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• Copyright and Trademark Practice Page by Lexis.com (Subscription Required)
  
  The LexisNexis™ Trademark & Copyright Page is the single location for your trademark and copyright research needs. Access state and federal trademarks and copyrights; find cases, statutes and regulations; and review the latest news from Mealey Publications, LexisNexis searches and the Eclipse™ electronic clipping service.

• Benedict's Copyright Web site
  
  This Web site, created by attorney Benedict O'Mahoney, looks at copyright law in context of arts and entertainment disputes. There is basic information about concepts of proper notice, fair use and public domain along with examples of movies and records that have been the subject of copyright infringement suits.

• Copyright Clearance Center
  
  Through this Web site, consumers can purchase permission to publish copyrighted material.

• Copyright General information
  
  The law firm Oppedahl & Larson posts basic information about copyright law in this Web site, including information about how to register a copyright, the definitions of "copyright" and "work-for-hire" and the differences between copyrights and patents. Source: Oppedahl & Larson LLP

• Copyright on the Internet
  
  This Web site contains an article by Franklin Pierce Law Center professor Thomas Field, Jr. outlining copyright issues arising in cyberspace, such as disputes that about email lists or Web pages. Source: Franklin Pierce Law Center.

• Copyright Management Center
  
  This Web site of the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis looks at fundamental copyright concepts such as fair use, ownership claims, and giving and receiving permission to use copyrighted materials. There also are links to federal laws.

• Copyright Myths Explained
  
  Brad Templeton, chairman of the board of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, addresses 10 common misperceptions about copyright law on this Web site.

• Legal Information Institute (LII) U.S. Copyright Law Overview
  
  This Web site gives a short summary of the federal laws governing copyright and includes links to the U.S. Copyright Act, implementing regulations, appellate court decisions and international copyright conventions. Source: Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School

• Timeline: A History of Copyright in the U.S.
  
  This Web site traces the history of copyright law from 1710, when the Statute of Anne was enacted in England, to the Berne Convention of 1886, through the end of the 1990s. Source: Association of Research Libraries

• U.S. Copyright Office Home Page
  
  This home page of the U.S. Copyright Office contains basic information about copyrights, including information about registration, links to statutes and federal announcements.

• Yahoo! - Government:Law:IP:Copyright
  
  This Yahoo! Web site contains links to statutes such as the U.S. Copyright Law and international treaties, including the Berne Convention and the "International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations." There are also links to various position papers and other Web sites explaining the fundamentals of copyright law.

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Copyrights & the Protection of Software

• Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure
  
  This Web site contains a hypertext version of a 1995 paper issued by the White House's Information Infrastructure Task Force addressing intellectual property in cyberspace.

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