicat

Professional Association Listservs and Discussion Groups

• Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) Listserv

• Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) Listserv

• ImageMuse Groups.io Listserv

• Museum Computer Network (MCN), Intellectual Property Special Interest Group (IPSIG)

• Museum IP (MUSIP) Groups.io Listserv

• Registrars Committee of the American Alliance of Museums (RCAAM) Listserv

• Society of American Archivists (SAA) Listservs

• Visual Resources Association (VRA) Listserv