COPYRIGHT SOCIETY OF THE U.S.A.
The Copyright Society of the U.S.A. was
founded in 1953 to promote the protection and
study of intellectual property rights in areas
such as art, literature, motion pictures, and
music. Its primary function is gathering, disseminating,
and interchanging information
concerning protection and use of copyrighted
materials. The organization undertakes and
engages in research in the field of COPYRIGHT
law in cooperation with universities, law
schools, libraries, governmental agencies,
lawyers, and industry representatives in the
United States and foreign countries. It also seeks
to promote better understanding of copyright
and the vital importance of legal and economic
protection of INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY in general,
and copyright in particular, among the general
public, in industry, and in the academic
world. It also provides information to the public
through its web site, http://www.csusa.org.
To accomplish its goals, the society has
undertaken a wide-ranging program including
symposia on copyright subjects; workshops for
people in such fields as music, motion pictures,
and publishing, stressing the practical aspects and mechanics of copyright administration; and
publication of materials relating to copyright
that otherwise would not be available. Its members
are lawyers, laypersons, firms, libraries, universities,
and publishers. The society publishes a
journal and holds annual meetings. In 2001, it
launched its Copyright Kids web site (www
.copyrightkids.org), a comprehensive resource
for school-age children that explains copyright
facts and regulations and answers questions
about the importance of copyright protection.
