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Daylight Robbery! The Legal and Illegal Use of Web Graphics

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Bibliography

10 Big Myths About Copyright Use Explained (excellent site from Net pioneer Brad Templeton)
http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html

11th Commandment (interesting take on the usual copyright do’s and don’ts)
http://moyra.com/jewels/eleventh.html

Australian Copyright Act 1968
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca1968133/index.html

Be Original
http://www.webmasterbase.com/article/35

Berne Convention, As Revised
http://www.law.cornell.edu/treaties/berne/

Canadian Copyright Information
http://cipo.gc.ca/

Copyright Protection for the Webmaster
http://www.webmasterbase.com/article/127

Copyright2 (good examples of legal and illegal use of graphics)
http://aimee.wyvernweb.com/copyright/

Design Expertise (Web design firm that discusses legal graphics use)
http://www.designexpertise.com/

Electronic Frontier Foundation (large Internet support organization advocating freedom of speech and copyright adherence)
http://www.eff.org/

Give Credit Where Credit Is Due (good examples of do’s and don’ts of crediting)
http://www.give-credit.com/

GreyDay (home of the annual Grey Day "grey-out")
ttp://www.greyday.org/main.html

History and Growth of the World Wide Web
http://map.web.cern.ch/Public/ACHIEVEMENTS/WEB/history.html

International Copyright Relations of the United States (Berne Convention signatories; document is stored in .PDF format)
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ38a.pdf

Laws, Registration Forms, and Other Information About Copyright
http://www.thescoop.net/official.htm

Legal Information Institute: Law About Copyright
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/copyright.html

Redistribution in Graphics Has To Stop (R.I.G.H.T.S.) (great place to start learning about copyright protocols)
http://www.rightsforartists.com/siteindex.html

SCOOP
http://www.thescoop.net/

Silver’s Place (good explanation of the copyright rationale by a graphics designer)
http://www.cometosilver.com/please.html

Trademarks and Copyrights – Nolo’s Legal Encyclopedia
http://www.nolo.com/encyclopedia/tc_ency.html#Subtopic115

U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act, H.R. 2281
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/legislation/hr2281.pdf
http://www.eff.org/ip/DMCA/hr2281_dmca_law_19981020_pl105-304.html

What is Copyright Protection? (Berne-based copyright information)
http://www.whatiscopyright.org/

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