Copyright & Intellectual Property

California State University Policies on Copyright and intellectual property:

• CSU Office of General Counsel: Fundamentals of Copyright and Fair Use

CSUN copyright and intellectual property policies:

• CSUN Copyrighted Materials Policy (Policy 500-54)
• CSUN Use of Computing Resources Policy (Policy 500-10)
• CSUN University Policies & Procedures (Policy Sectors 100, 125, 500, 750, 850, 900)

Copyright for Music:

• Music Library Association: Copyright for Music Librarians

Copyright for video, film, and computers:

• Visual Resources Association
  • Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Copyright
  • Copy Photography Computator
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Copyright Policy

Library associations and organizations:

• American Library Association
  • Copyright
  • Copyright Advisory Network – forum for users to share copyright scenarios in library settings
• Library Copyright Alliance – a group comprising five major library associations – the American Association of Law Libraries, the American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, the Medical Library Association, and the Special Libraries Association.

Copyright Advocacy Groups (Selected)

For freer content and stronger Fair Use interpretations within current copyright law:

• Creative Commons
• Center for Media and Social Impact – esp. Documentary Filmmakers' Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use
• QuestionCopyright.org
• Copyleft / Free Software Foundation

Selected groups / individuals advocating the abolishment/diminishment of copyright:

• Missionary Church of Kopimism (Wikpedia link; note: file-sharing religion)
• P2P Foundation
• Eben Moglen dotCommunist Manifesto

Selected groups advocating more stringent and/or vigilant copyright policing:

• Authors guild
• Copyright Clearance Center
• The Progress & Freedom Foundation (defunct but influential)
• RIAA
• MPAA
• ASCAP

Other colleges' and universities’ policies, information & guidelines

• Brown University
• Catholic University
• Claremont Colleges
• Columbia University
• Columbia University Libraries / Information Services
  • Copyright Advisory Office
• CETUS: Consortium for Educational Technology in University Systems (California State University, City University of New York, State University of New York)
• Duke University
• Earlham College
• Harvard University Copyright & Fair Use Guide
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Stanford University
  • Office of Technology Licensing
• University of California
  • Policy on Use of Recordings of Course Presentations
  • Fair Use at UC
• University of Minnesota
• University of North Carolina
  • University Committee on Copyright
• University of Tennessee