Copyright Reading Room
Articles on Copyright Law:
- IVIR Report on EU: “The Recasting of Copyright and Related Rights for the Knowledge Economy” (Nov. 2006)
- British Royal Society Response to the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property (6 Nov 2006)
- British Royal Society, “Keeping Science Open: The Effects of Intellectual Property on the Conducts of Science” (2003)
- Development in the Information Age, Issues in the Regulation of Intellectual Property Rights, Computer Software and Electronic Commerce (UNCTAD-ICTSD Project on Intellectual Property Rights and Sustainable Development Issue Paper No. 9) [PDF format], by Ruth L. Okediji, May 2004
- Intellectual Property and Computer Software, A Battle of Competing Use and Access Visions for Countries of the South (UNCTAD-ICTSD Project on Intellectual Property Rights and Sustainable Development Issue Paper No. 10) [PDF format], by Alan Story, May 2004
- Whose Trade Organization? A Comprehensive Guide to the WTO (The New Press), by Lori Wallach and Patrick Woodall, March 2004
- NAFTA: Ten Years of Cross-Border Dialogues (Interhemispheric Resource Center Americas Program Special Report), by David Brooks and Jonathan Fox, March 2004
- Australian Digital Copyright Agenda Papers
- What Has Copyright Got To Do With Newspapers? - A South African Perspective, by Denise Nicholson, August 2003 (The Library, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa)
- The Economy of Ideas: A framework for patents and copyrights in the Digital Age, by John Perry Barlow March 1994
- The Progress of Science and Useful Arts: “Why Copyright Today Threatens Intellectual Freedom” from the Free Expression Policy Project, 2002
- An “Odd Bird” - A Case for Balance in Copyright Law in Cyberspace, by Robin D. Gross and Katina Bishop Dec. 2000
- Copyright Terrorism and the Internet, by Dave Touretsky Nov. 2001
- Court Upholds Right to Digital Music, by Robin D. Gross June 1999
- Understanding Your Rights: Copyright Protection on the Internet, by Robin D. Gross 1999
- Understanding Your Rights: The Public’s Right for Fair Use, by Robin D. Gross 1999
- A Politics of Intellectual Property: Environmentalism for the Net, by James Boyle 2001
- The Second Enclosure Movement and the Construction of the Public Domain, by James Boyle
- Q&A: What is Fair Use?, by Anthony R. Berman, Esq.
- Position Paper on Copyright in the Electronic Environment, from the International Federation of Library Associations
- Copyright and Freedom of Expression in Europe, by P. Bernt Hugenholtz 2001
- Napster, Jefferson’s Moose and the Law of Cyberspace, by David Post, 2000
- National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) Position on Digital Distribution, July 2001
- Commodification of Culture Harms Creators, by Howard Besser 2001
- Why the Public Domain Matters, by David Bollier 2002
- The Exclusive Right to Read, by Jessica Litman 1994
- At Impasse: Technology, Popular Demand and Today’s Copyright Regime, by Jim Griffin April 2001
- Property, Commons and the First Amendment, by Yochai Benkler
- EC Study on the conditions applicable to contracts relating to intellectual property in the European Union, by P. Bernt Hugenholtz May 2002
- The Demonization of Piracy (Address to the 10th Conf. on Computers, Freedom & Privacy), by Jessica Litman April 6, 2000
- Chronicle of The Netherlands: Dutch Copyright Law (1995-2000), by P. Bernt Hugenholtz Nov. 2000
- The Case Against Intellectual Monopoly. by Boldrin & Levine
- CONFU : The Conference on Fair Use
- American Library Association’s Copyright Resources
- CPTech’s A2K Resource Page
- Compleat World Copyright Sites
- EFF’s Campaign for Audiovisual Free Expression (CAFÉ)
- US Copyright Clearance Center
- Japanese IP Resources
- Taiwanese IP Resources
- Asian Law Center: Books & Journal Articles on Asian IP Law
- US Copyright Office Circular 38a: “International Copyright Relations of the United States”
- Copyright Law Issues in Finland From EFFi
- Canadian Law Prof. Michael Geist’s Page on International Internet Law
- Selected Papers by US Law Prof. Pam Samuelson on Copyright
- Copyright & Fair Use Resources at Stanford University
- Copyright & Fair Use Resources at UC Berkeley
- US Copyright Office Information Circulars and Fact Sheets
- Multimedia & Entertainment Law Online (MELON)
- Entertainment Law Digest
- Virtual Chronicle of the Digital Music Revolution