Copyright law and procedure
- United States Copyright Office
- Copyright Act of 1976 (as amended)
- Copyright Office regulations
- Compendium of Copyright Office practices (2014)
- Directory of Online Service Providers pursuant to 17 USC 512
- Register a copyright
Copyright law
Cease & Desist
- Cease & desist templates and generators here and here and here and here and here
- Chilling Effects Clearinghouse
- Elements of a cease-and-desist letter a/k/a how NOT to be an IP gorilla
Technology
Music
- Music Copyright Information Resource (with sound snippets from significant music copyright suits)
- Who Sampled (database showing which artists sampled other artists)
- Mashup Breakdown (showing artists samples in Girl Talk mashups)
- The Grey Album at Archive.org (DJ Danger Mouse’s excellent mashup of The Beatles White Album and Jay-Z’s Black Album)
- Girl Talk (artist who samples, pays no license fees)
- YouTube video: The Beatles vs. Jay-Z (video and audio mashup, using track from Grey Album)
Fair Use
- U.S. Copyright Office Fair Use Index of Cases
- Comic Book: The Origin of U.S. Fair Use, K. Courtney, Jackie Roche, and Sarah W. Searle
- Fair Use Week (many resources)
- Tales From the Public Domain: Bound by Law?
- Organization for Transformative Works
Digitization and Orphan Works
- U.S. Copyright Office Orphan Works main page
- U.S. Copyright Office 2015 Report on Orphan Works
- U.S. Copyright Office 2006 Report on Orphan Works
- Section 108 Study Group home
- Section 108 Report (2008): full report; executive summary
Last revised July 11, 2015