Law Resources
Links on this page will take you to additional copyright resources. These sites have information on aspects of copyright law that are of greatest interest to the university community. The list will be updated regularly.
U.S. Copyright Law: General Resources
U.S. Copyright Law: Duration and Expiration
- Copyright Duration Chart by Peter Hirtle
- Copyright Duration Chart by Lolly Gasaway
Copyright Websites at Other Universities
- Harvard University
- Yale University
- Stanford University
- Stanford University Libraries
- The University of Texas, Austin
- North Carolina State Libraries, Scholarly Communication Center
- University of Minnesota
- University of Georgia
- Catholic University
- American University - Center for Social Media White Paper on Copyright
- American University - Resources Library of the Center for Social Media
- New York University Law School - Free Expression Policy Project
- Harvard Law School - Berkman Center for Law and Society
International Copyright
- International Comparative Chart by Kenneth Crews
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- Berne Convention and Other Treaties
- TRIPs: Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Miscellaneous
- Association for Research Libraries ("ARL")
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Center for Intellectual Property and Copyright in the Digital Environment
- Film, Music, Multi-Media: VRA’s Copyright Resources and Image Calculator
- National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH)
- Copyright Website of the Music Library Association
- March 2009 CLIR Report: "Copyright and Related Issues Relevant to Digital Preservation and Dissemination of Unpublished Pre-1972 Sound Recordings by Libraries and Archives"
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