41. FCW Links: FCW - Federal Legislation Congressional Budget Office Government Accounting Office Government Printing OfficeLibrary of Congress United States Copyright Office, Congressional Quarterly http://www.fcw.com/links/legislation/index.asp

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42. U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Copyright Law Copyright Law of the United States of America. Text revised to July2001. A printed text. Chapter 7 Copyright Office, PDF, text. Chapter http://www.copyright.gov/title17/

Text revised to July 2001. A printed copy , current as of April 2000, is available for sale. This publication is also known as Circular 92. The TEACH Act , signed into law Nov. 2, 2002, and The Small Webcaster Amendments Act of 2002 , signed into law Dec. 4, 2002. The online files listed below will soon be updated to include those changes. PDF format or, individual chapters below Preface: Amendments to Title 17 since 1976 Chapter 6: Manufacturing Requirement and Importation Chapter 9: Protection of Semiconductor Chip Products Chapter 10: Digital Audio Recording Devices and Media Chapter 11: Sound Recordings and Music Videos Chapter 13: Protection of Original Designs Appendix II: Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988 Appendix III: Uruguay Round Agreements Act Appendix IV: GATT/Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) Agreement, Part II Appendix VI: Definition of "Berne Convention Work" (Circular 92 ) is available for $14. Please note that the printed edition was published in April 2000 and is not as up-to-date as the online version. Order from:

43. U.S. Copyright Office, Copyright Basics (Circular 1) right of publication in the work has a legal obligation to deposit in the CopyrightOffice, within 3 months of publication in the United States, two copies (or http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html

Circular 1 September 2000 Table of Contents What Works Are Protected? Publication Form of Notice for Visually Perceptible Copies Form of Notice for Phonorecords of Sound Recordings ... For Further Information To reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords; To prepare derivative works based upon the work; To distribute copies or phonorecords of the work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending; To perform the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works; , in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual work; and In the case of sound recordings, to perform the work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission. In addition, certain authors of works of visual art have the rights of attribution and integrity as described in section 106A Circular 40 Sections 107 through 121 section 107 immediately In the case of works made for hire, the employer and not the employee is considered to be the author.

44. U.S. Copyright Office, FAQ been published in the United States are required to be deposited with the Copyright Office within three months of the http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/faq.html

When is my work protected? What is your telephone number What is your ... quotes or samples What does What Works Are Protected. When is my work protected? What is your telephone number? The Public Information Office telephone number is (202) 707-3000. To order application forms , the number is (202) 707-9100. TTY is (202) 707-6737. What is your mailing address? What are your visiting address and hours of operation? Where can I get application forms? Forms may also be downloaded from our website. When will I get my certificate? Can you provide me with copies of my application and my work? Circular 6 for details. How can I obtain copies of someone else's work and/or registration certificate? Circular 6 provides additional information. I lost my certificate: Can I get a new one?

45. TITLE 17 , CHAPTER 7 , Sec. 708. by the Register of Copyrights in the Treasury of the United States and shall be creditedto the appropriations for necessary expenses of the Copyright Office. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/708.html

US CODE COLLECTION TITLE 17 CHAPTER 7 > Sec. 708. Prev Next (a) Fees. - for the issuance of a receipt for a deposit under section 407; for the filing, under section 115(b), of a notice of intention to obtain a compulsory license; for the recordation, under section 302(c), of a statement revealing the identity of an author of an anonymous or pseudonymous work, or for the recordation, under section 302(d), of a statement relating to the death of an author; for the issuance, under section 706, of an additional certificate of registration; for the issuance of any other certification; and for the making and reporting of a search as provided by section 705, and for any related services. (b) Adjustment of Fees. - Any fee established under paragraph (2) shall be rounded off to the nearest dollar, or for a fee less than $12, rounded off to the nearest 50 cents. If the Register determines under paragraph (2) that fees should be adjusted, the Register shall prepare a proposed fee schedule and submit the schedule with the accompanying economic analysis to the Congress. The fees proposed by the Register may be instituted after the end of 120 days after the schedule is submitted to the Congress unless, within that 120-day period, a law is enacted stating in substance that the Congress does not approve the schedule. (c) (d) Search this title: Notes Updates Parallel authorities (CFR) Topical references ... Next

