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Public Knowledge Proposes Six-Point Program for Copyright Reform
Public Knowledge is an organization that always has interesting copyright information on its web site.
Although this list was released in October 2007, I believe it's still relevant and worth examination:
The Advisory Network is a wonderful tool for all librarians who encounter copyright issues in their work lives, and the blog helps everyone keep up on emerging issues.
"This website is a way for librarians to learn about copyright and to get help when they have copyright troubles. The purpose of this site is to encourage librarians to discuss copyright concerns, and seek feedback and advice from fellow librarians and copyright specialists. We’d like to encourage communication and discussion - with copyright, there are no definitive answers so your perspective or point of view will add to a full exchange of ideas."
This new report received attention in the Chronicle of Higher Education recently and is worthy of notice.
Recut, Reframe, Recycle: Quoting Copyrighted Material in User-Generated Video, by Pat Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi,
http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/files/pdf/CSM_Recut_Reframe_Recycle_report.pdf
"As online video burgeons, so do questions about what kinds of uses of copyrighted works are legal online. Inevitably, those questions will be settled at least as much by practice and private negotiation as by legal action. Recent discussions of filtering and monitoring practices for platform providers show the importance of identifying lawful uses, while meeting industry concern to limit unauthorized use of copyrighted material. This study showcases user practices in use of copyrighted works within their own online videos at the dawn of this process. It identifies nine common kinds of re-appropriation practices, including satire and parody, criticism, and video diaries. It shows that a substantial amount of user-generated video uses copyrighted material in ways that are eligible for fair use consideration, although no coordinated work has yet been done to understand such practices through the fair use lens."