Copyright Law: US Code, Title 17

Sect. 106: Exclusive rights of creators
Sect. 107: Fair use and limits to exclusive rights
Sect. 108: Libraries and limits to exclusive rights

Digital Millennium Copyright Act

• DMCA Summary
• PRIMER ON THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM
• Copyright Timeline in the U.S.

General Information

CETUS: Consortium for Educational Technology in University Systems

Copyright Website: practical applications: basic law, famous cases, Internet and computer-related issues, news, sources and resources

Copyright Laws in the Digital Domain: Web accompaniment to Exploring the Digital Domain's chapter 2, Social Themes: Copyright Laws in the Digital Domain. Describes and explains the Web's impact on copyright and intellectual property issues.

Copyright Implementation Manual, Media Technology Services, Groton Public Schools

US Copyright Office Reports

© Policies at Other Universities

• Copyright Advisory Office
        Columbia University
• Copyright Committee Report
        University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1997/98)

WATCH: Writers, Artists, and Their Copyright Holders (searchable database)

eReserve and Reserve Desk Policies at Other Universities

• Applying Fair Use in the Development of Electronic Reserves Systems
        Association of Research Libraries (2003)
• Copyright and EReserve
        Northwestern University
• Fair use guidelines for electronic reserve systems
        University of Texas at Austin

VT University Libraries

Bibliography of library resources

Copyright homepage

Copyright Policies

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