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CANADA
access: The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency
Access Copyright provides users with the ability to copy from millions of copyright protected materials while ensuring creators and publishers are fairly compensated.
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
CIPO’s Copyright Office processes applications and issues registration certificates and maintains the official Register of Copyrights and a record of all registrations of assignments and licenses for public use.
Canadian Library Association: Copyright Information Centre
CLA’s one stop shop for copyright information relevant to Canadian libraries. The Copyright Information Centre provides the latest information on Canadian copyright reform, regulations, bills to amend the Copyright Act, selected case law, and copyright position statements of the CLA and other library/education associations.
Copyright Act [C-42] (Government of Canada)
Canadian legislation respecting copyright.
Copyright Modernization Act (Government of Canada)
Site created by Government of Canada to inform the public about the introduction of the Copyright Modernization Act.
Copyright Policy Branch (Canadian Heritage)
The Copyright Policy Branch develops and maintains a fair, clear and predictable copyright policy framework that is in the interest of all Canadians while ensuring the efficiency of markets.
Copyright Reform (Michael Geist)
Michael Geist’s blog’s section on Copyright Reform which contains news about the Copyright Modernization Act and other issues and news in Canadian copyright.
Guide to Copyrights (Canadian Intellectual Property Office)
This guide explores what copyright is, the benefits of registration and the registration process. It is an introduction to copyright registration and procedures.
UNITED STATES
Copyright Policies for Collection Managers (University of Colorado Digital Library)
In 2005, the Digital Asset Management Task Group on Content worked with University of Colorado counsel to create guidelines for managers of digital image collections. These forms are to provide broad and general guidance for creating image collections used in teaching and research by the university community.
LIBLICENSE: Licensing Digital Information (Yale University Library, Council on Library & Information Resources)
This is a licensing resource for librarians seeking to craft agreements with information owners that will ensure that libraries will be able to provide users with comprehensive and timely access to digital information.
INTERNATIONAL
copyrightlaws.com
A blog about copyright, licensing, and digital property which brings together resources on copyright and licensing compliance, management, education, protection and enforcement.
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization the works to increase the amount of creativity in the body of work that is available to the public for free and legal sharing, use, re-purposing, and re-mixing.