Copyright

• #1 Copyright Website [WEB SITE]
  http://www.benedict.com/Default.aspx

The site describes itself as offering “general copyright information for educators, students, websurfers and confused citizens.”  Divided into five sections, the site addresses the major domains of copyright.  The Info section gives an overview of copyright issues including fair use and public domain, as well as giving an overall  history of copyright law.  For teaching purposes, the site includes PowerPoint presentations on copyright issues. The Movies section looks at the scope of copyright in the visual domain of movies, television shows, photographs and artwork.  The Music section focuses on the audio domain and deals with all aspects of music composition and delivery.  The Web section examines copyright in the digital domain concerning software and the web.  The final section is an online wizard that aids in copyright registration.

• #2 NC State Tutorial Series on Copyright Ownership, Copyright Use, and Plagiarism [TUTORIAL]
  Scholarly Communication Center of the NCSU Libraries
  http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/scc/tutorial/index.html

These three tutorials are a series of non-interactive web pages that ask and answer questions about copyright ownership, copyright use, and plagiarism.  If one is interested in discussing the differences and relationship between copyright and plagiarism, these tutorials offer a general overview.

• US Copyright Office [WEB SITE]http://www.copyright.gov/

This is the web site of the U.S. Copyright Office. The site has an excellent Copyright Basics  section that defines copyright, describes what it covers, explains who can apply, and even discusses international concerns.