Copyright & Ethics Hot Links Page


An Intellectual Property Law Primer- copy
http://www.eff.org/pub/CAF/law/ip-primer
This is a fairly extensive disscussion of the four laws that govern what you can and cannot do with other peoples stuff on the web. It talks about ownership, fair use (an educational use practice) and other issues of which everyone who is going into education and library media should have some knowledge


Copyright Case Studies Database- copy
http://web2.unt.edu/children/copyright/list.cfm   Resource type: information,News

This site list examples of legal actions taken against school districts based on copyright violations in the district. It includes a description of the situation, the fines and resolution, the action the district took against the staff member etc. Very good information.


The 20-Questions Fair Use Copyright Quiz- copy
http://www.techlearning.com/content/speak/articles/questions.html   Resource type: information

This is a short 20 quesion true or false quiz that list scenerios and asks you to judge if they are valid fair use excptions.


The Economy of Ideas- copy
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.03/economy.ideas.html
This articles from Wired Magazine discusses the concept of copyright and intellectual property in a digital environment


The Net Copyright Law Site- copy
http://netcopyrightlaw.com/   Resource type: information,News

This site looks at the Internet copyright issue from the view of the intellectual property holder. It provide discussion ansd articles about current issues and topics.


The U.S. Copyright Office- copy
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
The is the web site of the Copyright Office of the United States. It contains copyright basics, laws, court cases and briefs and other general information. It does not contain specific information on how copyright laws pertain to schools, students and teachers.