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Top 10 Copyright Questions in Higher Education Today, Virgil Varvel, 2003
What Is a Model Policy, and Why Do I Need One? , Virgil Varvel, 2003
International Copyright Issues in Business and Education - Western Asia , Virgil Varvel, 2003, Western Asia Preperatory Conference for UN World Summit on Information Society
Whose Words? Who Owns Student Posts in an Online Course , By Virgil Varvel - As online education continues to grow, a new question begins to appear from faculty and students alike. Who owns the words that students enter into an online course discussion forum?

Outside Resources

Government Copyright Sites

The United States Constitution , Gerald Murphy , National Public Telecomputing Network , 1996 , See Article 1, Section 8 for the basis of the legality of copyright laws in the United States
Thomas - Legislative Information on the Internet , Library of Congress , 2003 , Find out just about anything you want to know concerning the actions of the U.S. Congress
Library of Congress , Library of Congress , 2003 , Just about anything you want to know about the U.S. Government
U.S. Copyright Office , U.S. Copyright Office , Library of Congress , 2003 , Home page of the definitive source of U.S. copyright information

Institutional Policies

University Intellectual Property Policies , American Distance Education Consortium , 2000 , IP Policies

Comprehensive Sites

Intellectual Property and Copyright Resource Collection , American Distance Education Consortium , 2000 , IP information
Law for All , Nolo.com , 2002 , Do-it-yourself legal information
Copyright on the Internet , Franklin Pierce Law Center , 2000 , Addresses U.S. copyright issues dealing with email
The Copyright Website , Benedict O'Mahoney , 1995-2002 , Provides real world, practical, and relevant copyright information
CopyOwn , CopyOwn sm , University of Maryland , 1999-2002 , A resource on copyright ownership for the higher education community
Web Law FAQ , Oppendahl and Larson LLP , 1996-9 , FAQ on Web law
Copyright and Fair Use Index , Stanford University Library , Stanford University , 2000 , Numerous copyright and other legal resources
The UCLA Online Institute for Cyberspace Law and Policy , UCLA , 2000 , Emerging and established Internet related laws and policies
Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom, on the Internet, and the WWW , University of Maryland University College , 2000 , Copyright information provided by UMUC
Berkman Center for Internet and Society , Havard Law School , Harvard University , 2000 , Among other things, they have good information on intellectual property
James C. Kirkpatrick Library, Copyright and Distance Education , Central Missouri State University , 2000 June , Information resources
Legal Information Institute , Cornell Law School , 2000 , Legal information including court cases
Award Winning Articles , Ivan Hoffman, B.A., J.D. , 2001 , Lots of Copyright and IP articles from a topical lawyer.
Copyright Quick Guide, Kenneth Crews, 2003, UIPUI, Fundamentals of copyright and TEACH Act.
The Copyright Crash Course , Georgia Harper, 2001 , University of Texas System , Very informative site.

Fair Use and Fair Use Guidelines

Fair Use in Copyright , Daniel A. Tysver , BitLaw - A Resource on Technology Law , 1996-2001 , Comprehensive Internet resource on technology law
Copyright and Fair Use Index , Stanford University Library , Stanford University , 2000 , Numerous copyright and other legal resources
Educational Fair Use Guidelines for Distance Education , CONFU Report , 1997 , To provide guidance on the application of fair use principles by educational institutions
Final Report to the Commissioner on the Conclusion of the Conference on Fair Use , Bruce A. Lehman , CONFU , 1998 , Pages 18-26 of the pdf document give some broad guidelines
Agreement on Guidelines for Classroom Copying in Not-for-Profit Educational Institutions with Respect to Books and Periodicals , Ad Hoc Committe on Copyright Law Revision , Authors League of America and Association of American Publishers, Inc. , 1976 , States minimum standards of educational fair use.
Model Policy Concerning College and University Photocopying for Classroom, Research, and Library Reserve Use , Coalition for Networked Information , 1982 , Various articles about libraries, technology, and copyrighting
Guidelines for Educational Use of Music , Ad Hoc Committee on Copyright Law Revision , Music Publishers' Assoc. of US, National Music Publishers' Assoc., and Music Teachers Nat. Assoc. of Schools of Music , 1976 , States minimum standards of educational fair use
Library and Classroom Use of Copyrighted Videotapes and Computer Software , Mary Hutchings Reed and Debra Stanek , American Library Association , 1986 , Model policy addressing issues that librarians had brought
Policy and Guidelines on the Reproduction of Copyrighted Materials for Teaching and Research , University of California , 1986 , Policies and fair use
Fair Use of Copyright Works - A Crucial Element in Educating America , Consortium for Educational Technology for University Systems , 1995 , This page contains their electronic version of Fair Use of Copyrighted Works pamphlet

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