Collection of Links on Copyright and creator-rights

• 3.11.2003: UK has passed bill to ensure long term archiving of e-documents openly and by public libraries. [see email]
• 20.10.2003: Which journals allow the author to self-archive his document prior or after publication on his institute/department's server?
• 20.11.02: New Copyright Law Frees Educators to Use Copyrighted Works Online Posted 06. November 2002 08:09 The U.S. Copyright Office announced on Tuesday that President Bush on Saturday signed into law the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (H.R. 2215), which includes the Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act. Of importance is the new law's amendment to the Copyright Act, which provides increased flexibility for accredited, nonprofit educational institutions to use the Internet to provide copyrighted materials to students enrolled in distance education programs. The amendment allows professors to use online music, movies and other copyrighted materials for "mediated instructional activities," without permission from or payment to copyright holders. It also re- establishes this particular "fair use" of a copyrighted work -- still preserved for non-digital copyrights -- that was made illegal under 1998's Digital Millennium Copyright Act. see link and American Library Association: New Copyright Law for Distance Education: The Meaning and Importance of the TEACH Act Link
• 13.6.2002: Self-Archiving FAQ for the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI)
• 13.6.2002: 'Clinical Medicine - Journal policies
• Copyright of NATURE
• 11.3.2002: copyright rules at US Universities to retain rights with the author
• 30.9.2001: Call to All Mathematicians for freeing the prime research results. and: Executive summary for authors of research papers in journals
• 21.9.2001: Legal Properties; Collection of the Colorado Digitization Project (hint to link by K. Graf)
• 12.1.2000: Mathematical copyright, by W. Hodges A nice overview of the possible rights for authors and publishers. Approved by CEIC.
• The Publishing Law Center, Denver, CO 80206 free information service on copyright issues.
• Some Remarks on Copyright and creator-rights (Urheberrecht); E.R.Hilf, Carl von Ossietzky-Universitaet, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany 6.4.1998
• Copyright in an  Educational Environment,  Carbondale, Illinois April 23-25, 1998
• World Intellectual Property Organization   WIPO , includes information on the US Data Base Treaty Act.  This  tries to automatize the ensurance of the copyright and might blow the WEB.
• License Agreements The ECUP Heads of Agreement to assist librarians in their dealings with publishers over site-licences for  electronic publications  license types between publishers and (University and/or National Libraries, Computer Centres, Institutes, Companies)
• American Mathematical Society Ethical Guidelines
• CODE OF ETHICS, by American Sociological Association
• University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute
• On Voluntary Ethical Guidelines for the Electronic Network Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) Electronic Networking Council
• Selected Bibliography Ethics and Technical Communications The Telecommunications Act of 1996