Copyright Resources
5.6.14 Copyright Resources
Additional information about copyright law may be obtained from several sources. For a detailed legal account, consult Perle and Williams on Publishing Law38 or Nimmer on Copyright39 (although these resources are expensive and may be best consulted via a library that has these in its holdings). Other useful texts include The Chicago Manual of Style chapter “Rights and Permissions”45 and Law of the Web: A Field Guide to Internet Publishing.42 Specific information, useful guides, and forms may be obtained free of charge from the US Copyright Office14,37,40,44,46,57,58:
US Copyright Office
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave SE
Washington, DC 20559-6000
Telephone: (202) 707-3000
Additional useful information can also be obtained from the following:
Association of American Publishers (AAP)
50 F St NW
Washington, DC 20001-1530
Telephone: (202) 247-3375
Fax: (202) 347-3690
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)
South House
The Street
Clapham, Worthing BN13 3UU, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Telephone: 44 1903 871 686
Fax: 44 1903 871 457
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
34, chemin des Colombettes
PO Box 18
CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland
Telephone: 41 22 338 91 11
Fax: 41 22 733 54 28