Copyright Consulting

If you are concerned about the legality of reproducing copyrighted materials or protecting works generated and distributed by your organization, Ardito Information & Research, Inc. will:

Establish guidelines for safely downloading results from commercial online databases and the Internet
Recommend a convenient and cost-effective system to monitor your organization's copying activities
Propose copyright statements that can be placed on documents generated internally and on your Web site to ensure copyright protection for your organization's original materials
Establish procedures for advising staff about copyright, including written guidelines for employee handbooks
Outline the functions of a copyright committee and suggest resources for monitoring issues and relevant legal cases
Hold half-day or full-day training seminars to educate your staff about copyright compliance

Intellectual Property Rights Articles Written by Stephanie C. Ardito

"Social networking and video Web sites: MySpace and YouTube meet the copyright cops," Searcher, May 2007, volume 15, issue 5, pages 24-34.

"Copyright Clearance Center raises transactional fees," Information Today, July/August 2004, volume 21, issue 7, pages 1, 12-13.

"How are authors faring post-Tasini?," Information Today, April 2004, volume 21, issue 4, pages 22-24.

"Legal issues. OCLC v. The Library Hotel," Information Today, December 2003, volume 20, issue 11, pages 17, 20.

"Legal issues. Spam and brand spoofing," Information Today, October 2003, volume 20, issue 9, pages 17, 20.

"Legal issues. Public-domain advocacy flourishes," Information Today, July/August 2003, volume 20, issue 7, pages 17, 19.

"Legal issues. Information brokers and cyberstalking," Information Today, May 2003, volume 20, issue 5, pages 17, 20.

"CyberSelection. iCopyright.com," The CyberSkeptic's Guide to Internet Research, April 2003, volume 8, issue 4, pages 1-2, 8.

"Legal issues. The World's biggest copy machine," Information Today, March 2003, volume 20, issue 3, pages 17-18.

"Legal issues. The Total Information Awareness System," Information Today, January 2003, volume 20, issue 1, pages 11, 46.

"Legal issues. New filtering and censorship challenges," Information Today, November 2002, volume 19, issue10, pages 19-21.

"Legal issues. Peer-to-Peer Piracy Prevention Act," Information Today, September 2002, volume 19, issue 8, pages 18-20.

"Legal issues. Plagiarism, fabrication, and lack of attribution," Information Today, July/August 2002, volume 19, issue 7, pages 16-17.

"Legal issues. Retrospective publishing contracts," Information Today, May 2002, volume 19, issue 5, pages 24-26 (co-author with Susanne Bjorner).

"Legal Issues. Circumvention, cybersquatting, and Groucho," Information Today, March 2002, volume 19, issue 3, pages 21-23.

"Legal issues. Moral rights for authors and artists," Information Today, January 2002, volume 19, issue 1, pages 17, 54.

"Legal issues. The Case of Dmitry Sklyarov," Information Today, November 2001, volume 18, issue 10, pages 24, 26-27.

"Legal issues. The Digital Repertory Amendment," Information Today, September 2001, volume 18, issue 8, pages 20-22.

"Legal issues. The New Internet filtering legislation," Information Today, June 2001, volume 18, issue 6, pages 14-16.

"Conflicted copy rights. Avoiding copyright infringement: how to conduct a copyright audit," ONLINE, September/October 2000, volume 24, number 5, pages 89-92.

"Conflicted copy rights. Electronic articles: a battle for control and ownership of content," ONLINE, May/June 2000, volume 24, number 3, pages 84-86.

"Conflicted copy rights. One more barrier to compliance: publications not registered with the CCC," ONLINE, January/February 2000, volume 24, number 1, pages 67-70.

"Electronic copyright," Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (New York: Marcel Dekker), 1999, volume 64, supplement 27, pages 95-117.

"Authors are victorious in major copyright adjudication," NewsBreaks (Information Today, Inc.), October 4, 1999.

"Conflicted copy rights. Document delivery & copyright: librarians take the fifth," ONLINE, September/October 1999, volume 23, number 5, pages 73-76 (co-author with Paula Eiblum).

"Commercial online vendor pricing decoded!," Price Watcher, September 21, 1999, pages 1-3.

"Conflicted copy rights. Realistic approaches to enigmatic copyright issues," ONLINE, May/June 1999, volume 23, number 3, pages 91-95 (co-author with Paula Eiblum, with guest columnist Renee Daulong).

"Copying articles: we want to pay! Paying for copies of electronic search results," Price Watcher, March 1, 1999, page 3.

"Conflicted copy rights. Copyright Web sites," ONLINE, January/February 1999, volume 23, number 1, pages 83-87 (co-author with Paula Eiblum).

Copyright and Information Professionals: Complying with the Law. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Association of Independent Information Professionals, 1998.

"Conflicted copy rights. Royalty fees part IV: authors' rights," ONLINE, November/December 1998, volume 22, number 6, pages 70-74 (co-author with Paula Eiblum).

"Conflicted copy rights. Royalty fees part III: copyright and clearinghouses--survey results," ONLINE, July/August 1998, volume 22, number 4, pages 86-90 (co-author with Paula Eiblum).

"Conflicted copy rights. Royalty fees part II: copyright and clearinghouses," ONLINE, May/June 1998, volume 22, number 3, pages 51-56 (co-author with Paula Eiblum).

"Conflicted copy rights. Royalty fees part I: the Copyright Clearance Center and publishers," ONLINE, March/April 1998, volume 22, number 2, pages 83-86 (co-author with Paula Eiblum). "Feds in a Web world: public domain vs. copyright," Searcher, March 1998, volume 6, number 3, pages 35-45.

"Conflicted copy rights. Inevitability: death, taxes, and copyright," ONLINE, January/February 1998, volume 22, number 1, pages 81-85 (co-author with Paula Eiblum).

"All rights reserved ... well, maybe not: copyright in a Web world," Searcher: The Magazine for Database Professionals, May 1997, pages 24-34 (co-author with Carol Ebbinghouse).

"Electronic copyright under siege," ONLINE, September/October 1996, volume 20, number 5, pages 83-88.

"The Information broker and intellectual property rights," Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, February/March 1995, pages 19-20.

Web Resources

Association of Research Libraries	A collection of links to Web resources on copyright and intellectual property, including court decisions and information on lawful uses of copyrighted works.
The Copyright Website	Copyright portal, including basic information on copyright fundamentals, copyright registration, famous copyright infringements, and fair use.
Electronic Frontier Foundation	The original group for cyber-rights, this organization fights for free speech worldwide. The site includes a searchable online library of cases and topics, covering such issues as privacy, encryption, and intellectual property.
Franklin Pierce Law Center's Intellectual Property Mall	Continuously updated, annotated list of copyright Web resources.
U.S. Copyright Office	The official government site on copyright, including information on how to register and apply for a copyright, legislative activities, and the full-text of the U.S. Copyright Act.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office	Allows Quick and Advanced searches of the U.S. Patent Database, and provides order forms for filing patents and trademarks.
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	The world's authority on intellectual property and copyright information. The site includes the text of treaties and WIPO standards, recent activities of the organization, and information about the WIPO Arbitration & Mediation Center.