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Copyright and Learning Management Systems

Using Course Management Systems: Guidelines and Best Practices for Copyright Compliance Summary of key guidelines with examples of best practices followed by many academic institutions regarding the posting and management of copyrighted content in course management systems. Whitepaper from the Copyright Clearance Center.

Copyright Checkpoint (Artstor) Artstor created Copyright Checkpoint to make determining rights easier, increase and improve the usage of rights statements, and broaden the visibility and discoverability of heritage collections worldwide.
Copyright Renewal Database (Stanford) Stanford's Copyright Renewal Database is a searchable index of the copyright renewal records for books published in the US between 1923 and 1963. Note that the database includes only renewal records, not original registrations, and only Class A (book) renewals received by the US Copyright Office between 1950 and 1992.
Digital Copyright Slider From the American Library Association
Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States Regularly-updated chart listing copyright terms and public domain information. From the Copyright Information Center at Cornell University Library.
Copyright at Harvard: the States While documents published by the federal government are typically in the public domain, the publications of state government may be copyrighted. The Harvard Library has created a guide to the states and how to determine the status of the states' documents.

United States Copyright Office Provides brochures, registration forms and instructions; allows a search of the copyright records.

Global Copyright by Lionel Bently (Editor); Uma Suthersanen (Editor); Paul Torremans (Editor) (EBSCO eBook) This innovative book celebrates the tri-centenary of modern copyright, which began with the enactment of the Statute of Anne by the British Parliament in 1709, and was soon followed by other copyright legislation abroad.
ISBN: 9781848447660
Publication Date: 2010-09-30
Public Domain by Stephen Fishman (EBSCO eBook) The Public Domain is the definitive guide to the creative works that are not protected by copyright and can be copied freely or otherwise used without paying permission fees. The book explains step-by-step how to recognize when a work is in the public domain.
ISBN: 9781413308587
Publication Date: 2008-06-21