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Fenwick & West

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FreeAdvice.com

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Multimedia and Entertainment Law Online  

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Alderman Law Office - Law
1800 Belvedere Blvd, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20902
Phone: 301-593-7898 Fax: 301-593-7897
Email: eald@tidalwave.net
http://www.aldermanlawoffice.com/frm_over.htm

Articles
1. Some Free Legal Advice: Why You Should Register Your Trademarks and 
Copyrights
http://www.aldermanlawoffice.com/somefree.htm
2. Clearing Rights To Musical Works Under The New Copyright Term 
Extension Act
http://www.aldermanlawoffice.com/copyext.htm
3. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act
http://www.aldermanlawoffice.com/dcma.htm
4. Resale Royalties In The United States For Fine Visual Artists: An Alien Concept
http://www.aldermanlawoffice.com/resale.htm

Bell & Howell Information & Learning - All
300 North Zeeb Road, PO Box 1346, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346
Phone:  734-761-4700
Email: info@umi.com
http://www.umi.com/

1. Copyright Law & Graduate Studies: New Media, New Rights and Your
New Dissertation
     by Dennis D. Crews, 2000
     Preface
I: Copyright and Scholarship
II: What is Copyright?
III: Roadmap for Copyright Compliance
IV: How to Request Permission
V: Protecting Your Copyright
     Conclusions
          Appendix A: Sample Permission Letter
          Appendix B: The Fair-Use Statute
          Appendix C: Further Reading and Guidance
http://www.umi.com/hp/Support/DExplorer/copyrght/

Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch - Law
650 Town Center Drive, Suite 1120, Costa Mesa, California 92626
Phone: 714-708-8555 Fax: 714-708-8565
E-Mail: lrs@bskb.com
http://www.bskb.com/

1. Links
http://www.bskb.com/links.html

Brint.com: The BizNet Network - Law
818, NW 89th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33324, U.S.A.
Phone: (954) 916-1585 Fax: (954) 916-3435
Email: inquiry@brint.com
http://www.brint.com/

Intellectual Property: Copyrights, Trademarks & Patents
1. Why care about intellectual property rights?
2. Articles, Reports and other Information on Intellectual Property
3. Other Resources on Intellectual Property
4. Law and Intellectual Property
http://www.brint.com/IntellP.htm

Copyright Consultants - All
5632 Van Nuys Blvd. #337-B, Van Nuys, CA 91401
Phone: (818) 988-8209
Email:
citwil@primenet.com
http://www.primenet.com/~citwil/

Dike, Bronstein, Roberts & Cushman - Law
130 Water Street, Boston Massachusetts 02109 
Phone: 617-523-3400  Fax: 617-523-6440
Email:
ipl@dbrc.com
http://www.dbrc.com/index.html

1. Updates (left frame)
http://www.dbrc.com/aboutframe.html
2. Useful Links (left frame)  - Copyright
http://www.dbrc.com/aboutframe.html

Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky - Law
2101 L Street NW, Washington, DC 20037-1526
Phone 202-785-9700 Fax: 202-887-0689
Email: info@dsmo.com
http://www.dsmo.com/index.html

1. Intellectual Property Resources
     Copyright (scroll down)
http://www.dsmo.com/researchctr.asp?Menu=IntellectualPropertyResources

Fenwick & West - Law
Two Palo Alto Square, Palo Alto, CA 94306
Phone: 650-494-0600 Fax: 650-494-1417
Email: mzimmerman@fenwick.com
http://www.fenwick.com/

