Copyright Management

Guidelines: This section includes links to web pages that offer tips on how to secure permission to use works in various formats, as well as links to resources that discuss copyright policy and procedures in the academic setting.
Licensing and Rights Agencies: This section includes web links to licensing and rights management agencies.
Commentary and Debate: This section includes articles and law reviews discussing the copyright management.

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Guidelines

Best Practices for Permissions Processing, AAP: Copyright Education Committee Copyright Education for Campuses: Retrieved April 1, 2004 from Association of American Publishers Web site http://www.publishers.org/about/copyeducation.cfm
Campus Guide to Copyright Compliance: Retrieved February 19, 2006, from http://www.copyrightoncampus.com/compliance/index.asp
Circular 22—How to Investigate the Copyright Status of a Work: Copyright Office, Library of Congress. Retrieved June 15, 2001 from http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/intprop/circ22.html
Complying with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Responding to Notices of Alleged Infringement: Contents include what to do now and what to do later if an agent receives a notice from a copyright owner alleging an infringement. (From the University of Texas System.) Retrieved June 15, 2001 from http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/dmcaisp.htm
Copyright Law and Graduate Research: Guidelines for graduate students regarding copyright issues in researching and writing dissertations. Retrieved February 19, 2006, from http://www.umi.com/products_umi/dissertations/copyright/
Copyright Management: Policy and Guidelines for Management and Marketing of Copyrighted Works: Retrieved April 1, 2004 from http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/copymgt.htm
Copyright Management for scholarship: Includes full conference papers and presentations, plus links to examples of copyright policies and licenses around the world. Retrieved April 1, 2004 from SURF Foundation Web site http://www.surf.nl/copyright/
Copyright Permission Request Generator: An interactive tool that generates a form letter based on information provided by the user about the copyrighted work and intended use. Retrieved February 19, 2006, from http://fusion.towson.edu/www/ciat/copyright/request_copyright_permission_form.cfm
Copyright and the University Community: Implementing a Comprehensive Copyright Policy: Provides guidance for implementing a university copyright policy. (From the University of Texas System Office of General Counsel.) Retrieved June 15, 2001 from http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/admin3.htm
Copyright Search Center: Provides forms and a guide to researching the copyright holder or publisher of a piece of music. Retrieved February 11, 2002 from http://www.mpa.org/copyright/searchenter.html
Directory of Service Provider Agents for Notification of Claims of Infringement: Features links to services providers who have filed designations of agents for notification of claims of infringement pursuant to Section 512(c) of the Copyright Act. Retrieved June 15, 2001 from http://www.loc.gov/copyright/onlinesp/list/index.html
Fair Use Checklist: Provides guidance for assessing fair use. (From Copyright Management Center, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.) Retrieved August 31, 2004 from http://copyright.iupui.edu/checklist.htm
Guidelines for DMCA Enforcement: Policy on Take-Down and Put Back of Material and Activity: Sample policy from St. Louis University. Retrieved January 26, 2002 from http://www.slu.edu/DMCA/SLU_DMCA_Doc2.html
How to Locate Rightsholders and Obtain Copyright Permissions: Retrieved February 19, 2006, from
http://www.k-state.edu/academicservices/intprop/owners.htm
How to Secure Permission to Use Copyrighted Works: From Indiana University, a step-by-step guide to securing the right to use copyrighted works. Retrieved February 19, 2006, from http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/permsec.htm
Introduction to Permission Letters: Provides examples of sample model letters for contacting copyright holders to ask for permission to use a variety of types of works. Retrieved February 19, 2006, from http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/_permitintro.htm
Liblicense: Licensing Digital Information: Includes a license vocabulary, bibliography, examples of publishers' licenses, links to articles, listserv, and free software for downloading. (From the Yale University Library, Council on Library & Information Resources.) Retrieved June 15, 2001 from http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/index.shtml
Medical Library Association Copyright Management Guidelines: Retrieved June 14, 2001 from http://www.mlanet.org/government/positions/copyright_mgmt.html
Obtaining Permissions: From the University of California, a step-by-step guide to aid in planning strategies to obtain permission to use copyrighted works for educational purposes. Retrieved February 19, 2006, from http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/copyright/permission.html
Obtaining Permissions: From the Intellectual Property Information Center at Kansas State University, guidelines for obtaining copyright permission. Retrieved February 19, 2006, from
http://www.k-state.edu/academicservices/intprop/permission.htm
Online Service Providers: Designation by Service Provider of Agent for Notification of Claims of Infringement: Includes the U.S. Copyright Office's suggested formats for filing an interim or designated agent to receive notifications of copyright infringement. Retrieved June 16, 2001 from http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/onlinesp/
Publisher copyright policies and self-archiving: Use this site to find a summary of permissions that are normally given as part of each publisher's copyright transfer agreement. Retrieved April 1, 2004 from the University of Nottingham Web site at: http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo.php
The Rights and Reproduction Information Network (RARIN): A standing professional committee of the American Association of Museums. Includes examples of "rights" and "use" forms from museums and cultural organizations. Retrieved October, 16 2002 from http://www.panix.com/~squigle/rarin/01rcsite.html
Tips for Requesting Permission to Use Copyrighted Literary Work: By the Rights and Permissions Advisory Committee (RPAC). Retrieved April 1, 2004 from Association of American Publishers Web site at: http://www.publishers.org/about/rpactips.cfm
United States Copyright Law: A Guide for Music Educators: Overview of copyright issues impacting music teachers. Retrieved February 19, 2006, from http://www.menc.org/information/copyright/copyr.html
What Colleges and Universities Need to Know about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act: By Casey Lide, CAUSE/EFFECT, Volume 22, Number 1, 1999. Includes a quick checklist for campus actions. Retrieved January 14, 2002 from http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/html/cem9913.html

