FolkLib Index - Copyright and Trademark Information

• United States Copyright Office - http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
• United States Copyright Law - http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - http://www.uspto.gov/
  • Basis Facts About Registering a Trademark - http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/tac/doc/basic/
  • Related Web Sites - http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu/other.html

• Copyright Resource Page: Copyright FAQ http://www.aimnet.com/~carroll/copyright/faq-home.html
            http://www.tjc.com/copyright/ (old site deleted 4-27-2000, new site not up yet, as of 07-01-2001) (Terry Carroll)
• The Copyright Website - http://www.benedict.com/
• The Copyright Management Center at Indiana University-Purdue
            http://www.iupui.edu/~copyinfo/
• Finding Copyright info on the internet (Alan Rowoth)
• Hyperlinks, Frames and Meta-tags: An Intellectual Property Analysis (Jeffrey R. Kuester, Peter A. Nieves)
• The Ivan Hoffman "Web Site Audit Check List"
            Many articles about designing a website, including answers to questions like "Who Owns the Copyright in Your Web Site?" and "Look and Feel Protection for Web Sites">
• Mechanicals, Performance and Synch Royalties to the copyright holder, explained by Joel Mabus
• Moondance - Top Ten Things to Know About Copyright
• Music Library Association - A Guide to Copyright for Music Librarians
• Oppedahl & Larson's list of Internet Intellectual Property precautions
            Web Law FAQ - http://www.patents.com/weblaw.sht
• 10 Big Myths about copyright explained - http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html
• What is Copyright Protection? (R. Delgado-Martinez)
• Wisconsin Resources:
  • UW-Milwaukee Music Library - Copyright & Music
  • State of Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) - Copyright Resources for Schools and Libraries

Do not copy ANY recording without the express written permision of the recording musicians!

          DO NOT COPY! statements I have seen on various recordings:

• Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.
            (standard DO NOT COPY THIS RECORDING! statement)
• Support the Arts - Please don't make copies for your friends! (Harvey Reid)
• No unauthorized duplication without consent. Don't copy it man ...it's just not cool. (O Nine Hundred)
• Unauthorized duplication will result in everything you touch turning to hair. (Lou and Peter Berryman)

Known links to this page: (Home Page - Link Page). Thank You.

• Alan Rowoth - Finding Copyright info on the internet
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