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A professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law has created a nifty blog for students to hash out a debate about a fictional copyright-infringement case. -
1vote“The Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media Literacy,” released by American University’s Center for Social Media, is based on interviews that university researchers conducted with more than 60 media-literacy educators. Those interviews paint a fairly grim portrait of teachers, unsure about the specifics of fair-use doctrine, cowed into avoiding perfectly valid uses of copyrighted material.
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1voteElizabeth Stark, a student at Harvard Law School, is taking aim at an article in this week’s New York Times about Students for Free Culture, a national group that promotes easing copyright restrictions. The group has dozens of chapters at colleges campuses, including one founded by Ms. Stark at Harvard.
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1voteMr. Vaidhyanathan, an associate professor of media studies and law at the University of Virginia, argues that Google’s library-scanning project could cause a copyright catastrophe by casting doubt on fair-use doctrine. Fair use is typically threshed out on a case-by-case basis, the scholar says, but Google is asking courts to issue broad rulings on the doctrine
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1voteMany students still do not understand even the barest fundamentals of copyright, according to a new study conducted by professors at American University and its Washington College of Law.
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2vote"Any text is woven entirely with citations, references, echoes, cultural languages, which cut across it through and through in a vast stereophony. The kernel, the soul—let us go further and say the substance, the bulk, the actual and valuable material of all human utterances—is plagiarism. If we cut-and-paste our selves, might we not forgive it of our artworks?
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1voteOver the course of Jonathan Lethem's new indie rock novel, You Don't Love Me, we discover that none of Monster Eyes' songs come from one author. They're cobbled together out of pop culture, history, conversations & the ephemera of everyday life. One character tries to claim copyright on the songs after contributing some lyrics, and Lethem characterizes his actions as "manipulative" and "bullying."
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2voteLawrence Lessig is doing a series of 6 presentations on what Congress should do about Internet Policy. We may be most interested in looking at Copyright: Remix Culture, Network Neutrality, and Harmful to Minors Material.
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1votePublicly, music company executives say their systems for limiting copies are a way to fairly compensate artists and other copyright holders who contribute to the creation of music. But privately, there are signs of a new appreciation in the industry for unrestricted copies, which could be sold as singles or through subscription services or made freely available on Internet sites that support advertising.
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