Additional Resources

Copyright Office Information Circulars
The U.S. Copyright Office publishes information circulars on a wide variety of copyright topics. These are available in Adobe Acrobat format.
The National Academy of Science has published recommendations with regard to protecting intellectual property rights and public access to electronic information.
ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC are performing rights organizations that represent the music rights of songwriters and publishers.
The Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA, represents and protects the intellectual property rights of music production companies.
Educause maintains a list of sites where music, games, books and videos can be downloaded legally.
The Copyright Web Site, developed by Benedict O'Mahoney seeks to encourage discourse and invite solutions to the myriad of copyright tangles that currently permeate the Web.
Articles on Intellectual Property compiled by Hal R. Varian, School of Information Management and Systems, University of California Berkeley
The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age is a report of the Committee on Intellectual Property Rights and the Emerging Information Infrastructure.
Who Owns Online Courses and Course Materials? Intellectual Property Policies for a New Learning Environment, by Carol Twig, sponsored by the Pew Learning and Technology Program 2000.
United State Patent and Trademark Office
An all-encompassing site for patent and invention resources is the Patent Cafe. It includes links to how-to information, patent searching, invention groups, government agencies, and international inventors.