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Reading list

2007-03-17T13:43:17Z

Peterb: /* European copyright law */

This is a reading list of Web sites and paper books that you can use to get informed about Open Content, licenses, copyright, and related issues.

See [[CcDebate]] for in depth discussion of CC-specific issues.

== Licensing ==

Several of the books highlighted at [[Books]] discuss licensing.

* [http://turre.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=5&Itemid=41 Community Created Content] Book by Hietanen, Välimäki and Oksanen analysing CC licensing and business models.
* [http://www.rosenlaw.com/oslbook.htm Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law]. Book by Lawrence Rosen about Open Source licenses. All chapters available for download under the Academic Free License 3.0.
* [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/osfreesoft/ Open Source and Free Software Licensing]. By Andrew M. St. Laurent, from O'Reilly and Associates. All chapters available for download under by-nd license.
* [http://www.catb.org/~esr/Licensing-HOWTO.html Licensing HOWTO]. By Eric and Catherine Raymond. Detailed discussion of Open Source licensing issues, comparison of licenses, and some process information about changing license. Some idiosyncratic terminology ("academic licenses", for example).

== Freedom definitions ==

* [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Free Software Definition] from the [http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation]
* [http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php Open Source Definition] from the [http://www.opensource.org/ Open Source Institute]
* [http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines Debian Free Software Guidelines] from [http://www.debian.org/ The Debian Project]
* [http://www.freedomdefined.org/Definition Definition of Free Cultural Works]

== Copyright ==
=== European copyright law ===
* Bertrand, André, Le droit d’auteur et les droits voisins, 2nd ed., Dalloz, Paris, 1999. (French)
* Koktvedgaard, Mogens & Levin, Marianne, Lärobok i Immaterialrätt, 8th ed., Norstedts Juridik, Stockholm, 2004. (Swedish). A full coverage of Swedish IP law. Writen for law school students but still a good read for anyone who wants to understand Swedish IP law.
* Levin, Marianne, Lärobok i Immaterialrätt, Supplement 2006, Upphovsrätt, Norstedts Juridik, Stockholm, 2006. (Swedish). A supplement covering recent copyright legislation and new case law.
* Nordeman W, Vinck K & Herlin P, Urheberrecht und zum Urheberrechtsgesetz und zum urheberrechtswahmehmungsgesetz, 8th ed., Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart, Berlin, Köln. (German)
* Schricker, Gerard (editor), Urheberrecht, Kommentar, C.M. Beck’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, München, 1999. (German)
* Shack, Haimo, Urheber- und Urhebervertragsrecht, 3rd ed., Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 2005. (German)
* Ulmer, Eugen, Urheber- und Verlagsrecht, 3rd ed., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1980. (German). A classic. Still worth reading if you want to understand copyright law from an European perspective.

=== U.K. copyright law ===
* Cornish, William Rodolph & Llewelyn, David, Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks and Allied Rights, 5th ed., Sweet & Maxwell, London, 2003. A text book on U.K. (and EC) IP law for law school students, but well worth reading for everyone who needs a primer on the subject.

=== U.S. copyright law ===
* [http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html Copyright basics] ([http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf PDF version]), from [http://www.copyright.gov/ US Copyright Office]. Overview of copyright issues for US jurisdictions. An excellent introduction to the subject and terminology.
* [http://www.nolo.com/resource.cfm/catID/DAE53B68-7BF5-455A-BC9F3D9C9C1F7513/310/276/ Nolo.com Copyright Section]. Good overview of copyright from do-it-yourself legal publisher [http://www.nolo.com/ Nolo Press]

Reading list

2007-03-17T13:35:02Z

Peterb: /* European copyright law */

This is a reading list of Web sites and paper books that you can use to get informed about Open Content, licenses, copyright, and related issues.

See [[CcDebate]] for in depth discussion of CC-specific issues.

== Licensing ==

Several of the books highlighted at [[Books]] discuss licensing.

