• Origin and Purpose of Copyright
• The "Rights" Covered by Copyright
• Copyright Infringement
• Copyright Infringement vs. Plagiarism
• Requirements to Claim Copyright
• Other Types of Protection
• Duration of Copyright
• Public Domain
• Public Domain vs. Publicly Available
• Obtaining Permission to Use Copyrighted Work
• Fair Use
• Copyright and Electronic Publishing

• 17 USCS Sections 101 - 1010: The U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, as amended in 1994 (including the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 and the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992).
• U.S. Copyright Office.
• Credits and Additional References for these Notes.

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