Resources

Books
The Copyright Handbook
Copyright: Examples and Explanations
Understanding Copyright Law


Web Resources

U.S. Copyright Office: http://www.copyright.gov/

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts: http://www.vlany.org/index.php

Center for Internet and Society: http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/

Stanford Copyright and Fair Use: http://fairuse.stanford.edu/

Filesharing at IU: http://filesharing.iu.edu/

Center for Social Media: http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/

RIAA: http://www.riaa.com/toolsforparents.php?content_selector=legal_music_sites

YouTube Community Guidelines: http://www.youtube.com/t/community_guidelines

Law Dictionary: http://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?

Educase: http://www.educause.edu/node/645/tid/33381?time=1290464750

The Copyright Crash Course: http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/IntellectualProperty/cprtindx.htm

Bitlaw: http://www.bitlaw.com/copyright/

Copyright Website: http://www.benedict.com/

Fair Use, Public Domain, Open Source

Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/

U.S. Government Photos and Images: http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Graphics.shtml

Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

Public Domain Text Resource: http://www.csun.edu/science/ref/reference/public_domain_text.html

Internet History Sourcebooks Project: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/

Public Domain Images: http://www.public-domain-image.com/fauna-animals-public-domain-images-pictures/

Public Domain Photos: http://www.public-domain-photos.com/

Community Video: http://www.archive.org/details/opensource_movies

Freesound Project: http://www.freesound.org/

PBworks in Education: http://pbworks.com/content/edu+overview

Wikimedia Commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Blogs and Articles

“Copying Right and Copying Wrong with Web 2.0 Tools”: http://www.citejournal.org/vol10/iss3/languagearts/article1.cfm

“Common copyright mistakes that can still get you sued”: http://10000words.net/2010/10/common-copyright-mistakes-that-can-still-get-you-sued/

“Copyright: 10 common myths and misconceptions”:

http://www.thinkbigmagazine.com/business/362-copyright-common-myths

“Copyright Law”: http://library.findlaw.com/1999/Jan/1/241476.html

“40 IU students sued for downloads”: http://www.webcitation.org/5Yy2qTCRM

“ASCAP Brings Music From the Dance Floor to the Court Room”:

http://gothamist.com/2007/08/02/no_license_to_l.php

Twitter

Copyright Law: http://twitter.com/copyrightlaw

References

Fishman, Stephen. The Copyright Handbook. 10 ed. Berkeley, CA: Nolo, 2008.

Leaffer, Marshall A. Understanding Copyright Law. 5 ed. U.S.: LexisNexis, 2010.

McJohn, Stephen M. Copyright Examples and Explanations. 2 ed. Austin: Aspen Publishers, 2009.