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Copyright law resources

Books
Canadian
o   Dryden, Demystifying Copyright: A Researcher's Guide to Copyright in Canadian Libraries and Archives (Canadian Library Association, 2001)
o   Geist, M., In the public interest: the future of Canadian copyright law (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2005)
o   Handa, S., Copyright Law in Canada (Markham: Butterworths, 2002)
o   Harris, L., Canadian Copyright Law, 3rd ed. (Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2001)
o   Henderson et al., Copyright and Confidential Information Law of Canada (Scarborough: Carswell, 1994)
o   Hughes et al., Hughes on Copyright and Industrial Design (Markham: Butterworths, looseleaf)
o   Hughes, R., Copyright Legislation and Commentary, 2006/2007 ed. (Markham, Ont.: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2006)
o   Hugues & Carriere, Canadian Copyright Act Annotated, 2006/2007 ed. (Toronto: Thomson Carswell, looseleaf)
o   Kratz, M., Protecting Copyright and Industrial Design (Toronto: Carswell, looseleaf)
o   * McKeown, J., Fox on Canadian Law of Copyright and Industrial Designs, 4th ed. (Toronto: Carswell, looseleaf)
o   Murray & Trosow, Canadian copyright: a citizen's guide (Toronto: Between the Lines, 2007)
o   * Tamaro, N., Annotated Copyright Act (Toronto: Carswell, 2006)
o   Vaver, D., Copyright Law (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2000)
 
English
o   Garnett et al., Copinger and Skone James on Copyright, 15th ed. (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2005)
o   Laddie et al., The Modern Law of Copyright and Designs, 3rd ed. (London: Butterworths, 2000)
o   Seville, C., The internationalisation of copyright law: books, buccaneers and the black flag in the nineteenth century (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006)
o   Sterling, A., World Copyright Law, 2nd ed. (London: Sweet and Maxwell, 2003)
o   von Lewinski, S., International Copyright Law And Policy (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008)
o   Zemer, L., The Idea of Authorship in Copyright (Aldershot: Ashgate Pub., 2007)
 
American
o   Gillespie, T., Wired shut: copyright and the shape of digital culture (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2007)
o   Moser, D., Moser on music copyright (Boston: Artistpro, 2006)
o   Nimmer & Nimmer, Nimmer on Copyright (New York: Matthew Bender, looseleaf)
o   Vaidhyanathan, S., Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How It Threatens Creativity (New York: New York University Press, 2001)
 
Other countries
o   Dreier & Hugenholtz, Concise European copyright law (Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, 2006)
o   Golvan, C., Copyright law and practice (Sydney: Federation Press, 2007)
 
Blogs
Digital Copyright Canada: http://www.digital-copyright.ca/
 
Websites
Canadian
UBC guide to grey literature
 
GreyNet
 
Access Copyright - Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency
 
Copyright Board Canada
 
Canadian Intellectual Property Office: Copyrights
 
Canadian Bar Association: Music Law: Copyright & Trademarks
 
National Library of Canada: Information on Copyright in Canada
 
Canadian Private Copying Collective
 
SOCAN (Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada)
 
Study on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives
 
Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency
 
Rights Clearing House (For people who want to license and use music legally)
 
Copyright laws
 
International
American Library Association Copyright Advisory Network
 
European Union Directive on the Legal Protection of Databases
 
Information on the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act
 
World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty, 1996
 
Copyright Clearance Center (United States copyright collective)