Popular Sources for Copyright Assistance

• United States Copyright Office: Copyright Basics and Frequently Asked Questions can help you with your questions and render forms
• University of Texas System Copyright Tutorial
• Copyright Clearance Center
• OCLC Digitization and Online Preservation Resource Center

University Sources on Copyright and Licensing

• University of North Carolina Chapel-Hill.
• The University of Texas System, Office of General Counsel,Crash Course in Copyright and Copyright in the Library and What is Fair Use?.
• Cornell University Library and the Cornell Copyright Information Center web site.
• Stanford University Libraries portal to articles reviewing copyright issues
• Yale University Libraries statement on physical ownership vs. copyright
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Harry Ransom Center WATCH files. The WATCH File (Writers, Artists, and Their Copyright Holders) is a database containing primarily the names and addresses of copyright holders or contact persons for authors and artists whose archives are housed, in whole or in part, in libraries and archives in North America and the United Kingdom.
  

Especially for Digital Information

• Institute of Museum and Library Services—IMLS Digital Corner

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