Copyright Resources and Current Issues

Although compiled in 2003, this University of California guide still contains plenty of live links to permissions resources. The "Guides for locating copyright holders" are good additions to anyone's list of resources concerning places to look for copyright holder information.

I particularly like the link to Kenneth Crews's page:

Crews, Kenneth D. When You Cannot Get Permission: Dealing With the "Dead End" of a Copyright Quest. Copyright Management Center, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI). 2002.

Copyright Permission Resources
http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/copyright/permissionsresources.html#guides

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Open Access activists in research institutions have built several consortial organizations and this SHERPA site is an excellent place to begin becoming familiar with their work.

From the SHERPA "About" page:

"The original SHERPA partnership was formed for the SHERPA project (2002-2006) and drew from research-led universities with an active interest in establishing an example of a then-new concept - an open access institutional repository. After a year, the original 7 development partners were joined by 6 more partners to form a partnership of 21 individual institutions. We now have 26 institutions overall, consisting of 24 HE institutions, the British Library and the AHDS."

http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/index.html

SHERPA: Securing a Hybrid Environment for Research Preservation and Access

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WSU's site provides concise pages regarding fair use, getting permission, the public domain, music and copyright and other worthy topics. I like the site design very much and feel like it helps retrieve relevant information neatly and quickly. The site index will get you anywhere in the pages quickly if you can't find something on the clearly organized menus.

http://publishing.wsu.edu/copyright/index.html

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WATCH: Writers, Artists, and their Copyright Holders

The WATCH file a well-done database to be used for locating copyright holders and requesting permissions. The Harry Ransom Center of the University of Texas at Austen and Reading University Library have worked together to make it all happen. Besides the database, there is a bit of useful information about U.K. copyright, and some very good links to online resources on copyright.

http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/

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The statement is best described by itself:

"DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS’ STATEMENT OF BEST PRACTICES IN FAIR USE
By the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers, Independent Feature Project, International Documentary Association, National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture, and Women in Film and Video (Washington, D.C., chapter), in consultation with the Center for Social Media in the School of Communication at American University and the Program on
Intellectual Property and the Public Interest in the Washington College of Law at American University, and endorsed by Arts Engine, the Bay Area Video Coalition, the Independent Television Service, P.O.V./American Documentary, and the
University Film and Video Association.

This Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use makes clear what documentary fi lmmakers currently regard as reasonable application of the copyright “fair use” doctrine."

http://www.documentary.org/resources/src/Fair_Use/bestpractices.pdf

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The Copyright & Permission page lists several very interesting and useful links regarding copyright. I'm most impressed by the chart of AAP members and contact info for permissions requests and queries. It is located in pages located by the "How do I contact an AAP member to request permission to use their copyrighted material?" link.

http://www.publishers.org/copyright/index.cfm

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