Useful Links

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• US Copyright Office
• Australian Copyright Council
• World Intellectual Property Office

Providing broader access to copyrighted works

• Creative Commons
• Open Source 

Useful links to FAQs


Countries where copyright is protected (contracting parties to Berne Convention)


Fair use as an exception to copyright or defense against an infringement claim

• as described by the US Copyright office
• in general (Wikipedia)
• if you are accused of copyright infringement, as discussed by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 
• 'fair dealing' in Australia 
• 'fair dealing' in the UK

Copyright registration 
N.B. Registration is not required to protect your work; not all countries have registration offices

• in the US
• Wikipedia list of copyright registration offices around the world