Copyright Resources

• General Information
• Preventing Infringements
• Protecting Our Own Works
• Permissions and Fair Use

General Information

• UC Copyright Education Web Site, an educational resource for the UC community, assembles in one place selected systemwide and campus information and resources about academic copyright concerns. Topics include:
  • Systemwide Policies and Resources
  • Campus Policies and Resources
  • Copyright Ownership
  • Using Copyrighted Works
  • Additional Resources (Current News and Issues, Copyright Basics Copyright Ownership, Fair Use, Obtaining Permissions, Public Domain, TEACH Act and Copyright and the Web Resources, University Copyright Centers and FAQs, Copyright-related Advocacy Organizations, and U.S. Copyright Laws)
  • FAQs
• UC Guidelines for Compliance with the Online Service Provider Provisions of the DMCA
  • UC Berkeley's Designated Agent under the DMCA
• Also see the Copyright section of the Campus Online Activities Policy

Preventing Infringements

• Digital Copyright Protection at the University of California
• UC Commitment to Copyright Law
• Universitywide Copyright Policies and Guidance
• The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
• From the CIO:
  • Piracy and privacy: Critical network management issues
  • Piracy and privacy—Part II
• EDUCAUSE: white paper on Copyright Law and Potential Liability for Students Engaged in P2P File Sharing, plus "Subject Terms" items: File Sharing, Intellectual Property Regulation, and Peer-to-Peer (P2P)
• Electronic resources in the Library: Conditions of use and licensing restrictions
• A Primer on Distance Learning and Intellectual Property Issues

Protecting Our Own Works

• Copyright Notices on Campus Websites
• UC Berkeley's Office of Technology Licensing: assistance registering copyrights

Permissions and Fair Use

• U.S. Copyright Office
• Copyright Clearance Center: photocopy permissions
• Title 17—Copyrights, U.S. Code, Cornell Law School
• Fair Use [PDF], Library of Congress
• Fair Use: Overview and Meaning for Higher Education, CETUS
• Copyright Issues, American Library Association (ALA)
• 10 Big Myths about copyright explained, with applications to Usenet and Internet publication
• When Works Pass into the Public Domain, L. Gasaway, UNC
• Copyright on the Internet, Thomas G. Field, Jr., Franklin Pierce Law Center
• Chilling Effects Clearinghouse: protections for online activity in intellectual property law and the First Amendment.
• Copyright Website for "infonauts, netsurfers, webspinners, content providers, musicians, appropriationists, activists, infringers, outlaws, and law abiding citizens."
• Creative Commons: devoted to expanding the range of creative work available for others to build upon and share.
• DigitalConsumer.org: consumers' rights to fair use