Copyright Navigator: A Digital Annotated Concept Map of the Fundamentals of U.S. Copyright Law by Professor Lionel S. Sobel is a pretty awesome interactive flowchart that lays out the fundamentals of copyright law, and how it pertains to things like enforcement and fair use.
Ready to register those works of art? The United States Copyright Office has the step by step
instructions and required forms for copyright registration of various flavors, including visual arts, literary works, performance art etc..Creative Commons has a new "
Termination of Transfer" tool based on the US Copyright Act that
assists artists in reclaiming copyrights given away long ago. 35 years, to be exact. via
boingboing.
Here's an interesting article in The Wall Street Journal about some new tools that can
scan the web for violation of copyright.
Attributor and
Copyscape are the key players right now.
UPDATES 5/2/08
Attributor
just raised 12 million and has the support of Condé Nast.
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