Werner Icking Music Archive: Copyright issues

General
- Project Gutenberg, Public Domain and Copyright How-To
United Nations (UN)
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- WIPO archive of international copyright treaties
  - Bern convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
European Union (EU)
- Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases.
  The document is available in multiple languages.
- Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society.
  The document is available in multiple languages.
France
- Intellectual Property Code

Belgium
- Law from June 30 1994 concerning copyright and related rights as modified April 3 1995
  - Dutch language version.
  - French language version.
Germany
- GEMA The German Copyright Society
- German copyright act German language only

Denmark
- KODA The Danish Copyright Society
- Information on Danish copyright legislation Danish language only
Britain
- History of Copyright - A Chronology as applicable in Britain (unless otherwise stated) © Music Business Journal 2001-2002
United States of America (USA)
- University of North Carolina, survey of USA copyright legislation