1. 1999 Update Copyright Protection
http://www.softwareprotection.com/copyright.html
2. Advanced Copyright Issues on the Internet
   by David L. Hayes
http://www.fenwick.com/pub/ip_pubs/Advenced_Copyright_2000/advenced_
copyright_2000.htm
3. Online Service Providers: The New Copyright Enforcers
   by Laurel Jamtgaard
http://www.fenwick.com/pub/ip_pubs/IP_Bulletin_Winter_99/ip_bulletin_
winter_99.htm#OnlineServ
4. Copyright Misuse and Its Effect on the Enforceability of a Copyright
     by Mitchell H. Zimmerman and Steven D. Young
http://www.fenwick.com/pub/ip_bulletin_summer_98.htm#Misuse
5. Statutory Damages for Copyright Infringement
     by David W. Johnson
http://www.fenwick.com/pub/ip_bulletin_summer_98.htm#statutory
6. Copyright Protection and Gray Markets
     by John J. Steele, Hanna Bui-Eve and Kelly Smith
http://www.fenwick.com/pub/ip_bulletin_summer_98.htm#protection
7. Clearing Rights to use Still Images on the Web
     by William P. Fitzpatrick
http://www.fenwick.com/pub/ip_bulletin_spring_98.htm#anchor1630268
8. Systems-on-a-Chip Intellectual Property Protection and Licensing Issues
     by Fred M. Greguras, 98/05 
http://www.fenwick.com/pub/systems-on-a-chip.htm
9. 1998 Trends in Software Licensing and Legal Protection of Software
     by Fred M. Greguras
http://www.fenwick.com/pub/1998_trends_in_software_licens.htm
10. Guarding Rights in Cyberspace
     by Mitchell Zimmerman, 1997
http://www.fenwick.com/pub/guarding_rights.htm
11. Copyright Misuse Weakens Infringement Claims
     by Mitchell Zimmerman, 1997
http://www.fenwick.com/pub/wrong_way.htm
12. Baystate Holding: Technical Interfaces Not Copyrightable
     by Mitchell Zimmerman, April, 1997
http://www.fenwick.com/pub/baystate.htm
13. Performing an Intellectual Property Audit of Copyrights
     by David L. Hayes, 1997 Update
http://www.fenwick.com/pub/ip_audit_copyrights.htm

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Donner - Law
1300 I Street, N.W., Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 20005-3315
Phone: 202-408-4000 Fax: 202-408-4400
Email: info@finnegan.com
http://www.finnegan.com/index.html

1. IP Resources
http://www.finnegan.com/fr_ip.htm
2. Internet Case Summaries
http://www.finnegan.com/fr_pubs.htm

FreeAdvice.com: The Easy to Use Site for Legal Information - Law
Mill Valley, CA 
Phone: 415-331-1212 Fax: 415-331-4255
Email: admin@adviceco.com
http://www.freeadvice.com/index.htm

1. FreeAdvice - Copyright
http://www.freeadvice.com/law/570us.htm

Greenberg & Lieberman - Law
314 Philadelphia Ave., Takoma Park, M.D. 20912
Phone: 301-588-8393 Fax: 301-588-3292
Email: Questions@APLegal.com
http://www.aplegal.com/index.html

1. Copyrights
http://www.aplegal.com/cprtfaq2.htm
2. Intellectual Property: A Very Short Overview
http://www.aplegal.com/intellectual_property.htm

Haynes and Boone - Law
Head Office
901 Main St., Suite 3100, Dallas, Texas 75202-3789
Phone: 214.651.5000 Fax: 214.651.5940
http://www.hayboo.com/welcome.htm

Copyrights for Literary, Performing and Visual Artists
     by Tim Headley and Randall E. Colson
http://www.hayboo.com/briefing/headley3.htm

IP Watchdog - Law
Eugene R. Quinn, Jr.
Assistant Professor of Law
Barry University of Orlando School of Law
6441 East Colonial Drive, Orlando, Florida 32807
Phone: 407-275-2000 ext. 297 Fax: 407-275-2010
Email: equinn@ipwatchdog.com
www.ipwatchdog.com

Copyright Law Page (left frame)
1. Copyright Primary Sources
2, Copyright Reference Materials
3. Understanding Copyright Law
4. Industry Organizations
http://www.ipwatchdog.com/

IP Worldwide: The Magazine Law and Policy for High Technology - 
Software & Media Arts

Email: mbennet@amlaw.com
http://www.ipmag.com/

1. Copyright Sites (left frame)
http://www.ipmag.com/links/links.html
2. Archives (scroll down to copyright)
http://www.ipmag.com/s-index.html

KuesterLaw - The Technology Law Resource - Law
http://www.kuesterlaw.com/

IP Resources (left frame)
   1. Copyright Resources (top frame)
http://www.kuesterlaw.com/

