Legislation

Our section on Intellectual Property and Copyright has additional resources.

• The Center for Democracy and Technology
  The Legislative Center section of this site identifies issues to be addressed by Congress, including consumer privacy, digital copyright, and open government. For each topic, information is provided on the bill number, its sponsor, status and a summary. An archive of issues from earlier Congress agendas is also available.
• Copyright Legislation
  The U.S. Copyright Office of the Library of Congress provides an extensive section on legislation relating to copyright and fair use. Public law numbers and titles are available for enacted legislation. Included is a link to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act as well as links, reports and testimony for other legislation. An archived section includes links to legislation of previous congressional sessions.
• Distance Education Legislation Links
  The information collected by ITC (Instructional Technology Council) includes not only links to related legislation and commentary, there are also sections referring to ITFS and the FCC, Student Financial Aid and links to government related sections from other Associations.
• Federal Register
  Published by the U.S. Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.
• Legislation and Regulations
  From ACUTA, the Association for Telecommunications Professionals in Higher Education. ACUTA is an international non-profit educational association serving colleges and universities. The committee's mission is to monitor and report to the ACUTA Board and Membership on telecommunication legislative and regulatory activities affecting higher education.
• Tech-Related Legislation
  From PC World. Sections on Existing Laws, Proposed Laws and Privacy Legislation provides primarily news items but some additional reviews are also included.
• The Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act
  From the ALA (American Library Association) Web site, prepared for ALA by Kenneth D. Crews: "On November 2nd, 2002, the "Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization Act" (the TEACH Act), part of the larger Justice Reauthorization legislation (H.R. 2215), was signed into law by President Bush. Long anticipated by educators and librarians, TEACH redefines the terms and conditions on which accredited, nonprofit educational institutions throughout the U.S. may use copyright protected materials in distance education-including on websites and by other digital means--without permission from the copyright owner and without payment of royalties."
• Thomas
  The U.S. Congress legislative information on the Internet..."in the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, a service of The Library of Congress". Users will find links to areas such as Bill Summary and Status, Bill Text and Public Laws by Law Number in addition to descriptive and reference information about the U.S. Legislative process.
• Topics in Internet Law
  From the Internet Public Library (IPL), this is an annotated collection of resources relating to Internet law (or Cyberlaw). The pathfinder starts by referencing some defintions of Internet law. The resources are grouped by topic area, including sections on Commerce, Jurisdiction and Internet Governance. This IPL Pathfinder was created by Andrew Larrick.
• UCLA Online Institute for Cyberspace Law and Policy (Archive)
  The institute is not currently addressing new developments in this area; however, it will continue to provide online users with resources collected and posted over the past ten years.