Intellectual Property Rights and copyright> Resources

General resources

LACA: the Libraries and Copyright Alliance

CILIP Copyright pages

Copyright at British Library Newspapers

UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO)

UK Copyright Service

JISC Legal Information Service

Creative Commons

IFLA: Committee on Copyright and Other Legal Matters (CLM)

Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)

The Publishers Association (PA)

Periodical Publishers Association (PAA)

UNESCO Copyright Bulletin

KWtL

Intellectual Property Rights

JISC Legal: Intellectual Property Rights Overview

Intellectual Property: Wikipedia Entry

Copyright legislation

Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48)

Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Act 2002 (c.33)

Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003: Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 2498

EU Directive 2001/29/EC: Harmonisation of Certain Aspects of Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society

RNIB Accessible Information: Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Act 2002

The UK Copyright Service: P-01 UK Copyright Law Fact Sheet

UK Intellectual Property Office: Copyright: Acts and Statutory Instruments

Gowers Review of Intellectual Property (Final Report)

UK Intellectual Property Office: Gowers Review of Intellectual Property

UK Intellectual Property Office: Consultation on Proposed changes to Copyright Exceptions

Music copyright

The MCPS-PRS Alliance

The MCPS-PRS Alliance: About Music Copyright

The UK Copyright Service: P-07 Music Copyright Fact Sheet

Electronic materials and copyright

HERON

JISC and the Publishers Association: Working Party Papers and Reports

JISC and the Publishers Association: Guidelines for Fair Dealing in an Electronic Environment

AHDS (Arts and Humanities Data Service): Copyright and Other Rights Issues in Digitisation

SHERPA/RoMEO - Publisher Copyright Policies and Self-Archiving

EBLIDA (European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations) Includes EBLIDA News, covering copyright issues in relation to digitisation, and information law position papers and statements.

Copyright Licensing

Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA)

CLA Higher Education Licences

CLA Higher Education Licences: List of Excluded Categories and Works

CLA Higher Education Trial Licence: Compliance Audit FAQs

Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA)

Educational Recording Agency (ERA)

Ordnance Survey (OS)

British Library Document Supply Services

Copyright Training Courses

Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) Training 2008

CILIP Training and Development 2008 Courses Look under 'Copyright & Licencing'.

Books on copyright for information professionals

Practical copyright for information professionals: the CILIP handbook. Sandy Norman. Facet Publishing, 2004.

Copyright: interpreting the law for libraries, archives and information services. 4th Edition. Graham P Cornish. Facet Publishing, 2004.

Copyright for archivists and records managers. 3rd edition. Tim Padfield. Facet Publishing, 2004.

Digital copyright. 2nd edition. Paul Pedley. Facet Publishing, October 2007.

Managing digital rights: A Practitioner's Guide. Paul Pedley (ed.). Facet Publishing, 2005.