U.S. Copyright Laws and Legal Resources

• U.S. Copyright Law - Find chapters of the law, available in PDF or HTML pages.

• Digital Millennium Copyright Act (PDF)

• Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act - From the TEACH Toolkit from the North Carolina State Univerisity Libraries

• Pending Copyright Legislation - From the US Copyright Office

• U.S. Copyright Office Home Page

• Stanford University Libraries, Copyright & Fair Use Primary Materials. contains links to full text of U.S.Constitution, U.S. Code, U.S. regulations, international agreements, and case law)

• Indiana University, Purdue University, Indianapolis, Copyright Management Center, Law Resources. Contains links to full text of U.S. copyright laws, including individual statutes of interest to higher education, international intellectual property treaties, and related materials.

• Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute. Copyright: An Overview. Contains links to federal and international legal sources on copyright

• University of Maryland University College, Center for Intellectual Property and Copyright in the Digital Environment, US Laws, Regulations, and Policy Making. Contains links to full text of laws, regulations and related documents, including resources that address resources that address copyright jurisdiction and intersections with the international community.

• The Founders' Consitution, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8. Read early documents about the Patent and Copyright Clause of the Consitution from this anthology from the University of Chicago Press

• FindLaw.com, Copyrights and Patents. Read about Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 - the Patent and Copyright Clause of the Constitution.

• Circular 1a: A Brief History and Overview. U.S. Copyright Office. 
  
  
• Timeline: A History of Copyright in the U.S. Association of Research Libraries
  
  
• FindLaw Intellectual Property Resoureces for Legal Professionals.
  
  
• The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998: Summary. U.S. Copyright Office.