* [http://turre.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=5&Itemid=41 Community Created Content] Book by Hietanen, Välimäki and Oksanen analysing CC licensing and business models.
* [http://www.rosenlaw.com/oslbook.htm Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law]. Book by Lawrence Rosen about Open Source licenses. All chapters available for download under the Academic Free License 3.0.
* [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/osfreesoft/ Open Source and Free Software Licensing]. By Andrew M. St. Laurent, from O'Reilly and Associates. All chapters available for download under by-nd license.
* [http://www.catb.org/~esr/Licensing-HOWTO.html Licensing HOWTO]. By Eric and Catherine Raymond. Detailed discussion of Open Source licensing issues, comparison of licenses, and some process information about changing license. Some idiosyncratic terminology ("academic licenses", for example).

== Freedom definitions ==

* [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Free Software Definition] from the [http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation]
* [http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php Open Source Definition] from the [http://www.opensource.org/ Open Source Institute]
* [http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines Debian Free Software Guidelines] from [http://www.debian.org/ The Debian Project]
* [http://www.freedomdefined.org/Definition Definition of Free Cultural Works]

== Copyright ==
=== European copyright law ===
* Bertrand, André, Le droit d’auteur et les droits voisins, 2nd ed., Dalloz, Paris, 1999. (French)
* Nordeman W, Vinck K & Herlin P, Urheberrecht und zum Urheberrechtsgesetz und zum urheberrechtswahmehmungsgesetz, 8th ed., Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart, Berlin, Köln. (German)
* Schricker, Gerard (editor), Urheberrecht, Kommentar, C.M. Beck’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, München, 1999. (German)
* Shack, Haimo, Urheber- und Urhebervertragsrecht, 3rd ed., Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 2005. (German)
* Ulmer, Eugen, Urheber- und Verlagsrecht, 3rd ed., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1980. (German). A classic. Still worth reading if you want to understand copyright law from an European perspective.

=== U.K. copyright law ===
* Cornish, William Rodolph & Llewelyn, David, Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks and Allied Rights, 5th ed., Sweet & Maxwell, London, 2003. A text book on U.K. (and EC) IP law for law school students, but well worth reading for everyone who needs a primer on the subject.

=== U.S. copyright law ===
* [http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html Copyright basics] ([http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf PDF version]), from [http://www.copyright.gov/ US Copyright Office]. Overview of copyright issues for US jurisdictions. An excellent introduction to the subject and terminology.
* [http://www.nolo.com/resource.cfm/catID/DAE53B68-7BF5-455A-BC9F3D9C9C1F7513/310/276/ Nolo.com Copyright Section]. Good overview of copyright from do-it-yourself legal publisher [http://www.nolo.com/ Nolo Press]

Reading list

2007-03-17T13:34:37Z

Peterb:

This is a reading list of Web sites and paper books that you can use to get informed about Open Content, licenses, copyright, and related issues.

See [[CcDebate]] for in depth discussion of CC-specific issues.

== Licensing ==

Several of the books highlighted at [[Books]] discuss licensing.

* [http://turre.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=5&Itemid=41 Community Created Content] Book by Hietanen, Välimäki and Oksanen analysing CC licensing and business models.
* [http://www.rosenlaw.com/oslbook.htm Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law]. Book by Lawrence Rosen about Open Source licenses. All chapters available for download under the Academic Free License 3.0.
* [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/osfreesoft/ Open Source and Free Software Licensing]. By Andrew M. St. Laurent, from O'Reilly and Associates. All chapters available for download under by-nd license.
* [http://www.catb.org/~esr/Licensing-HOWTO.html Licensing HOWTO]. By Eric and Catherine Raymond. Detailed discussion of Open Source licensing issues, comparison of licenses, and some process information about changing license. Some idiosyncratic terminology ("academic licenses", for example).

== Freedom definitions ==

* [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Free Software Definition] from the [http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation]
* [http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php Open Source Definition] from the [http://www.opensource.org/ Open Source Institute]
* [http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines Debian Free Software Guidelines] from [http://www.debian.org/ The Debian Project]
* [http://www.freedomdefined.org/Definition Definition of Free Cultural Works]