46. COPYRIGHT ACT CHAPTER 7. Copyright Office. CHAPTER 8. Copyright ROYALTY TRIBUNAL. TABLE OF SECTIONS. 105.Subject matter of Copyright United States Government Works. Sect. 106. http://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/copyright.table.html

17 USCS Sects. 101 - 810 An experimental product of the Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School. There is no guarantee, implied or otherwise, that the data here is either accurate or complete. This is an experimental version only. The portions of the U.S. Code appearing here are used with the permission of Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Several provisions in the Act refer to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works to which the U.S. now adheres. TABLE OF CHAPTERS CHAPTER 6. MANUFACTURING REQUIREMENTS AND IMPORTATION TABLE OF SECTIONS Sect. 101. Definitions (a) Unpublished works (b) Published works (c) Effect of Berne Convention ... (b) Remedies CHAPTER 6. MANUFACTURING REQUIREMENTS AND IMPORTATION Sect. 601. Manufacture, importation and public distribution of certain copies Sect. 602. Infringing importation of copies or phonorecords Sect. 603. Importation prohibitions: Enforcement and disposition of excluded articles Sect. 709. Delay in delivery caused by disruption of postal or other services ... Sect. 810. Judicial review

47. United States Senate, Committee On The Judiciary Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Summary by US Copyright Office. US CopyrightOffice Study Required by Sect. Links US Copyright Office. http://judiciary.senate.gov/special/feature.cfm

48. Copyright Law For Music Educators Music Publishers' Association of the United States (MPA) PMB 246 1562 FirstAvenue New York, NY 10028 (212) 3274044. 7. The Copyright Office. http://www.mpa.org/cguide.html

Return to MPA Document Library A Guide for Music Educators Issued jointly by Music Educators National Conference Music Publishers' Association of the United States Music Teachers National Association National Association of Schools of Music National Music Publishers' Association CONTENTS: FOREWORD LIMITATIONS ON THESE RIGHTS PENALTIES FOR INFRINGEMENT USEFUL INFORMATION ... APPENDIX E: Inquiry Form on Out-of-Print Music Foreword It is a law that must be understood by music educators, both to improve their teaching and to protect themselves and their schools from incurring liability or subjecting themselves to the possibility of being sued. balanced with: the practical need for music creators and their publishers to be properly compensated for their work in order that the economic incentive and means for the creation and publication of new materials important to educators not be inhibited. Limitations On These Rights Once these primary rights are granted, the law proceeds to limit them in certain specific instances. Some of these limitations grant special privileges to teachers. One group of limitations is embodied in the section of the law which outlines the concept of "fair use." For example, courts have generally regarded quotations of an excerpt from a work in a review for purposes of illustration or comment or for a news report, as constituting "fair use." Among other limitations are those having to do with library copying, educational and religious performances of non-dramatic literary or musical works, and educational broadcasting.

49. Biblical Archaeology Society: Copyright Information is $24.00 per year in the United States, $30.00 elsewhere Copyright, 2003, by theBiblical Archaeology Society Editorial and Business Office 4710 41st Street, NW http://www.bib-arch.org/bswbHmCopy.html

©2003 Biblical Archaeology Society These pages and their content are presented for the personal and non-commercial use of our readers and may not be copied, downloaded, broadcast, stored (in any medium), transmitted, shown or played in public, adapted or changed in any way. The expressed written consent of the Biblical Archaeology Society is required for the use of any of the contents of these pages, including images and text. Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works Contact BAS page for our address details). The Biblical Archaeology Society endeavors to ensure that the information contained within these pages is correct. If you believe these pages contain any errors or omissions, please do not hesitate to contact us . Some of these pages include links to external Web sites. The Biblical Archaeology Society is not responsible for the content of these external Web sites. Biblical Archaeology Review Biblical Archaeology Review Biblical Archaeology Review , P.O. Box 7026, Red Oak, IA 51591.