Ladas & Parry  - Software
26 West 61st Street, New York, NY 10023
Phone: 1-212-708-1800 Fax: 1-212 -246-8959
webmaster@ladasparry.com
http://www.ladas.com

(scroll down)
1. Guide to Statutory Protection for Computer Software in the United States
2. Recent Caselaw and Legislative Developments in the United States
http://www.ladas.com/index.html

David Loundy's E-Law Web Page - Media Arts
111 East Wacker Drive, Suite 2800, Chicago, Illinois, 60601-4205
Phone: 312-602-2000
Email: David@Loundy.com
http://www.loundy.com/

1. Revising the Copyright Law for Electronic Publishing
http://www.loundy.com/Revising-HyperT.html
2. E-LAW 4: Computer Information Systems Law and System Operator Liability
               IX - Copyright Issues
http://www.loundy.com/E-LAW/E-Law4-full.html#IX

Law.com - Law
153 Kearny Street, San Francisco, CA 94108
Phone: 800-628-1160 Fax: 415-352-5287
http://www.law.com/

IP Law’s Practice Papers: Copyrights (NB:  pay service)
http://www.lawnewsnetwork.com/practice/iplaw/papers/copyrights.html

Lieberman & Brandsdorfer - Law
802 Still Creek Lane, Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Phone: 301-948-7775 Fax: 301-948-7774
Email: info@legalplanner.com
http://www.legalplanner.com/

1. Copyright Law (scroll down)
http://www.legalplanner.com/legalcorner.html#Copyright Law

Litman Law Office - Law
Phone: 703-486-1000 Fax: 1-888-472-8368
http://www.4patent.com/index.htm

1. Facts about Copyright
http://www.4patent.com/copyrights.htm

Multimedia and Entertainment Law Online (M.E.L.O.N) - Law
Idell, Berman & Seitel, A Law Association - 
530 Bush Street, Suite 601 San Francisco, CA 94108
Phone: 415-986-2400 Fax 415-392-9259
Email: info@ibslaw.com
http://www.ibslaw.com/melon/index.html

1. Archives: search Copyright (reports inside frames)
http://www.ibslaw.com/melon/archive.html

National Creative Registry - All
1106 Second Street, Encinitas, CA 92024
Phone: 1-800-368-9748
Email: info@protectrite.com
http://www.ncronline.com/

1. Why Register
http://www.protectrite.com/why.htm
2. User Agreement
http://www.protectrite.com/agreement.htm

Nolo.com - Law for All - L
950 Parker Street Berkeley CA 94710-2524
Phone: 800-728-3555 Fax: 800-645-0895
Email: cs@nolo.com
http://www.nolo.com/

1. Legal Encyclopedia: Patent, Copyright & Trademark
http://www.nolo.com/encyclopedia/pct_ency.html#Subtopic115

Oppedahl & Larson - L
Post Office Box 5088, Dillon, Colorado 80435-5088
Phone: 970.468.6600 Fax: 970.468.0104
Email: postmaster@patents.com
http://www.patents.com/

1. General information about copyrights
http://www.patents.com/copyrigh.sht
2. Web Law FAQ
http://www.patents.com/weblaw.sht

Perkin Coie LLP - Law
1201 Third Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98101
Phone: 206-583-8888 Fax: 206-583-8500
Email: barrs@perkinscoie.com
http://www.perkinscoie.com/

Internet Case Digest
Search: Copyright
http://www.perkinscoie.com/casedigest/icd_results.cfm?search=copyright

Electronic Commerce and Internet Law Articles
http://www.perkinscoie.com/resource/ecomm/pub.htm

Law Now Limits Liability for Certain Online Activities, 99/02/01
http://www.perkinscoie.com/resource/ecomm/lawlimit.htm

Phillips Nizer Benjamin Krim & Ballon - Law
666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10103-0084
Phone: 212-977-9700 Fax: 212-262-5152
http://www.phillipsnizer.com/internetlib.htm

1. Internet Law Library Summaries of Court Decisions 
(scroll down to copyright)
http://www.phillipsnizer.com/internetlib.htm

