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| Internet URL; | Copyright site description | UK? | /10 |
| Copyright Libraries Agency | The Copyright Libraries Agency acts on behalf of the following five libraries
to ensure that they receive legal deposit copies of British and Irish
publications. The Libraries are as follows:- Bodleian Library, Oxford Cambridge University Library National Library of Scotland Library of Trinity College Dublin National Library of Wales There are six legal deposit libraries in the British Isles and each of them is entitled to receive, free of charge, a copy of every work published in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. They are often referred to as copyright libraries. The sixth library is the British Library which has its own Legal Deposit Office. The five libraries named above must claim their copies within twelve months of the date of publication. On receipt of such a request a publisher must supply a copy |
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| http://www.hmso.gov.uk/ | Yes | ||
| International copyright registration | International copyright registration service. | No | 9 |
| Registration survey | An interesting survey of providers | No | 2 |
| UK copyright registration | UK copyright registration center for musicians, songwriters, designers and authors. | Yes | 9 |
| http://www.alcs.co.uk/ | The Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society is the British rights management society for all writers. Its principal business is to distribute fees to writers whose work has been copied, broadcast or recorded. | Yes | 4 |
| http://www.cla.co.uk | The Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd is the UK's Reproduction Rights Organisation | Yes | 6 |
| http://www.patent.gov.uk | The UK Patent Office | Yes | 5 |
| PRS is the UK association of composers, songwriters and music publishers. It administers the 'performing right' in their music. | Yes | 5 | |
| http://www.mcps.co.uk | One of the world's largest royalty collection societies, licensing the recording and use of music in all its shapes and forms | Yes | 4 |
| U.S. Copyright Office is an office of public record for copyright registration and deposit of copyright material. | No | 7 | |
| Copyright and Intellectual Property Resources | Information Concerning Intellectual Property and Copyright Issues | No | 3 |
| HTML Writers Guild Website | International organization of World Wide Web page authors and Internet publishing professionals. Basic membership is free. | No | 3 |
| Ten Big Myths About Copyright | An attempt to answer common myths about copyright seen on the net and cover issues related to copyright | No | 6 |