About Copyright: Resources

Additional information on P2P filesharing, copyright infringement, and related issues can be found at the following sites:

U.S. Copyright Office: http://www.copyright.gov/ :
This is a well-organized and up-to-date site.
Georgia Harper's crash course: http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm#top :
Georgia K. Harper is the Scholarly Communications Advisor for the University of Texas at Austin Libraries, where she focuses on issues of digital access. Prior to that, she specialized in copyright law as a Senior Attorney and manager of the Intellectual Property Section of the Office of General Counsel for the University of Texas System. While at the OGC, she created the Copyright Crash Course to provide faculty, students and staff with accurate, easy-to-understand information on a wide range of copyright issues. This course is freely accessible to all universities and colleges and it's a great place to start your education about copyright rules and file sharing!
Georgia Harper's blog: http://georgiaharper.blogspot.com/ :
Georgia also has a great blog with discussions of all the current issues, an archive of her past articles, and links to sites she finds helpful.
Here are some helpful UA sites. These sites all contain contact information, if you require more information or clarification:
- Copyright Guide - UA Library:
  http://www.library.arizona.edu/help/tutorials/copyright/index.html
- ASUA Legal Services:
  http://legal.asua.arizona.edu/
- University of Arizona Policy on the Acceptable Use of Computers and Networks:
  http://security.arizona.edu/aup
- Intellectual Property - Office of Technology Transfer:
  http://ott.web.arizona.edu/about_IP.php
- Office of the General Counsel - Legal Information / Intellectual Property:
  http://ogc.arizona.edu/node/16