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The following online resources were compiled by Mary Beth Koos and Craig Roland for a presentation at the 1998 National Art Education Association Conference in Chicago. - Updated November 15, 2001.
http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/confu.htm
Provides information on a conference group the Clinton Administration set up to explore issues of "fair use" in the digital age.
http://www.copyright.com/
The Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) is a not-for-profit organization created at the suggestion of Congress to help organizations comply with U.S. copyright law. Through its collective licensing programs, CCC provides authorized users with a lawful means for making photocopies from its repertoire of more than 1.75 million titles.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/copyright/
Includes links to a number of online resources related to copyright and fair use.
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/
Includes search capabilities and a comprehensive list of links to various web sites containing copyright and fair use information.
http://oregon.uoregon.edu/~csundt/vrcfu.htm
Outline and order form for a comprehensive book edited by Robert Baron.
http://www.aimnet.com/~carroll/copyright/faq-home.html
Includes a list of FAQs about copyright, common misconceptions, resources and links by Terry Carroll.
http://www.benedict.com/
An excellent online resource with practical information on copyright law and issues.
http://www.ari.net/dfc/
"The Digital Future Coalition (DFC) is committed to striking an appropriate balance in law and public policy between protecting intellectual property and affording public access to it." This site includes updates on copyright legislation and issues.
http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/portland.htm
Maryly Snow, a librarian at the University of California (Berkeley) discusses issues related to digital images on the World Wide Web using three fair use web sites as examples: SPIRO, the visual public access catalog of the Architecture Slide Library at the University of California, Berkeley; the Vincent Van Gogh Information Gallery; and the Art Imagebase from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
http://www.cetus.org/fairindex.html
A practical guide to Fair Use in Higher Education, with a particularly useful overview and helpful illustrative scenarios. Published by the Consortium for Educational Technology for University Systems (CETUS).
http://iitf.doc.gov/
Contains the Clinton administration's white paper "Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure" that outlines proposed changes in copyright law.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/copyright.html
An extensive online resource for information related to copyright law.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c104:H.R.2441:
Outline of a bill (H.R. 2441) introduced (but not passed) in the 104th Congress. To date, this bill has yet to re-introduced in the 105th Congress.
http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/imagguid.htm
Describes proposed guidelines developed during the CONFU process.
http://www-ninch.cni.org/ISSUES/COPYRIGHT/FAIR_USE_EDUCATION/FAIR_USE_EDUCATION.html
This excellent online tutorial on Fair Use is provided by the National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH).
http://www.pipeline.com/~rabaron/ttm/TTM.htm
Includes online copies of papers and statements made by speakers at the College Art Association Annual Meeting on February 26, 1998.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
Contains lots of helpful information related to copyright and fair use.