50. World-Wide Intellectual Property Links@intelproplaw.com Act United States Code Title 17 - Copyright Act - Updated Through October 28,1998 Code of Federal Regulations - Title 37 - Copyright Office Regulations http://www.intelproplaw.com/WWIP.shtml

World-Wide Intellectual Property Links at www.intelproplaw.com Quick Find Home United States Patent and Trademark Office General Links Careers ... Other Links U.S. Patent and Trademark Office United States Patent and Trademark Office Canadian Intellectual Property Office Canadian Intellectual Property Office Canadian Patents Database Canadian Trade-marks Database General Links American Bar Association - Intellectual Property Law American Bar Association - Intellectual Property Links World Intellectual Property Organization American Intellectual Property Law Association ... Patent and Trade Mark Group (PATMG)- Special Interest Group of the Institute of Information Scientists Careers American Bar Association - Careers in Intellectual Property Law Cyberlaw Encyclopedia (tm) Alan Gahtan's Cyberlaw Encyclopedia (tm) Intellectual Property Publications Boston College - Law School - Intellectual Property and Technology Forum The Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property Intellectual Property Today Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review ... The University of Texas School of Law - Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal Patent Links United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) United States Patent and Trademark Office USPTO Main Patent Page USPTO Patent Databases Patent Forms ... List of PTDLPs General Information on Patents American Bar Association - Short Description on the Patent Process American Bar Association - Comprehensive Information on Patents United States Patent and Trademark Office - Frequently Asked Questions about Patents United States Patent and Trademark Office - General Information Concerning Patents ... Cornell - Patent Law Materials Business Method Patents

51. Howstuffworks "What Are Copyrights And Patents?" and how his or her creation is published or used in the United States. original worksof authorship criteria, but the US Copyright Office groups Copyrightable http://people.howstuffworks.com/question492.htm

ComputerStuff AutoStuff ElectronicsStuff ScienceStuff ... PeopleStuff Categories Culture Government Military Public Works ... Tattoos Sponsored By: Explore Stuff Big List of Articles Get the Newsletter Orbitz - Plan a Trip! Browse the Classifieds ... ShortStuff The broadest creative-work protection the U.S. government offers is the Literary works Pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works Musical works Sound recordings Dramatic works Pantomimes and choreographic works Motion pictures and other audio-visual works Architectural works The year of first publication this page Patents this page If you are interested in patenting an invention, the first thing to do is check for similar inventions in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Database (the Patent Office also employs people who will perform this service for you). If your invention has not already been patented or submitted for a patent, you can fill out a patent application. The procedures involved in applying for a patent are fairly complicated, so it may be a good idea to employ a patent lawyer at this stage in the process. For more information on obtaining a patent, check out this page Here are some interesting links: United States Patent and Trademark Office's information on patents How does Napster work and why is there such a huge fight around it right now?

52. Copyright And Public Domain United States Copyright Law US Copyright law is found in Title 17 of theUnited States Code and is administered by the US Copyright Office. http://www.pdinfo.com/copyrt.htm

PD Info Public Domain Music A reference site to help identify public domain songs and public domain music . . . royalty free music you can use anywhere and any way you choose . . . performance, sing-along, film, video, advertising, business, or personal. Home Song List Authors own the exclusive rights to their compositions. This is called a you CANNOT reproduce the music or lyrics you CANNOT distribute the music or lyrics either for free, for no profit, or for profit you CANNOT perform the music or lyrics in public you CANNOT play a recording of the music or lyrics in publiceven if you own the CD you CANNOT make a derivative work or arrangement for public use in any form limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right registered Public Domain public domain . If you can prove that a composition is in the public domain, you can arrange, reproduce, perform, record, or publish it. But you cannot just "know" a song is in the public domain or just "see" the name of the song in a book or on a list. You should use a public domain composition only if you have proof of public domain from a legitimate source.

