Copyright Issues Related to Film

Supreme Court Ruling

Supreme Court Rules Against Entertainment Industry in Landmark Copyright Case, Hollywood Reporter, March 19, 2013.

Excerpt: "The case has huge ramifications: For instance, Tuesday's ruling could impact the pricing of music, films and other copyrighted works globally."

Copyright Office

• U.S. Copyright Office Home Page
• Notice of Inquiry: Orphan Works and Mass Digitization, issued by U.S. Copyright Office, Oct. 22, 2012. (PDF, 240KB)
• Comments in response to U.S. Copyright Office notice of inquiry on Orphan Works.
• U.S. Copyright Office current position on Orphan Works, March 2013.

Resources for Copyright and Other Legal Issues Related to Film

• Access: The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency
• American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law
• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• American Library Association: Copyright
• American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
• Author's Licensing and Collecting Society (U.K.)
• The Authors Registry
• Berkeley Center for Law and Technology
• Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School
• Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI)
• Canadian Heritage Information Network: Intellectual Property
• Canadian Intellectual Property Office
• Center for Advanced Study and Research on Intellectual Property, Univ of Washington
• Chilling Effects Clearinghouse
• Christian Copyright Licensing International
• Collection of National Copyright Laws
• Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee
• Copyfight
• Copyright Alliance
• Copyright49: Blog Dealing with U.S. Copyright Law from a Canadian Perspective
• Copyright Board Canada
• CopyrightLaws.com
• Copyright Infringement on the Docket (PDF, 5.75MB), by Peter Hirtle, Archival Outlook, published by the Society of American Archivists, May/June 2012.
• Copyright Renewal Database (Stanford University)
• Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States: A Chart (Peter Hirtle)
• Copyright WebSite (benedict.com)
• Copyright Clearance Center Online
• Copyright Exercises
• Copyright Litigation Blog
• Copyright Policy Branch, Department of Canadian Heritage
• Copyright Society of the USA
• Creative Commons
• Digital Copyright course syllabus
• Digital Copyright Slider
• Digital Future Coalition
• Documentary Filmmakers' Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use, Center for Social Media
• Duke University: Center for the Study of the Public Domain
• Electronic Frontier Foundation Intellectual Property Resource Page
• The Eric Eldred Act
• European Copyright User Platform
• Fair Use
  • Mary Minow: How I Learned to Love Fair Use
  • Stanford Univ. Copyright and Fair Use Center
  • United States Copyright Office: Fair Use
• Federal Copyright Protection for Pre-1972 Sound Recordings: A Study on the Desirability of and Means for Bringing Sound Recordings Fixed Before February 15, 1972, Under Federal Jurisdiction.
• The Harry Fox Agency
• "A Guide to Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents in Print and Beyond"
• Google News: Copyright
• Industry Canada: Intellectual Property
• Information Commons
• Intellectual Property Information Mall (Franklin Pierce Law Center)
• Intellectual Property Owners Association
• Intellectual Property Watch
• International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
• International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA)
• International Intellectual Property Institute
• Internet Cases
• IP Central.Info
• IPKat
• IP Justice
• IP Watchdog
• Is it in the Public Domain?" handbook, (PDF, 1.59MB) published by the Samuelson Clinic at UC Berkeley School of Law.
• Lawrence Lessig on Copyright
• LibraryLaw Blog
• Motion Picture Licensing Corporation
• Movie Licensing USA
• National Intellectual Property Researchers Association
• NetCoalition
• NOLO
• Open Content Alliance
• The Open Library
• Orphan Works Information and Updates
  • Orphan Works Initiative
  • Save Orphan Works
  • Agreement reached on new EU copyright laws on "orphan" works, Outlaw.com, June 7, 2012.
  • Preparing for Orphan Works Legislation, by Victor S. Perlman, Esq., Rangefinder, The Magazine for Professional Photographers, June 1, 2012.
• Patents, Trademarks & Copyrights, a listing of resources compiled by National Paralegal College.
• Public Knowledge
• Public Library of Law
• Recording Industry Association of America
• SESAC
• Section 108 Study Group
• Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society
• TechnoLlama
• Text of United States Copyright Law
• Trademark and Other Intellectual Property Resource Guide
• U.S. Catalog of Copyright Entries and Renewals
• U.S. Copyright Database of Records
• United States Copyright Office
• United States Patent and Trademark Office
• VistaPrint: Reporting Copyright Infringement
• WATCH: Writers, Artists and their Copyright Holders
• World Intellectual Property Organization and its Collection of Laws for Electronic Access: database of intellectual property legislation from many nations
• Yahoo Law: Intellectual Property