United States Code, Title 17
Print: XXKF62 2000.A2, D'Angelo Law, Wilson Reading Room
LexisNexis: USCS Title 17 - Copyrights, Copyright Act of 1976 (USCS database)
Westlaw: Federal Intellectual Property - U.S. Code Annotated (FIP-USCA database)
Internet: United States Code Title 17 via GPO Access
Internet: United States Code Title 17 via Cornell Legal Information Institute
Internet: United States Code Title 17 via Copyright Office
Nimmer on Copyright contains selective legislative history materials, such as congressional committee reports, for various copyright acts.
The following compiled legislative histories for copyright acts are available in the D'Angelo Law Library. See the Federal Legislative History research guide for information about compiling a legislative history for other copyright statutes.
Copyright Act of 1909
Legislative History of the 1909 Copyright Act
Print: XXKF2989.54.A150 1976, D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks (6 vols.)
Online: HeinOnline
Copyright Act of 1976
Omnibus Copyright Revision Legislative History
Print: XXKF2989.56.A15 2001, D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks (17 vols.)
Online: HeinOnline
The Kaminstein Legislative History Project : A Compendium and Analytical Index of Materials Leading to the Copyright Act of 1976
Print: Z642.K176, Regenstein Bookstacks (3 vols.)
Online: HeinOnline
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Federal Copyright Law: The Legislative Histories of the Major Enactments of the 105th Congress
Print: XXKF2989.8 1999, D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks (5 vols.)
Online: HeinOnline
DMCA Legislative History, Compiled by Home Recording Rights Coalition
Internet: HRRC
No Electronic Theft Act/Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Federal Copyright Law: The Legislative Histories of the Major Enactments of the 105th Congress
Print: XXKF2989.8 1999, D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks (5 vols.)
Online: HeinOnline
NET Legislative History, Compiled by the Library of Congress
Internet: THOMAS
No Electronic Theft Act Policy Team Report, Published by U.S. Sentencing Commission
Internet: USSC
Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998
Federal Copyright Law: The Legislative Histories of the Major Enactments of the 105th Congress
Print: XXKF2989.8 1999, D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks (5 vols.)
Online: HeinOnline
Bill Summary and Status, Compiled by the Library of Congress
Internet: THOMAS
House Report 105-452
Internet: GPO Access
Reporters
The United States Patents Quarterly
Print: XXKF2975.3.B87, D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks
Online: BNA Intellectual Property Library
Finding tools
The United States Patents Quarterly. Annual Digest.
Print: XXKF2975.3.U52, D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks
Electronic Sources for Copyright Decisions
LexisNexis: COPYRT;FEDCTS
Westlaw: FIP-CS (FIP-CS database)
Internet: Recent Supreme Court Cases (from Legal Information Institute, Cornell)
Code of Federal Regulations: Title 37, Chapter II
Print: XXKF70.A3, D'Angelo Law, Wilson Reading Room
LexisNexis: COPYRT;ALLREG
Westlaw: FIP - CFR
Online: Code of Federal Regulations Title 37 via HeinOnline (1938-1983)
Internet: Code of Federal Regulations Title 37 Chapter II via GPO Access
Internet: Code of Federal Regulations Title 37 Chapter II via U.S. Copyright Office
Federal Register
Print: XXKF70.A2, D'Angelo Law, Wilson Reading Room (recent issues only)
LexisNexis: COPYRT;ALLREG
Westlaw: FIP-FR
Online: Federal Register via HeinOnline
Internet: Federal Register via GPO Access
Internet: Copyright Notices from the Federal Register (1993-date)
Research Guide
"Copyright Law", Chapter 4 of Specialized Legal Research, provides exhaustive coverage of copyright law sources in print and electronic formats.
Print: XXKF240.S690 1987, D'Angelo Law, Reference Desk
Background Reading
Understanding Copyright Law
Print: XXKF2994.L43 2005, D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks
Copyright Office Basics
Internet: U.S. Copyright Office - Copyright Office Basics
Copyright Law
Internet: FindLaw - Copyright Law
Major Treatises and Looseleaf Services
Goldstein on Copyright
Print: XXKF2989.G65 2005, D'Angelo Law, Reserve (4 vols.; loose-leaf)
LexisNexis: COPYRT;COPYRT
Copyright Law and Practice
Print: XXKF2994.P350 1994, D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks (3 vols.)
Nimmer on Copyright
Print: XXKF2989.58.A15 2000, D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks (10 vols.; loose-leaf; updated 3x year)
LexisNexis: COPYRT;NIMMER
Finding Articles in Journals and Law Reviews
LexisNexis and Westlaw both provide databases specifically for finding articles on copyright law.
LexisNexis: COPYRT;IPLR
Westlaw: IP-TP
BNA's Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal
Print: XXKF3091.A3B53, D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks
Online: BNA's Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal
The United States Patents Quarterly
Print: XXKF2975.3.B87, D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks
Online: BNA Intellectual Property Library
Copyright NewsNet
Internet: U.S. Copyright Office
Forms
American Jurisprudence Legal Forms (v.5B)
Print: XXKF170.A542, D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks
Westlaw: AMJUR-LF
West's Legal Forms: Intellectual Property--Copyrights & Trademarks (v.25A)
Print: XXKF1384.A65W47 1981, D'Angelo Law, Bookstacks
Internet: U.S. Copyright Office Forms
Federal Copyright Registrations
LexisNexis: COPYRT;ALLCOPY
Internet: Copyright Records: Registrations and Documents
Copyright Practice Aids
Compendium II: Compendium of Copyright Office Practices...
Print: XXKF3002.A8290 1984, D'Angelo Law, Reserve Room (current)
Copyright Office Circulars
Internet: Copyright Information Circulars and Fact Sheets
Fair Use Resources
Copyright & Fair Use Resource Page
Internet: Stanford University Libraries
The U.S. Copyright Office web site provides a variety of practice materials, as well as publications for practitioners and lay persons. For example:
Copyright Basics gives basic information about copyright, works that are protected under copyright law, and how to register a work. The Frequently Asked Questions about Copyright page provides information about the U.S. Copyright Office and basic procedures.
Copyright Registration provides information on the various types of works that can be registered, as well as step-by-step instructions on how to register them.