Copyright Law Notes From Government Sources

If you are involved in publishing — and an Internet blog qualifies as publishing — then you need to understand copyrights to know what you can and what you can’t copy from other sources. You can Google the word copyright to get basic information, but if you want up-to-date details on government rulings affecting copyright, here are some more resources:

• Exemptions to the Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright
• Copyright Exceptions for Libraries and Archives
• Orphan Works
• Preregistration of Certain Unpublished Copyright Claims
• Group Copyright Registration of Published Photographs
• Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings and Ephemeral Recordings
• Compulsory License for Making and Distributing Phonorecords
• Recordation of Copyrights and Enforcement Procedures