Intellectual Property Agencies and Intergovernmental Organizations
United States Copyright Office
United States Patent & Trademark Office
World Intellectual Property Organization
Fair Use and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Everything Is A Remix: Fair Use (video by Kirby Ferguson and Jack Lerner)
Documentary Filmmakers’ Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use
Digital Millennium Copyright Act: resources for filmmakers
Organization for Transformative Works
Center for Media & Social Impact at American University
Resources for Journalists and Documentarians
International Documentary Association’s guide to documentaries and journalism, Mapping the Documentary-Journalism Landscape
Safe + Secure’s handbook on safety and security issues facing documentary filmmakers
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press First Amendment Handbook and other legal resources
Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Legal Guide for Bloggers
Committee to Protect Journalist’s safety resources
Student Press Law Center’s legal guides
Mark Litwak’s Entertainment Law Resources page
Copyright Policy
Returning Authors’ Rights: The Authors Alliance/Creative Commons Termination of Transfer Tool
Termination of Transfer: Information and Templates for Notices of Termination Under § 203 and § 304(c)
Attorney Referral Services
California Lawyers for the Arts
https://www.calawyersforthearts.org
Electronic Frontier Foundation
https://www.eff.org
Legal Aid Society of Orange County
http://www.legal-aid.com/
Public Law Center
https://www.publiclawcenter.org/
The California State Bar website’s Lawyer Referral Information Service provides referrals to local attorneys. You can reach it at http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Public/Need-Legal-Help/Lawyer-Referral-Service.