Licensing and Rights Agencies

Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies (AARC): Protects the rights of artists and recording companies in the areas of home taping and rental rights. Retrieved February 23, 2006, from http://www.aarcroyalties.net/new/index2.html
Artist Rights Society: Manages the rights and permissions of artists within the United States. Retrieved October 28, 2001 from http://www.arsny.com/
American Society of Composers and Authors (ASCAP): A performing rights organization licensing and distributing royalties for the non-dramatic public performances of their copyrighted works. ASCAP's licensees encompass all who want to perform copyrighted music publicly. Retrieved March 23, 2001 from http://www.ascap.com/
Authors Registry: Retrieved April 1, 2004 from http://www.authorsregistry.org/welcome.html
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI): An American performing rights organization that represents approximately 300,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in all genres of music. Retrieved March 23, 2001 from http://bmi.com/
Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI): Retrieved January, 14 2002 from http://www.ccli.com/
Copyright Clearance Center: CCC provides licensing systems for the reproduction and distribution of copyrighted materials in print and electronic formats. Retrieved March 23, 2001 from http://www.copyright.com/
Creative Commons: Retrieved April 1, 2004 from http://creativecommons.org/learn/
Getting Permission: List of collective rights organizations for obtaining permission, assuming the work you wish to use is protected and your use is not a fair use or otherwise exempt from liability for infringement. (From the University of Texas System.) Retrieved January 14, 2002 from http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/permissn.htm
Harry Fox Agency: Serves as an information source, clearinghouse and monitoring service for licensing musical copyrights. Retrieved March 23, 2001 from http://www.harryfox.com/index.jsp
iCopyright: The Instant Clearance Service allows readers to license articles and digital content. Retrieved February 11, 2002 from http://www.icopyright.com/
Media Image Resource Alliance(MIRA): As a service of Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), MIRA is an all-digital, on-line stock photography program created to place significant control in the hands of the rightsholder. Retrieved March 23, 2001 from http://www.mira.com/
Motion Picture Licensing Corporation: An independent copyright licensing service exclusively authorized by major Hollywood motion picture studios and independent producers to grant Umbrella LicensesSM to nonprofit groups, businesses and government organizations for the public performances of home videocassettes and videodiscs. Retrieved March 23, 2001 from http://www.mplc.com/
Movie Licensing USA.: Source of Public Performance Site Licenses for public schools and public libraries, providing copyright compliance for public performances of entertainment movies. Retrieved February 23, 2006, from http://www.movlic.com/
Music Publishers Association of the United States: Retrieved March 23, 2001 from http://www.mpa.org
National Writers Union Publication Rights Clearinghouse: Retrieved March 23, 2001 from http://www.nwu.org/
Obtaining Permissions: Bibliography of resources that can be used to identify and contact the correct copyright holder, arranged according to type of material. Retrieved April 1, 2004 from Regent University Library Web site at: http://www.regent.edu/general/library/services/copyright_issues/permissions.cfm
Publication Rights Clearinghouse: Licensing agency for freelance writers. Retrieved February 23, 2006, from http://www.nwu.org/nwu/index.php?cmd=showPage&page_id=1.2.13.5
SESAC: A performing rights organization. Retrieved on February 11, 2002 from http://www.sesac.com/
Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA): Retrieved August 7, 2001 from http://www.spa.org
SoundExchange: A nonprofit performance rights organization jointly controlled by artists and sound recording copyright owners. Retrieved February 23, 2006, from http://www.soundexchange.com/
U.S. Copyright Office, Interim Designated Agent Form: Helps institutions set up their Designated Agent for receiving notification of copyright infringement, as stipulated in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Retrieved March 23, 2001 from http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/onlinesp/agent.pdf
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: Retrieved January 12, 2001 from http://www.uspto.gov/
WATCH: Writers, Artists, and Their Copyright Holders: A database containing primarily the names and addresses of copyright holders or contact persons for authors and artists whose archives are housed in North America and the United Kingdom. WATCH is a joint project of the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Reading Library, Reading, England. Retrieved April 1, 2004 from The University of Texas at Austin Web site http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/

