Saturday, December 2, 2006

BL 9 Useful Websites About Copyright Part 3

Australian Law Online

Website Title: Australia Law online

Website Address: http://www.law.gov.au/accesspoint?action=menuHome

Brief Description of the Organisation/Resource (Often found in an ‘About Us’ section):

Australian Law Online provides access to law and justice related information and services from all levels of government. The objective of this site is to provide Australians with ready access to clear, understandable, user-friendly information about the Australian legal system and the government organizations that are part of the Australian legal system.

Brief Overview of the Website Contents (Note: 1 paragraph or series of dot points):

  • Australian Legal System
  • Business and Work
  • Consumers
  • Crime and Crime Prevention
  • Family and Relationships
  • Government
  • Health and Safety
  • Housing and Neighborhood
  • Human Rights
  • Immigration and Citizenship
  • Indigenous Australians
  • International Law
  • Media and Communications
  • Money
  • Science and the Environment
  • Transport

Date and Time you visited the website:

Website - http://www.law.gov.au/accesspoint?action=menuHome 3/12/06 3:00 PM

IP Australia

Website Title: Australian Government IP Australia

Website Address: http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/

Brief Description of the Organisation/Resource (Often found in an ‘About Us’ section):

IP Australia administers the patents, designs, trade marks and Plant Breeder's Rights systems.

We maintain the Registers of Patents, Designs, Trade Marks, Plant Breeder's Rights and Olympic Designs.

Our communication program provides individuals and organisations with general information about how to take advantage of their IP.

We form strategic relationships with other IP leaders.

We maintain libraries of intellectual property documents.

Brief Overview of the Website Contents (Note: 1 paragraph or series of dot points):

· Patent
· Trademarks
· Designs
· Plant Breeder’s rights

Date and Time you visited the website:

Website - http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/ 3/12/06 3:06 PM

Part 1: Creative Commons;

Website Title: Creative commons

Website Address: http://creativecommons.org/

Brief Description of the Organisation/Resource (Often found in an ‘About Us’ section):

Creative Commons licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists, and educators. We have built upon the "all rights reserved" concept of traditional copyright to offer a voluntary "some rights reserved" approach. We're a nonprofit organization. All of our tools are free.

Brief Overview of the Website Contents (Note: 1 paragraph or series of dot points):

· Audio
· Images
· Video
· Text
· Education
· Software
Date and Time you visited the website:

Website - http://creativecommons.org/ 3/12/06 4:55 PM

Part 2: Creative Commons Australia

Website Title: Creative Commons Australia

Website Address: http://www.creativecommons.org.au/

Brief Description of the Organisation/Resource (Often found in an ‘About Us’ section):

Cacao is the Australian derivative project of the Creative Commons project in the United States of America. We are porting the Creative Commons licences into Australian domestic law and fostering a creative community premised on remixes able creativity. Hosted at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, CCau is devoted to the promotion of Creative Commons in Australia.

Brief Overview of the Website Contents (Note: 1 paragraph or series of dot points):

· Learn More
· Licences
· Materials
· CC clinic
· Research

Date and Time you visited the website:

Website - http://www.creativecommons.org.au/ 3/12/06 4:50 PM

WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization

Website Title: World Intellectual Property Organization

Website Address: http://www.wipo.int/portal/index.html.en

Brief Description of the Organisation/Resource (Often found in an ‘About Us’ section):

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It is dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international intellectual property (IP) system, which rewards creativity, stimulates innovation and contributes to economic development while safeguarding the public interest.

WIPO was established by the WIPO Convention in 1967 with a mandate from its Member States to promote the protection of IP throughout the world through cooperation among states and in collaboration with other international organizations. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland.

Brief Overview of the Website Contents (Note: 1 paragraph or series of dot points):

· E-Bookshop
· Free Publications
· Documents
· Library
· Collection of laws
· Directory of IP offices
· IP Statistics
· WIPO standards

Date and Time you visited the website:

Website - http://www.wipo.int/portal/index.html.en 3/12/06 5:00 PM

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