Fair Use and Copyright

Copyright: University of South Carolina libraries
Copyright Law of the United States of America: and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code
The Copyright Clearance Center: a not-for-profit organization created at the suggestion of Congress to help organizations comply with U.S. copyright law
Copyright Management Center: Indiana University/Purdue University
Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States: courtesy of Peter B. Hirtle, Allen Post Professor in the University of Georgia School of Law. Dates as of 1/January/2007.
Kenneth D. Crews' form letter for permisssions
Digital Millennium Copyright Act - Status & Analysis
Fair Use and Teachers
Michael Hart's article on various copyright bills before Congress and what to do about them.
A Guide to Copyright for Music Librarians from the MLA.
Music and Copyright: From Yahoo groups
10 Big Myths about copyright explained: An attempt to answer common myths about copyright seen on the net and cover issues related to copyright and USENET/Internet publication
National Music Publishers' Association: Links to info on copyright legislation
PBS TeacherSource
Public Domain Music: A reference site to help the ordinary person identify public domain songs and public domain music
Fairuse.stanford.edu: Copyright and fair use as per Stanford University Libraries
Opposing Copyright Extension: About the growing movement to overturn the 1998 Copyright Extension Act
Stanford University Copyright and Fair Use
Stanford University's Copyright Renewal Database: copyright renewal records received by the US Copyright Office between
1950 and 1993 for books published in the US between 1923 and 1963. Note
that the database includes ONLY US Class A (book) renewals.
United States Copyright Office
A Brief Introduction to Copyright - The Consortium of Vermont Composers.
Your Music on the Web - The Consortium of Vermont Composers.
WHEN U.S. WORKS PASS INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
Yahoo's copyright links

For other copyright links, see the Copyright links at the William and Gayle Cook Music Library Indiana University School of Music Worldwide Internet Music Resources.

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