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perryhis · Site Admin Joined: 02 May 2007 Posts: 63

Here are some good links about copyright and fair use of copyrighted materials.

See the chart in the link below for quick answers.

CHART
http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm

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http://www.pma-online.org/scripts/shownews.cfm?id=1352

Other Links
10 Big Myths About Copyrights
http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html

Copyright and Fair Use
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/

Copyright Clearance Center
http://www.copyright.com/default.asp

When Works Pass into the Public Domain
http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm

Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/

tagra123 · Joined: 02 May 2007 Posts: 13

Copyfraud is when a compiler of public domain images and copies of other works then claims a copyright of those very images, books, music, etc...

Basically, if you are being asked to pay for permission to use something already in the public domain the fraud occurs. Anyone want to buy the Brooklyn Bridge? Smile

Part of the problem exists because there is no national registry of public domain works so people unknowingly pay for something they could have used for free.

A very good article is here at the NYU School of Law.

The author of the article gives a very good example of a company claiming copyright on an exact copy of the US Constitution.

http://www.law.nyu.edu/journals/lawreview/issues/vol81/no3/nyu303.pdf

An easy to understand article:

http://www.rexx.com/~jaguar/copyright.html

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