Sixbey, Friedman, Leedom & Ferguson - Law
8180 Greensboro Drive, Suite 800
McLean, VA 22102
Phone: 703-790-9110 Fax: 703-883-0370
Email: info@sixbey.com
http://www.sixbey.com/index2.htm

1. Intellectual Property Overview
http://www.sixbey.com/overview.htm
2. Three Steps to Basic Copyright Protection
http://www.sixbey.com/copyr.htm

Paul D. Supnik - Attorney at Law
9595 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 201, Beverly Hills, California 90212
Phone: 310 859-0100 Fax: 310 859-0177
Email: ps@supnik.com
http://www.supnik.com/

Music on the Internet
UIA Congress, Buenos Aires, October 29 - November 2, 2000
http://www.supnik.com/intmusic.htm

Copyrights Basics, 2000
 http://www.supnik.com/coprus.htm

Copyright and Parallel Imports
http://www.supnik.com/coprpar.htm

Copyright Restoration: Getting it Back from the States or 1996 -- the Year of Exploiting Dangerously
UIA Conference, London 1995
http://www.supnik.com/restor.htm

Works Made For Hire (no date)
www.supnik.com/reid

Home Page Articles & Other References (left frame)
Copyright
Internet Law & Resources
Miscellaneous: Current Issues - Pending Legislation
http://www.supnik.com/

Thomson & Thomson - Law
500 Victory Road, North Quincy, MA 02171-3145
Phone: 800-692-8833 Fax: 617-786-8273
Email: support@t-t.com
http://www.thomson-thomson.com/

Copyright Corner: 
1. All the latest news regarding Copyright, Title, Script Clearance 
and Entertainment Law.
http://ttdomino.thomson-thomson.com/www/WebDocsP.nsf/
NEWTTDominoGenericVis/ThomsonThomson~New+Copyright+Corner?
OpenDocument

Harry M. Weiss & Associates - Law
4204 N. Brown Ave.
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Phone: 480-994-8888 Fax: 480-947-2663 
Email: info@hmweiss.com
http://www.hmweiss.com/

1. Copyright Law (left frame)
http://www.hmweiss.com/

Timestream® The Multimedia Publishing Company - Media Art
151 Searsmont Road, Appleton, Maine 04862
Phone: 207-785-5511 Fax: 207-785-5533
Email: info@timestream.com
http://www.timestream.com/

Intellectual Property Law Primer for Multimedia 
Developers (scroll down to copyright)
     by J. Dianne Brinson and Mark F. Radcliffe
http://www.timestream.com/stuff/neatstuff/mmlaw.html

Wizard Entertainment - Visual Arts
151 Wells Ave.,Congers, NY 10920
Email: Jmclauch@aol.com
http://www.wizardworld.com/

1. Copyright 101: How to Copyright Your Comic Book Ideas
     by Jordon Davis
http://www.wizardschool.com/wizschool/Resources/wscopyrt.html

WWW Multimedia Law - Law
no address, phone, fax 00/03/28
Email: webmaster@oikoumene.com
http://www.oikoumene.com/

1. Multimedia Law Repositories & Related Links
http://www.oikoumene.com/mmlinks.html
2. Digital Publishing and Multimedia Copyright
http://www.oikoumene.com/FWArts.html#copyright

 

Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs Department of State - All
http://www.state.gov/www/issues/economic/index.html

1. 1999 Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices 
      (choose from geographic directory, choose country, scroll down to)
     Section 7: Protection of U.S. Intellectual Property
http://www.state.gov/www/issues/economic/trade_reports/99_toc.html
2. Introduction to Intellectual Property:  A Developing Country's Perspective
     by Betty Mould-Iddrisu, Chief State Attorney, International Law Division, 
      Ministry of Justice, Ghana
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/intelprp/perspect.htm

Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) - Law
United States Department of Justice
P.O. Box 887, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044-0887
Phone: 202-514-1026 Fax 202-514-6113
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/index.html

1. Protecting Intellectual Property Rights: Copyrights, Trademarks and Trade Secrets
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/ip.html
2. H.R. 2265 -- The "No Electronic Theft (Net) Act"
     Statement by: Kevin V. Di Gregory, Deputy Assistant Attorney General
     Criminal Division, Department of Justice, 97/09/11
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/tesfin.htm

