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• 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)
• 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)
• Policing Pirates in the Networked Age (2002), by Stan Liebowitz (PDF with commentary at cato.org)
• Ending Book Hunger: Access to Print Across Barriers of Class and Culture (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, c2019), by Lea Bishop Shaver (PDF with commentary at bookhunger.org)
• The Digital Rights Movement: The Role of Technology in Subverting Digital Copyright (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c2012), by Hector Postigo (PDF with commentary at MIT Press)
• Unpublished materials : libraries and fair use (Association of Research Libraries, Office of Management Services, 1993), by C. Brigid Welch, Angie Whaley LeClercq, and Association of Research Libraries. Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Copyright for Librarians: The Essential Handbook (Utrecht: EIFL, 2012), by Harvard University Berkman Center for Internet and Society and eIFL.net (multiple formats at eifl.net)

• Journal of Copyright in Education and Librarianship (2016-) (full serial archives)

• 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)

• Fair Use for Nonfiction Authors: Common Scenarios with Guidance from Community Practice (Berkeley: Authors Alliance, c2017), by Brianna Schofield and Robert Kirk Walker (PDF at authorsalliance.org)
• Copy(write): Intellectual Property in the Writing Classroom (c2011), ed. by Martine Courant Rife, Shaun Slattery, and Dànielle Nicole DeVoss (PDF files with commentary at Colorado State)
• 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)
• Will Fair Use Survive? Free Expression in the Age of Copyright Control (New York: Brennan Center for Justice, c2005), by Marjorie Heins and Tricia Beckles (PDF with commentary at brennancenter.org)
• Copyright and Home Copying: Technology Challenges the Law (1989), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
• Owning and Using Scholarship: An IP Handbook for Teachers and Researchers (Chicago: Association of College and Resarch Libraries, 2014), by Kevin L. Smith (PDF at ala.org)
• 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)
• 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)
• Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians (Circular 21), by Library of Congress Copyright Office
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• Library reproduction of copyrighted works (17 U.S.C. 108) : report of the Register of Copyrights. (Library of Congress, Copyright Office, 1983), by Library of Congress Copyright Office and inc King Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Copyright: a librarian's view (Copyright Committee, Association of Research Libraries, 1968), by Verner W. Clapp, Association of Research Libraries. Copyright Committee, and United States. National Advisory Commission on Libraries (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Conference on Fair Use : final report to the commissioner on the conclusion of the Conference on Fair Use (Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights of the Information Infrastructure Task Force, 1998), by Bruce A. Lehman, United States Patent and Trademark Office, and United States. Information Infrastructure Task Force. Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report on Copyright and digital distance education. (U.S. Copyright Office :, 1999), by Library of Congress Copyright Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Piracy prevention and the broadcast flag : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session, March 6, 2003. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2003), by the Internet United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Promoting broadband and the digital television transition (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fair use : its effects on consumers and industry : hearing before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, November 16, 2005. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2005), by Trade United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Orphan works : proposals for a legislative solution : hearing before the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, April 6, 2006. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Intellectual Property (page images at HathiTrust)
• Digital content and enabling technology : satisfying the 21st century consumer : hearing before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, March 29 and May 3, 2006. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by Trade United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Promoting the use of orphan works : balancing the interests of copyright owners and users : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, March 13, 2008. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by the Internet United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fair Copyright in Research Works Act : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, on H.R. 6845, September 11, 2008. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2009), by the Internet United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Comments of the American Library Association on the report of the register of copyrights to Congress : library reproduction of copyrighted works (17 U.S.C. 108) (The Association, 1983), by American Library Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reproduction of copyrighted works by educators and librarians. (Copyright Office, Library of Congress, 1991), by Library of Congress Copyright Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reproduction of copyrighted works by educators and librarians. (Copyright Office, Library of Congress, 1992), by Library of Congress Copyright Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Competition and commerce in digital books : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, September 10, 2009. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2009), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fair use and unpublished works : joint hearing before the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice of the House Committee on the Judiciary, One Hundred First Congress, second session on S. 2370 and H.R. 4263 ... July 11, 1990. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1991), by Copyrights United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Patents and Intellectual Property United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• News monitoring : hearing before the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, second session, on S. 1805, a bill to amend Title 17, United States Code, to clarify news reporting monitoring as a fair use exception to the exclusive rights of a copyright owner, June 16, 1992. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1993), by Copyrights United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Patents (page images at HathiTrust)
• Copyright, public policy, and the scholarly community (Association of Research Libraries, 1995), by Patricia Brennan, Michael Matthews, and Association of Research Libraries (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Copyright Amendments Act of 1991 : hearings before the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, on H.R. 2372 ... May 30, June 6, 12, and 20, 1991. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1993), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fair use guidelines for educational multimedia (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1996), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property (page images at HathiTrust)
• The state of recorded sound preservation in the United States : a national legacy at risk in the digital age (Council on Library and Information Resources :, 2010), by Samuel Brylawski, Robert Bamberger, and National Recording Preservation Board (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Library of Congress National Recording Preservation Plan (Washington, D.C. : Council on Library and Information Resources : Library of Congress, [2012], 2012), by Alan Gevinson, Samuel Brylawski, Brenda Nelson-Strauss, and National Recording Preservation Board (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ensuring content protection in the digital age : hearing before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, April 25, 2002. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2002), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reproduction of copyrighted works by educators and librarians. (Copyright Office, Library of Congress, 1995), by Library of Congress Copyright Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Transcript CONTU meeting[s], no. 1-[20]. (National Technical Information Service, 1975), by United States National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (page images at HathiTrust)
• CONFU interim report (Washington, D.C. : U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, [1996], 1996), by United States. Information Infrastructure Task Force. Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights and Bruce A. Lehman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reproduction of copyrighted works by educators and librarians. (Copyright Office, Library of Congress, 1988), by Library of Congress Copyright Office (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Digital Rights Movement: The Role of Technology in Subverting Digital Copyright (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c2012), by Hector Postigo (PDF with commentary at MIT Press)
• Warez: The Infrastructure and Aesthetics of Piracy (Punctum Books, 2021), by Martin Paul Eve (PDF with commentary at punctumbooks.com)
• 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)
• NII Copyright Protection Act of 1995 : joint hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property of the House Committee on the Judiciary and the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, on H.R. 2441 and S. 1284 NII Copyright Protection Act of 1995 November 15, 1995 (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1996), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property and United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)

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