53. TypeRight Feature: Why We Need Copyright 1. The US Copyright Office still officially refuses to accord protection for typefacedesigns. of the field, which has resulted in the United States being the http://www.typeright.org/feature4.html

The Legal Side By Jack Yan Email: legal@typeright.org Eltra Corp. v. Ringer, dealt with below. 5. The lack of protection for fonts is anomalous a photograph or a drawing have the same creative effort as a typeface, and are accorded protection under the act. The common law 6. When Eltra was judged, fonts were not as prevalent as they are nowadays. There were also fewer decorative styles, made possible through today's font creation programs. Lawyers and judges in that case felt fonts were utilitarian. Their reasons were based on old notions, at a time when intellectual property was not the big issue it is today. 7. The practice of the Courts of Appeal and the Supreme Court today is to use what is known as the "filter" test ( Altai ). They ask: (a) what parts of the work at issue are dictated by efficiency, function or nature?; (b) what parts are left? The parts that are left fall under the description of artistic expression. This test is more appropriate given the nature of typeface design than, say, Judge Learned Hand's "ordinary observer" test in Peter Pan Fabrics . Ordinary observers cannot tell the difference between two very similar typefaces, for example. And yet, similar creative efforts may have gone into each one.

54. Carnegie Mellon Legislation Copyright Law of the United States of America (US Copyright Office) and related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code. http://www.library.cmu.edu/OtherInfo/Copyright.html

Carnegie Mellon Sites Student Activities guidelines for students on appropriate use of film and video in a public setting. Basic Information (Georgia Harper, Office of General Counsel, University of Texas) (Brad Templeton) Legislation ... and related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code. (U.S. House of Representatives) Summary of the legislation. DMCA Legislative History (Home Recording Rights Coalition) (U.S. Congress) S. 505, enacted in January 1998 to amend provisions of Title 17, United States Code. Digital Images (The Catholic University of America, Office of General Counsel) Educational Fair Use Guidelines for Digital Images (Society of American Archivists) Response ... to the draft guidelines developed by the Conference on Fair Use. Image Collection Guidelines (Visual Resources Association) "The Acquisition and Use of Images in Non-Profit Educational Visual Resources Collections." A Proposal for Educational Fair Use Guidelines for Digital Images A Proposal for Educational Fair Use Guidelines for Digital Images (Conference on Fair Use) 12/3/96 draft.

55. Digital Millennium Copyright Act Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) represents the most comprehensive reformof United States Copyright law in (November 2002) The Copyright Office is now http://www.educause.edu/issues/dmca.html

Send information about resources you would like to include on this page to contribute@educause.edu This Adobe Acrobat version of the legislation is 59 pages and might take time to load. Adobe Acrobat Reader software is available free at: http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html Copy Control Complaint Desk Opens: Formal public comment on DMCA invited for one month, then feds will reconsider act. (November 2002) Unintended Consequences: Three Years Under the DMCA (May 2002) Legal Concerns Delay Publication of Research on 'Digital Watermarks' A Primer on Distance Learning and Intellectual Property Issues Association of Research Libraries Articles from EDUCAUSE publications By Georgia K. Harper, EDUCAUSE Review , Volume 35, Number 6, November/December 2000 By Laura N. Gasaway, CAUSE/EFFECT , Volume 22, Number 3, 1999 By Casey Lide, CAUSE/EFFECT , Volume 22, Number 1, 1999 Washington Update Past issues of EDUCAUSE's online newsletter, Washington Update , report on the DMCA legislation.

56. How To Contact Patent Offices, Copyright Offices, Trademark Offices, And Related Kingdom Patent Office; United States of America Patent and Trademark Office (PTO);World Intellectual Property Organization. US Copyright Office gopher server; http://www.patents.com/howtocon.htm

How to contact: Patent offices: Australian Patent Office Austria Patent Office Brazil Patent Office Brazilian Patent Office ... U.S. Federal courts Professional associations: American Intellectual Property Law Association American Bar Association International Trademark Association Association of University Technology Managers ... Organizations offering patent bar review courses Commercial information service providers: Dialog Information Services ( WWW telnet Questel/Orbit ( WWW telnet STN ( WWW telnet Mead Data Central (Lexis/Nexis) Last revised June 7, 1997. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office United States Patent and Trademark Office Washington, DC 20231-0001 US Patent Office Web Server Find telephone numbers at the US Patent Office Whom do I contact to sign up for the patent bar exam? How may I reach the Patent Office Bulletin Board System? Last revised August 18, 1999. This page is http://www.patents.com/howtocon.htm

