Intellectual Property

  • United States Copyright Office
  • Copyright Registration
  • Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCI) - U.S. law that criminalizes the circumvention of digital rights management and the production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services that are used to circumvent digital rights management, and heightens penalties for copyright infringement on the Internet. View summary of DMCI (PDF)
  • Open Source Initiative - Organization that promotes open-source computer software. Source code is made available under a license permitting users to use, change, distribute and improve the software.