UC Resources:

• UC Copyright Task Force: http://www.ucop.edu/acadinit/copyright/reports.html
• Materiel Management:http://www.ucsc.edu/matman/BusCon/copyrightgeneral.htm
• UC Office of Technology Transfer:http://www.ucop.edu/ott/
• University of California Policy and Guidelines on the Reproduction of Copyrighted Materials for Teaching and Research: http://www.ucop.edu/ucophome/uwnews/copyrep.html

Here are some copyright great explanations from the University of Texas:

• Copyright crash course -- http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/cprtindx.htm
• Gettting permission -- http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/permissn.htm
• Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials -- http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/copypol2.htm
• CONFU: The Conference on Fair Use --http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/confu.htm

Below are some excellent articles from Nolo Press regarding copyright issues:

• "When Copying is OK -- the 'Fair Use' Rule" http://www.nolo.com/encyclopedia/articles/pct/nn75.html
• "Grading Teachers on Copyright Law -- Videotaping for the Classroom" http://www.nolo.com/encyclopedia/articles/pct/nn72.html
• "Copyright Protection: What It Is, How It Works" http://www.nolo.com/encyclopedia/articles/pct/PCT18.HTML
• "Getting Permission to Publish: Ten Tips for Webmasters" http://www.nolo.com/encyclopedia/articles/ilaw/pub_permission.html

Numerous legal articles about copyrights can be found at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/search.taf

These articles are good discriptions of multimedia and copyright issues:

• http://www.eff.org/pub/CAF/law/ip-primer
• http://www.eff.org/pub/CAF/law/multimedia-copyright

Other Sites and Articles of Interest:

• Intellectual Property Protection in Cyberspace: Towards a New Consensus: http://www.itaa.org/govt/pubs/ipp.htm
• Fair use test -- http://www.benedict.com/basic/fairuse/fairtest.htm
• Public Domain -- http://www.benedict.com/basic/public/public.htm
• Cyberspace law for non-lawyers :
  http://www.ssrn.com/update/lsn/cyberspace/csl_lessons.html
• Copyright.Protection@Internet.net: http://www.wvjolt.wvu.edu/v3i1/gordon.html
• Copyright Considerations for Faculty: Authored Multimedia Instructional Materials: http://www.ucop.edu/irc/wp/wp_Docs/wpd002.html
• How to Investigate the Copyright Status of a Work -- http://www.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ22.html
• Statement of the Register of Copyrights before theWeb-Based Education Commission
  United States Senate July 20, 2000 http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/docs/regstat72000.html
• Copyright Considerations in Distance Education and Technology-Mediated Instruction http://www.aacc.nche.edu/headline/110399head2.htm
• Copyright Clearance Center: http://www.copyright.com/