Fair use (Copyright) -- Legal status, laws, etc.

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• Fair use (Copyright)

• Copyright for Librarians: The Essential Handbok (Utrecht: EIFL, 2012), by Harvard University Berkman Center for Internet and Society and eIFL.net (PDF and other formats with commentary at eifl.net)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Access to Knowledge for Consumers: Reports of Campaigns and Research, 2008-2010 (Kuala Lumpur: Consumers International, 2010), ed. by Jeremy Malcolm (PDF with commentary at a2knetwork.org)
• International Study on the Impact of Copyright Law on Digital Preservation (updated version, September 2008), by National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (U.S.), Joint Information Systems Committee, OAK Law Project, and Stichting SURF (PDF at digitalpreservation.gov)
• Introducing Copyright: A Plain Language Guide to Copyright in the 21st Century (Vancouver, BC: Commonwealth of Learning, 2009), by Julien Hofman (PDF and Epub with commentary at col.org)
• Policing Pirates in the Networked Age, by Stan Liebowitz (PDF and partial HTML at cato.org)

• Access to Knowledge for Consumers: Reports of Campaigns and Research, 2008-2010 (Kuala Lumpur: Consumers International, 2010), ed. by Jeremy Malcolm (PDF with commentary at a2knetwork.org)

• Copyright and Home Copying: Technology Challenges the Law (1989), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
• Copyright and Related Issues Relevant to Digital Preservation and Dissemination of Unpublished Pre-1972 Sound Recordings by Libraries and Archives (2009), by June M. Besek (PDF with commentary at clir.org)
• Copyright Issues Relevant to Digital Preservation and Dissemination of Pre-1972 Commercial Sound Recordings by Libraries and Archives (2005), by June M. Besek (HTML and PDF with commentary at clir.org)
• Documentary Filmmakers' Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use (2005), by Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers, Independent Feature Project, International Documentary Association, National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (U.S.), and Women in Film and Video (Washington DC chapter) (PDF with commentary at centerforsocialmedia.org)
• Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians (Circular 21), by Library of Congress Copyright Office
  • PDF at loc.gov
  • Gutenberg text
• The Section 108 Study Group Report: An Independent Report Sponsored by the United States Copyright Office and the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program of the Library of Congress (2008), by Section 108 Study Group (PDF with commentary at section108.gov)

• Tales From the Public Domain: Bound by Law? (2006), by Keith Aoki, James Boyle, and Jennifer Jenkins (page images with commentary at Duke)

• Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries (Washington: Association of Research Libraries, 2012), contrib. by Association of Research Libraries, American University Center for Social Media, and Washington College of Law Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (HTML and PDF with commentary at arl.org)

• Protection for Pre-1972 Sound Recordings under State Law and Its Impact on Use by Nonprofit Institutions: A 10-State Analysis (2009), by Washington College of Law Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, contrib. by Peter Jaszi and Nicholas B. Lewis (HTML and PDF with commentary at clir.org)

• Acquiring Copyright Permission to Digitize and Provide Open Access to Books (2005), by Denise Troll Covey (HTML and PDF with commentary at clir.org)
• The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age (2000), by National Research Council Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (HTML at NAP)
• Project Looking Forward: Sketching the Future of Copyright in a Networked World, by I. Trotter Hardy (PDF at LOC; 1.3 MB)
• The Section 108 Study Group Report: An Independent Report Sponsored by the United States Copyright Office and the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program of the Library of Congress (2008), by Section 108 Study Group (PDF with commentary at section108.gov)

• Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2008), by Lawrence Lessig
  • HTML at Bloomsbury Academic (registration optional)
  • PDF at archive.org

• Final Report of the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works, July 31, 1978, by United States National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (HTML and PDF at digital-law-online.info)
• University Copyright Policies in ARL Libraries (ARL SPEC Kit #138, 1987), by Kenneth D. Crews (page images at HathiTrust)

• Digital Opportunity: A Review of Intellectual Property and Growth (with related documents; 2011), by Ian Hargreaves (PDF with commentary in the UK)
• The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World (New York: Random House, c2001), by Lawrence Lessig (PDF with commentary at the-future-of-ideas.com)
• Introducing Copyright: A Plain Language Guide to Copyright in the 21st Century (Vancouver, BC: Commonwealth of Learning, 2009), by Julien Hofman (PDF and Epub with commentary at col.org)

• Gateways, Gatekeepers, and Roles in the Information Omniverse (1994), ed. by Ann Okerson and Dru Mogge (HTML at arl.org)

• Intellectual Property Issues in Software (1991), by National Research Council Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (page images at NAP)
• Interfaces on Trial 2.0 (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2011), by Jonathan Band and Masanobu Katoh (PDF with commentary at MIT Press)
• Interfaces on Trial: Intellectual Property and Interoperability in the Global Software Industry (c1995), by Jonathan Band and Masanobu Katoh (PDF at Google Docs)
• Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing (2004), by Andrew M. St. Laurent (PDF files with commentary at oreilly.com)

• Computer Software and Intellectual Property (1990), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
• Final Report of the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works, July 31, 1978, by United States National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (HTML and PDF at digital-law-online.info)
• Legal Protection of Digital Information (electronic edition of 2002 treatise, with additional material), by Lee A. Hollaar (HTML with commentary at digital-law-online.info)

• Introducing Copyright: A Plain Language Guide to Copyright in the 21st Century (Vancouver, BC: Commonwealth of Learning, 2009), by Julien Hofman (PDF and Epub with commentary at col.org)