57. Academic Support Center, MU (Links - Copyright Information) displays the program, except as permitted by Title 17 of the United States Code,may Title 17 of the US Code text or pdf files from the US Copyright Office; http://www.missouri.edu/~ascwww/copyrigh.html

Featured Sites EDUCAUSE's site on intelletual property issues UCITA information from Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility Title 17, United States Code ... Title 17 Useful Links Digital Media Consumer Rights Act introduced to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to provide that the advertising or sale of a mislabeled copy-protected music disc is an unfair method of competition, introduced in House 1/7/03, H.R.107. Twenty-First Century Distance Learning Enhancement Act . Introduced in House June 7, 2001, H.R.2100. (Now Public Law 105-304. Passed by Senate on 10/8/98, passed by House on 10/12/98. H.R. 2281). Also see Study Required by Sec. 104 of the DMCA 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act . Received in the Senate Sept. 20, 2000, H.R.5106. . Introduced 2/14/2001, H.R.614. Anticircumvention Rulemaking 1/15/03 Update Eldred v. Aschroft (Introduced in the Senate: S.1146) (Introduced in the House: H.R.3048) Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia - The final expression of the negotiations of the Educational Multimedia Fair Use Guidelines Development Working Group CONFU : The Conference on Fair Use - Includes link to the final report to the Commissioner, Nov. 1998.

58. Info: Copyright Information [Carnegie Mellon Libraries] Legislation. Copyright Law of the United States of America (US Copyright Office) and related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code. http://zeeb.library.cmu.edu/Info/Copyright.html

Home Resources Services Information ... Comments Carnegie Mellon Sites Student Activities guidelines for students on appropriate use of film and video in a public setting. Basic Information (Georgia Harper, Office of General Counsel, University of Texas) (Brad Templeton) Legislation ... and related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code. (U.S. House of Representatives) Summary of the legislation. DMCA Legislative History (Home Recording Rights Coalition) (U.S. Congress) S. 505, enacted in January 1998 to amend provisions of Title 17, United States Code. Digital Images (The Catholic University of America, Office of General Counsel) Educational Fair Use Guidelines for Digital Images (Society of American Archivists) Response ... to the draft guidelines developed by the Conference on Fair Use. Image Collection Guidelines (Visual Resources Association) "The Acquisition and Use of Images in Non-Profit Educational Visual Resources Collections." A Proposal for Educational Fair Use Guidelines for Digital Images A Proposal for Educational Fair Use Guidelines for Digital Images (Conference on Fair Use) 12/3/96 draft.

59. LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD. | Resource Links United States Patent and Trademark Office; Unites States Copyright Office; UnitedStates Federal Judiciary; Library of Congress. Foreign Governmental Agencies http://www.leydig.com/resource_links.asp

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60. Copyright Clearance Center: Permissions Made Easy of 1976 (title 17 of the United States Code) Stanford University. Guidelines fromReports on the Copyright Act of 1976 (from Copyright Office) CONTU Guidelines http://www.copyright.com/CopyrightResources/LinksCopyrightWebSites.asp

compliance guidelines rights management useful web sites (title 17 of the United States Code) Stanford University CONTU Guidelines on Photocopying and Interlibrary Arrangements Court Decision on the MDS case dated 11/08/96 Lists and Collections Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) , Stanford University Libraries Findlaw Internet Legal Resources Legal Information Institute , Cornell Law School WWW Multimedia Law Information Infrastructure Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure (The White Paper) Joint Statement on the Digitisation of Printed STM Materials Released by the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO) and the International Association of Scientific Technical and Medical Publishers International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations IFRRO Australia Belgium International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Canada Canada Canadian Publishers' Council (CPC) Canada Société québecoise de gestion collectivedes droits de reproduction (COPIBEC) Denmark COPY-DAN Finland KOPIOSTO R.Y.

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