Handout of websites for students needing copyright information. Presented as a guest lecturer for arts administration classes.

1. The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
A membership organization for those who compose music and write lyrics or songs.
http://www.ascap.com/index.html
Art Law for Everyone
A blog by Elizabeth Russell, arts lawyer and author of Art Law Conversations. She
frequently blogs on copyright and fair use.
http://www.artslawyer.blogspot.com/
Center for Social Media at the School of Communication, American University
Provides a great section for resources on fair use and copyright.
http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/fair_use/
Copyright Management Center, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis
A good checklist for fair use for students is available here.
http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/checklist.htm
Copyright Clearance Center (CCC)
For help getting the appropriate permissions for content.
http://www.copyright.com/
The Fair Use Network
A place for intellectual property (IP) law questions asked by artists and writers.
http://fairusenetwork.org/
Friends of Active Copyright Education (FA©E)
An initiative of the Copyright Society of the USA to provide resources for copyright
awareness.
http://www.csusa.org/face/
Motion Picture Licensing Association (MPLA)
The place for information on copyright compliance for the public performance of motion
pictures.
http://www.mplc.org/
SESAC
The performing rights organization.
http://www.sesac.com/index.aspx?flash=0
US Copyright Office
http://www.copyright.gov