== Copyright ==
=== European copyright law ===
* Bertrand, André, Le droit d’auteur et les droits voisins, 2nd ed., Dalloz, Paris, 1999. (French)
* Nordeman W, Vinck K & Herlin P, Urheberrecht und zum Urheberrechtsgesetz und zum urheberrechtswahmehmungsgesetz, 8th ed., Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart, Berlin, Köln. (German)
* Ulmer, Eugen, Urheber- und Verlagsrecht, 3rd ed., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1980. (German). A classic. Still worth reading if you want to understand copyright law from an European perspective.
* Schricker, Gerard (editor), Urheberrecht, Kommentar, C.M. Beck’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, München, 1999. (German)
* Shack, Haimo, Urheber- und Urhebervertragsrecht, 3rd ed., Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 2005. (German)

=== U.K. copyright law ===
* Cornish, William Rodolph & Llewelyn, David, Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks and Allied Rights, 5th ed., Sweet & Maxwell, London, 2003. A text book on U.K. (and EC) IP law for law school students, but well worth reading for everyone who needs a primer on the subject.

=== U.S. copyright law ===
* [http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html Copyright basics] ([http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf PDF version]), from [http://www.copyright.gov/ US Copyright Office]. Overview of copyright issues for US jurisdictions. An excellent introduction to the subject and terminology.
* [http://www.nolo.com/resource.cfm/catID/DAE53B68-7BF5-455A-BC9F3D9C9C1F7513/310/276/ Nolo.com Copyright Section]. Good overview of copyright from do-it-yourself legal publisher [http://www.nolo.com/ Nolo Press]

Reading list

2007-03-17T13:26:04Z

Peterb:

This is a reading list of Web sites and paper books that you can use to get informed about Open Content, licenses, copyright, and related issues.

See [[CcDebate]] for in depth discussion of CC-specific issues.

== Licensing ==

Several of the books highlighted at [[Books]] discuss licensing.

* [http://turre.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=5&Itemid=41 Community Created Content] Book by Hietanen, Välimäki and Oksanen analysing CC licensing and business models.
* [http://www.rosenlaw.com/oslbook.htm Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law]. Book by Lawrence Rosen about Open Source licenses. All chapters available for download under the Academic Free License 3.0.
* [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/osfreesoft/ Open Source and Free Software Licensing]. By Andrew M. St. Laurent, from O'Reilly and Associates. All chapters available for download under by-nd license.
* [http://www.catb.org/~esr/Licensing-HOWTO.html Licensing HOWTO]. By Eric and Catherine Raymond. Detailed discussion of Open Source licensing issues, comparison of licenses, and some process information about changing license. Some idiosyncratic terminology ("academic licenses", for example).

== Freedom definitions ==

* [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Free Software Definition] from the [http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation]
* [http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php Open Source Definition] from the [http://www.opensource.org/ Open Source Institute]
* [http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines Debian Free Software Guidelines] from [http://www.debian.org/ The Debian Project]
* [http://www.freedomdefined.org/Definition Definition of Free Cultural Works]

== Copyright ==
=== European copyright law ===
* Ulmer, Eugen, Urheber- und Verlagsrecht, 3rd ed., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1980. (German). A classic. Still worth reading if you want to understand copyright law from an European perspective.
* Schricker, Gerard, m.fl., Urheberrecht, Kommentar, C.M. Beck’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, München, 1999. (German)
* Nordeman W, Vinck K & Herlin P, Urheberrecht und zum Urheberrechtsgesetz und zum urheberrechtswahmehmungsgesetz, 8th ed., Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart, Berlin, Köln. (German)
* Shack, Haimo, Urheber- und Urhebervertragsrecht, 3rd ed., Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 2005. (German)
* Bertrand, André, Le droit d’auteur et les droits voisins, 2nd ed., Dalloz, Paris, 1999. (French)

=== U.K. copyright law ===

* Cornish, William Rodolph & Llewelyn, David, Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks and Allied Rights. A text book for law school students, but still well worth reading.

=== U.S. copyright law ===
* [http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html Copyright basics] ([http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf PDF version]), from [http://www.copyright.gov/ US Copyright Office]. Overview of copyright issues for US jurisdictions. An excellent introduction to the subject and terminology.
* [http://www.nolo.com/resource.cfm/catID/DAE53B68-7BF5-455A-BC9F3D9C9C1F7513/310/276/ Nolo.com Copyright Section]. Good overview of copyright from do-it-yourself legal publisher [http://www.nolo.com/ Nolo Press]

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