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Resources for General Information on US Copyright Law

Additional Reading on Copyright and Fair Use

Copyright Staff will continually update this list to reflet the most relevant copyright information for our students and faculty.

Baldwin, Peter. The Copyright Wars: Three Centuries of Trans-Atlantic Battle. Princeton U. Press, 2014.
A trans-atlantic account of the 300-year history of intellectual property disputes. The first survey of its kind, and an important text for those wishing to undestand today's copyright conflicts.
Boyle, James. The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind. Yale Univeristy Press, 2008.
Boyle's invaluable book champions the Creative Commons movement and criticizes increasingly stringent intellectual property law in the United States. Available from the bookseller of your choosing.
Cambridge University Press et. al. v. Patton et. al.
Known informally as the "Georgia State Case," the judge found that in most cases, scanning small portions of textbooks for inclusion in library Electronic Reserves was considered "Fair" under copyright law.
Licensing Journal. Aspen Publishers, Inc.
American journal containing articles and research on intellectual property news. Available through our APUS' Business Source Complete Database. Issues from 1999-present.
Strong, William S. The Copyright Book: A Practical Guide, 6th ed. The MIT Press, 2014.
The updated edition of this standby contains information regarding copyright in the internet age in addition to its original content. Easy reading for those not well-versed in copyright law.
The TEACH ACT: New Roles, Rules, and Responsibilities for Academic Institutions. Copyright Clearance Center, 2002.
A guide to the Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act of 2002.

Resources for Creative Commons Material

Resources for creative commons materials on the web:

Creative Commons Search
creativecommons.org search feature
Gratisography
A source for high resolution, CC stock photography.
New Old Stock
Vintage photos that are presumed free of any copyright restrictions.
Unsplash
CC stock photos.

Public Domain Resources

The following are excellent resources for Public Domain text, image, audio, and video files. Please note: there may be some items included within these resources that are not in the Public Domain.

Library of Congress
Public Domain images and documents.
Project Gutenberg
Full text versions of Public Domain books.
Europeana
Over 30 million items, both text and visual arts from European collections.
Digital Public Library of America
Over 40 million text and multimedia items from the Public Domain
LibriVox
Public Domain audiobooks read aloud by volunteer contributors
Perseus Digital Library
Public Domain translations of Ancient texts. Searchable by author, title, subject, keyword, etc.
The Internet Classics Archive
Over 400 works of classic literature in translation.