Copyright and Intellectual Property: Legislation

A few good sites to track pending and current legislation are described below:

GovTrack - Track a particular bill, representative, or subject area via RSS feed, e-mail, or through the GovTrack web site.  For example, subscribe to a tracker on Intellectual Property.

NOTE: One important piece of legislation to stay abreast of is Publishers v. Georgia State University (Cambridge University Press, et al. v. Becker, et al., Civ. Action No. 1:o8-CV-1425-ODE.) concerning fair use and copyright infringement.  The Syracuse University link provides a decision summary of the court ruling.

Copyright Act - Federal law on copyrights is codified in Title 17 of the United States Code.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) -  A summary of the DMCA provided by U.S. Copyright Office.  The DMCA  is an amendment to the Copyright Act of 1976.

Twenty First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act - passed by Congress to update our nation’s telecommunications protections for people with disabilities.