This is a brief list of on-line documents that discuss copyright law;
The Ten Common Copyright Myths, explained in simple english.
Another useful Copyright Document, written in more technical english.
The Library of Congress website has a section concerning copyright, including the complete text of the Copyright Law itself.
You can also use gopher to get a your own personal copy of the Actual Copyright Statutes.
Here is a reference for those of you who want to read a real book on this subject; Electronic Style: A Guide to Citing Electronic Information, by Xia Li and Nancy B. Crane, Mecklermedia, CT, 1993.
Web --http://loryresearchgroup.org/
[9 October 1999]