Commentary and Debate

Websites | Print and Subscription Resources

Websites

Aufderheide, P. and Jaszi, P. (2004). Untold Stories: Creative Consequences of the Rights Clearance Culture for Documentary Filmmakers. Retrieved February 26, 2006, from http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/rock/backgrounddocs/printable_rightsreport.pdf

Bell, T.W. and DeLong, J.V. (2002). The Great Debate on Intellectual Property. Cato Policy Report. Retrieved February 26, 2006, from http://www.cato.org/pubs/policy_report/v24n1/property.pdf

Blixrud, J. (2004, December). Balancing Stakeholder Interests in Scholarship-Friendly Copyright Practices. ARL Bimonthly Report 237. Retrieved February 21, 2006, from http://www.arl.org/newsltr/237/copyright.html

Cohen, J. E. (1997). Some Reflections on Copyright Management Systems and Laws Designed to Protect Them. Berkeley Tech Law Journal, 12, 161. Retrieved January, 26 2002 from http://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/jec/reflections.pdf

Gervais, D.J. (1999, March). Electronic Rights Management and Digital Identifier Systems. JEP: the journal of electronic publishing, 24(3). Retrieved April 1, 2004 from http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/04-03/gervais.html

Klein, M.W. (2005). Protecting Faculty Rights in Copyright Ownership Policies. Retrieved February 26, 2006, from http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference/Resource_library/proceedings/05_2046.pdf

National White Collar Crime Center. (2004). Intellectual Property and White Collar Crime: Report of Issues, Trends, and Problems for Future Research. Retrieved February 26, 2006, from http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/grants/208135.pdf

Wyszomirski, M.J. (n.d.) Organizing the Management of IP Rights: Licensing, Collecting and Security in a Digital Age. Retrieved February 26, 2006, from http://www.ifacca.org/files/MJWch7.pdf

Zaharoff, H.G. (2004). Basics of Copyrights and Copyright Clearance. Retrieved February 26, 2006, from http://www.mbbp.com/resources/iptech/copyright_basics.html

Print and Subscription Resources

Armstrong, T. (2005). Copyright Clearance Center : Providing Compliance Solutions for Content Users. Journal of Library Administration, 42(3/4), 55-64. Retrieved February 26, 2006, from Haworth Press database.

Bartow, A. (2003). Electrifying Copyright Norms and Making Cyberspace More Like a Book. Villanova Law Review, 48, 13. Retrieved March 17, 2004 from Lexis-Nexis Academic database.

Battisti, M. (2001). The Future of Copyright Management: European Perspectives. IFLA Journal, 27(2), 82. Retrieved April 1, 2004 from Academic Search Premier.

Bide, M. (1999, Fall). Managing Rights: The Core of Every Future Publishing Business? Publishing Research Quarterly, 15(3), 69. Retrieved April 1, 2004 from Communication & Mass Media Complete.

Butler, R.P. (2001). Obtaining Permission to Copy or Perform a Work, Part I. Knowledge Quest, 30 (2), 43-44. Retrieved February 28, 2006, from Wilson SelectPlus database.

Butler, R.P. (2002). Obtaining Permission to Copy or Perform a Work, Part II. Knowledge Quest, 30 (3), 32-33. Retrieved February 28, 2006, from Wilson SelectPlus database.

Butler, R.P. (2002). Obtaining Permission to Copy or Perform a Work, Part III. Knowledge Quest, 30 (4), 45-46. Retrieved February 28, 2006, from Wilson SelectPlus database.

Croft, J.B. (2005, March). Interlibrary loan and licensing: tools for proactive contract management. Journal of Library Administration, 42(3-4), 41-53.

Dahl, J. (2004, March). Working With—and Around—the TEACH Act. Distance Education Report, 8 (5), 1, 4, 6. Retrieved February 28, 2006, from Wilson SelectPlus database.

Dames, K.M. (2005). Copyright clearances: Navigating the TEACH Act. Online, 29(2), 25-29. Retrieved February 28, 2006, from Academic Search Premier database.

Davies, J. (1999). Publishers and copyright licensing. Interlending and Document Supply, 27(2), 60. Retrieved February 28, 2006, from Academic Search Premier database.

DeBeer, J. F. (2006). Locks and levies. Denver University Law Review, 84, 143. Retrieved July 2, 2007 from Academic Universe/ Lexis-Nexis database.

Ganzel, R. (2002, December). Copyright or copywrong? Training, 39(12), 36-41. Retrieved February 28, 2006, from ABI/Inform database.

