Click on the following links. Please note these will open in a new window.

Copyright Office
http://www.copyright.gov/forms/

Visit the U.S. government’s copyright site. Print out the paper form necessary to copyright a sound recording. Fill them out for a project that you or a friend has done. Which is cheaper, registering online with the eCO online form, or older SR paper form?

Copyright Office Research
http://www.copyright.gov/records/

Search the Copyright Office records for your favorite song. Who wrote it? When was it created and registered? Who claims its copyright?

Creative Commons
http://creativecommons.org/

Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization dedicated to enable people to easily grant some or all of their copyrights in order to simplify sharing, repurposing, and remixing.

Have you created something that you would be willing to share part of under some circumstances? If so, post on your class discussion board the type of material it would be, what restrictions you would put on it, and a potential benefit that you think could result.