Library of Congress - All
101 Independence Ave., S.E., Washington, D.C. 20540
Phone: 202-707-5000
Email: ndlpedu@loc.gov
http://www.loc.gov/

1. Copyright, Fair Use, and Responsible Use of American Memory Collections
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/cpyright.html
2. Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet (search "copyright")
         (NB.  50 Bills from the 106th Congress ranked by relevance 
            on "copyright ")
http://thomas.loc.gov/

National Endowment for the Arts - All
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20506
Phone: 202-682-5400
Email: webmgr@arts.endow.gov
http://arts.endow.gov/

7. Copyright and Cataloging Information, 1999
http://arts.endow.gov/guide/awardad/99gtc/copyright.html
6. From Mony Python to Leona Hemsley: A Guide to the Visual Artists Rights Act
     by Cynthia Esworthy, NEA Office of General Counsel, JD Washington & Lee Law School 1997.
http://arts.endow.gov/artforms/museums/vara.html
5. "Advantages & Problems Created by the New Information Technology"
     by Jane Alexander, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts
Remarks to the New York Bar Association, New York, New York, May 8, 1996
http://arts.endow.gov/artforms/manage/copyright.html
4. Digital Cash: Making It Work for Creative Artists
     by Jonathan Tasini, President, National Writers Union (no date)
http://arts.endow.gov/artforms/manage/digitalcash.html
3. A Copyright Primer for Artists
     by Antonio Borrelli, NEA Office of General Counsel (no date)
http://arts.endow.gov/artforms/manage/copyright1a.html
2. Links to Internet Resources on Copyright (no date)
http://arts.endow.gov/artforms/manage/copyright3.html
1. Copyright FAQs for Artists (no date)
http://arts.endow.gov/artforms/manage/copyright2.html

National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) - All
100 Bureau Drive, Stop 3460, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3460
Phone: 301-975-6478 
Email: gail.porter@nist.gov
http://www.nist.gov/

1. Electronic Copyright Management System
http://nii.nist.gov/inventory/govser/loc.1b.html
2. NIST Switch: Frequently Asked Questions - Copyright
http://www.antd.nist.gov/itg/nistswitch/faq.html
3. H.R. 2441, "NII Copyright Protection Act of 1995", 96/02/07 
http://www.nist.gov/hearings/1996/copyrigh.htm
4. U. S. Department of Commerce Copyrighted Software Policy
http://csrc.nist.gov/secplcy/doc-copy.txt
5. Development, Commercialization, and Diffusion of Enabling Technologies
http://www.atp.nist.gov/eao/ir-6098/chapt7.htm

National Technical Information Service (NTIS) - All
Springfield VA, 22151
Phone: (703) 605-6585
Email: helpdesk@fedworld.gov
http://www.ntis.gov/

1. Search 'copyright' (pay site)

Trade Compliance Center - All
US Department of Commerce
Email:
tcc@ita.doc.gov
http://www.mac.doc.gov/tcc/index.html

Copyright Agreements (left frame - Issues, select Copyright)
http://www.mac.doc.gov/TCC/DATA/index_reports.html

United States Copyright Office - All
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C. 20559-6000
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/

General Information
     Copyright Records
     Announcements
     Publications
     Legislation
     International
     Copyright Links
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
2. Copyright Law of the United States
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/title17/
3, Information Circulars & Form Letters
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/circs/
4. U.S. Copyright Office Online NewsNet
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/newsnet/

A Report of the Registrar of Copyrights
Pursuant to Section 104 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
August 2001
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/reports/sec-104-report-vol-1.pdf

United States Department of Education- All
400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202-0498
Phone: 1-800-USA-LEARN
Email: CustomerService@inet.ed.gov
http://www.ed.gov/

1. Copyright and K-12: Who Pays in the Network Era?
     by David H. Rothman 95/05/24
Part I: K-12, Networks and Copyright Today
Part II: The Law: The Present and The Proposed
Part III: Attitudes of Educators and Others Toward Copyright Law
Part IV: Options
http://www.ed.gov/Technology/Futures/rothman.html