Gasaway, L. N. (2003). Essay: America's Cultural Record: A Thing Of the Past? Houston Law Review, 40, 643. Retrieved March 17, 2004 from Lexis-Nexis Academic database.

Gould, T.H.P.; Lipinski, T.A.; Buchanan, E.A. (2005, May). Copyright Policies and the Deciphering of Fair Use in the Creation of Reserves at University Libraries. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 31 (3), 182-97. Retrieved February 28, 2006, from Wilson SelectPlus database.

Green, M. S. (2003). Copyrighting Facts. Indiana Law Journal, 78, 919. Retrieved March 30, 2004 from Lexis-Nexis Academic database.

Hatfield, A. (2001). Content Analysis of Restrictive Publisher Copyright Policies for Electronic Reserves. Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Information Supply, 11(3), p81-101. Retrieved February 28, 2006, from Wilson SelectPlus database.

Harris, L.E. (2004, October). Colleges, Code, and Copyright. Information Today, 21(9), 1-30. Retrieved February 26, 2006, from Academic Search Premier database.

Harris, L.E. (2005, October). Enterprise-wide copyright permissions. Information Outlook, 9(10), 42-43. Retrieved February 26, 2006, from Expanded Academic ASAP database.

Jackson, M. (2003, Spring). From broadcast to webcast: Copyright law and streaming media. Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal, 11, 3, 447. Retrieved July 13, 2006, from Academic Search Premier/EBSCOhost database.

Kemp, B. (2003). Copyright's Digital Reformulation. Yale Journal of Law & Technology, 5, 4. Retrieved March 30, 2004 from Lexis-Nexis Academic database.

Lewis, M. (2004, Jan/Fe b). Seek and Ye Shall Find. Poets & Writers, 32(1), 47. Retrieved April 1, 2004 from Communication & Mass Media Complete.

Lipton, J. (2004). Information Property: Rights and Responsibilities. Florida Law Review, 56, 135. Retrieved March 30, 2004 from Lexis-Nexis Academic database.

Loren, L. P. (2007). Building a reliable semicommons of creative works: Enforcement of Creative Commons licenses and limited abandonment of copyright. George Mason Law Review, 14, 271. Retrieved June 26, 2007 from Academic Universe/ Lexis-Nexis database.

Kumar, S. (2006). Enforcing the GNU GPL. University of Illinois Journal of Law, Technology, and Policy, 2006, 1. Retrieved July 2, 2007 from Academic Universe/ Lexis-Nexis database.

Mayer-Schonberger, V. (2006). Beyond copyright: Managing information rights with DRM. Denver University Law Review, 84, 181. Retrieved July 2, 2007 from Academic Universe/ Lexis-Nexis database.

McGinnis, L. G. (2000). Bringing Order Out of Chaos: The Challenge of Managing E-Reserves Copyright Permissions. Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Information Supply, 11(2), 39. Retrieved April 1, 2004 from Academic Search Premier.

McGinnis, L.G. (2000). Bringing Order Out of Chaos: The Challenge of Managing E-Reserves Copyright Permissions. Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Information Supply, 11(2), p39-47. Retrieved February 28, 2006, from Wilson SelectPlus database.

Nard, C. A.. (2003, Spring). E-Law, Technology & the Arts Symposium: Copyright In the Digital Age: Reflections On Tasini and Beyond. Case Western Reserve Law Review, 53(3), 601. Retrieved April 1, 2004 from Academic Search Premier.

Petersen, R.J. (2004). Copyright management for scholarship. Change, 36(3), 62-66. Retrieved February 28, 2006, from Expanded Academic ASAP database.

Pike, G.H. (2003, April). Copyright and the CCC. Information Today, 20(4), 17-18. Retrieved February 28, 2006, from Academic Search Premier database.

Simpson, C.M. (2001/2002). Copyright 101. Educational Leadership, 59 (4), 36-8. Retrieved February 28, 2006, from Wilson SelectPlus database

Tepfer, J. A. (2003). The Policy Considerations of New Use Copyright Law as it Pertains to Ebooks. Minnesota Intellectual Property Review, 4, 393. Retrieved March 30, 2004 from Lexis-Nexis Academic database.

Townsend, E. (2003). Legal and Policy Responses to the Disappearing "Teacher Exception," or Copyright Ownership in the 21st Century University. University of Minnesota Law School. Minnesota Intellectual Property Review, 4, 209. Retrieved March 17, 2004 from Lexis-Nexis Academic database.

Wilson, L. (2004). Getting Permissions. Communication Arts, 46(2), 129-134. Retrieved February 28, 2006, from Wilson SelectPlus database.

Winston, E. I. (2006). Why sell what you can license? Contracting around statutory protection of intellectual property. George Mason Law Review, 14, 93. Retrieved July 2, 2007 from Academic Universe/ Lexis-Nexis database.

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