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Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, Fair Use
Fair Use Guidelines and Principles
- CCUMC Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia
- CONFU Guidelines for Digital Image Archives
- CONFU Guidelines for Distance Learning
- CONFU Guidelines for Educational Multimedia
- National Humanities Alliance Basic Principles for Managing Intellectual Property in a Digtal Environment
Position Statements, Press Releases
- VRA Oral Testimony to Library of Congress Regarding Distance Learning Macie Hall, January 26, 1999
- VRA Statement for Public Hearing - includes ALA Public Hearings Statement Carol C. Henderson, Exec. Director, ALA, Nov.4, 1994
- VRA Endorses NHA Principles July 17, 1997
- VRA IPR Committee Recommendation Letter April 24, 1997
- VRA Open Letter to Peter Fowler May 7, 1997
- VRA Press Release (CONFU Guidelines for Image Archives) February 17, 1997
- VRA Position Statement on CONFU Guidelines for Digital Images, November 22, 1996
- VRA Public Hearings Statement Sandra C.Walker, VRA President, September 22, 1994
- VRA Open Letter to USPTO Regarding WIPO Treaties, November 22, 1996
- VRA Letter to Senator Ashcroft In regard to the Digital Copyright Clarification and Technology Act of 1997 (S 1146), September 10, 1997
- VRA Expressed Non-Endorsement of WIPO Implementation Act February 27, 1998
- VRA Reaffirms Non-Endorsement of WIPO Implementation Act (2/27/97)
- Final VRA Comments Regarding Proposed CONFU Guidelines February 25, 1998
Papers and Reports
- Copyright Law and Visual Resource Policy (Powerpoint) - by Georgia Harper, March, 2003
- Fair Use or Foul Play? The Digital Debate for Visual Resources Collections by Macie Hall, November 7, 1997
- Digital Images and Fair Use Web Sites by Maryly Snow
- Portland Town Meeting, September 27, 1997 Barbara Anderson, Portland Art Museum
- License to Kill? Copyright Ownership and Fair Use in an Age of Licensing by Maryly Snow, July 1997
- Final CONFU Report from VRA IPR Committee May 19, 1997
- The CONFU Digital Image and Multimedia Guidelines: The Consequences for Libraries and Educators by Christine Sundt, April 4, 1997
- Image Archives & Fair Use Virginia M.G.Hall, Christine Steiner, Christine Sundt
- Intellectual Property Rights in the Digital Age: An Overview by Macie Hall
- Copyright, Fair Use, and Image Archives & Collections
Compilations & Other Resources
- ALA Copyright Page
- Database Legislation Web site Constructed by the Digital Future Coalition
- Art, Copyright, and the Web Bibliography Compiled by Jeanette Mills and Cynthia Caci
- Copyright Act of 1976 As Amended (1994)
- Copyright & Arts Issues, Compiled by Christine Sundt
- Copyright & Fair Use: The Great Image Debate Visual Resources, Robert Baron, Guest Editor
- Copyright Implementation Manual Media Technology Services, Groton Public Schools, Mystic, CT
- Indiana University Copyright Management Center
- NINCH Fair Use Education Site
- Stanford University Library: Fair Use Site
Recent Legislation and Other News
- Court Says Thumbnail Image Linking is Fair Use - July 2003
- TEACH Act Beomes Law - Jane Darcovich, 2002
- Intellectual Property: The Attack on Public Space in Cyberspace Howard Besser, 2001
- NEA's Guide to Visual Artist's Rights Act (VARA) 1997
- ALA's Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) site
- Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (PDF format) January 27, 1998
- Digtial Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) (PDF format) December 1998
- WIPO International Essay Competition, Deadline - December 1, 2001
- WIPO Counter Essay (this page is no longer active so the link points to a cached version on www.archive.org)
- Bridgeman Art Library LTD, versus Corel Corp. 1999
- Kelly versus Arriba Soft Corp. December 15, 1999
- Hague Convention on International Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters October 1999
- European Union Directive on Copyright and Related issues (Ongoing)
