Copyright Basics

An essential first stop for information about United States copyright. It provides information about the Copyright Office, copyright basics and registration forms, links to other Web sites devoted to copyright, and new and pending copyright legislation.

A primer on copyright issues relating to the Internet, prepared by Thomas G. Field, Jr., Franklin Pierce Law Center.

Short "lessons" on copyright, trademarks, patents, and state laws protecting intellectual property from the National Paralegal College.

Chart showing what dates copyrightable works move into the public domain.

The primary function of the society is the gathering, dissemination and interchange of information concerning protection and use of rights in intellectual property. The Society’s FACE (Friends of Active Copyright Education) site is a new initiative whose goal is “to provide a broad range of resources to foster and support copyright awareness.”

"Confronts cutting-edge issues defending free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights today. From the beginning, EFF has championed the public interest in every critical battle affecting digital rights."

The Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke Law School was founded in September of 2002, as part of the school’s wider intellectual property program. Its mission is to promote research and scholarship on the contributions of the public domain to speech, culture, science and innovation, to promote debate about the balance needed in our intellectual property system and to translate academic research into public policy solutions.