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Record labels, newspapers, movie studios, and other content providers have been seismically shaken by the Web, and now universities are getting a glimpse of its disruptive potential.
What CAN you do with copyrighted material?
"According to Carl Asti, Director of IT-University Media Services, UD pays licensing fees to ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), BMI (Broadcast Music Inc.) and SESAC (Society of European Stage Authors and Composers) for limited rights to use protected media. "
To Share or Not to Share, That is the Question
"As we have moved deeper into the 21st century, there has been a lockup of creative materials by more and more stringent rules for usage as well as a lengthening amount of of time a work is protected and thus not open for use by others. "
Facebook can use your pictures for ads, no permission required
A warning is bouncing through cyberspace today, landing on the Facebook statuses of many of the social networking site's users. The message: "Facebook has agreed to let third party advertisers use your posted pictures without your permission." It continues with a prescription of how you can protect your photos.
Canada set to try again on new copyright law
The Canadian government, struggling to stay ahead of fast-moving technological developments, will launch consultations next week to help it craft new copyright legislation.
DRM is Dead, RIAA Says
For years the RIAA has defended the use of DRM, much to the dislike of millions of honest customers who actually paid for their music. Now, in a shocking turnaround, the outfit seems to have come to the realization that DRM does more harm than good and has officially declared its death.
Pirate Bay Acquired for $7.8 million, Content Providers to Get Paid
According to their blog and a recent BusinessWire release, controversial Swedish bit torrent tracker the Pirate Bay, is being acquired by Global Gaming Factory X AB for roughly $7.8 million in cash and shares.
The Public Domain
In his award-winning new book, The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind (Yale University Press) James Boyle introduces readers to the idea of the public domain and describes how it is being tragically eroded by our current copyright, patent, and trademark laws.
Introducing Copyright
A plain language guide to copyright in the 21st century By Julien Hofman
Pirate Party wins surprise Euro seat, calls for Web freedom
A Swedish political party which wants to legalize file-sharing on the Internet scored a surprise victory Sunday when it took a seat in the European parliament.
Guidelines for Copyright and Fair Use in Instruction
Guidelines for Copyright and Fair Use in Instruction at the University of Delaware.
TuneCore, Amazon Set to Unveil On-Demand CD Sales
Tunecore will charge just $31 a year in upfront fees to handle a 10-track CD from pressing to delivery, passing all other costs through to the buyer. In other words, the service promises to remove nearly all of the risks of short-run CD manufacturing, which can cost musicians hundreds or even thousands of dollars for discs that rarely sell enough to cover expenses.
infothink - Information Literacy
Do you suffer from TMI (too much information)? This wiki will address ways to locate, evaluate and properly use a variety of information sources.
Copyright Confusion wiki
According to the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy...
Teachers can:
1. make copies of newspaper articles, TV shows, and other copyrighted works and use them and keep them for educational use
2. create curriculum materials and scholarship with copyrighted materials embedded
3. share, sell and distribute curriculum materials with copyrighted materials embedded
The Internet Archive Joins the Fight Against the Google Books Settlement
The Internet Archive has filed a brief against Google hoping to challenge Google's settlement with the "Author's Guild" on the grounds that the Internet Archive has just as much right to protection from infringement claims on out-of-print "orphan" books as Google does.
Intellectual Property Policies, E-Llearning, and Web 2.0: Intersections and Open Questions
This ECAR research bulletin focuses on institutional intellectual property (IP) policy related to instructional products and systems generally and to e-learning specifically. It contrasts IP policies that apply in face-to-face instructional settings with those in e-learning environments, and it highlights the role that Web 2.0 applications play in those policies.
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