W8.2 Copyright and the Internet

Description (from CGPGrey): Copyright is a good idea, but the way it is currently used is not. Uploaded Aug 23, 2011.

Copyright: Forever Less One Day Links to an external site.

A Fair(y) Use Tale Links to an external site.

Description (from ComputerHistory): The prolific and controversial web culture of piracy, particularly file sharing, has taken the world by storm, and for more than a decade, we've been waging a war in the name of the 20th Century's model of copyright law. The content industry has convinced the world that extremism in copyright regulation is good for business and economic growth. In this lecture Stanford Law Professor Lawrence Lessig argues that this view is false and discusses the potential creative accomplishments that our society could achieve, if only we viewed copyright and intellectual property (IP) laws differently. Lessig "spotlights the newest and possibly the most harmful culture war - a war waged against our kids and others who create and consume art. America's copyright laws have ceased to perform their original beneficial role: protecting artists' creations while allowing them to build on previous creative works. In fact, our system now criminalizes those very actions. For many, new technologies have made it irresistible to flout these unreasonable and ultimately untenable laws. Lessig shows how we can and must end this conflict. By embracing "read-write culture", which allows its users to create art as readily as they consume it, we can ensure that creators get the support - artistic, commercial, and ethical - they deserve and need." Posted on January 8, 2009.

Remix: Lawrence Lessig on IP in the Digital Economy Links to an external site.

Lawrence Lessig publishes his books in free digital form. You can get the relevant books (PDF) at the links below:

• Remix Links to an external site.
• Free Culture Links to an external site.
  
• Code v 2.0 Links to an external site.

 Visit the Creative Commons website Links to an external site. and learn more about the available CC licensing.

Description (from Grant Cowell): Websites all over the Internet invite you to "share" their content with your Facebook friends or tweet it to your Twitter followers. But what are the legal limitations on what you can share and where you can post it? Can you post an entire newspaper article to your personal blog? Make your professional wedding photos into an album on Facebook? Upload that amazing news story to YouTube? During the hour-long seminar, Daliah Saper, Principal Attorney at Saper Law, answers these questions and more. Posted March 4, 2011.

Can I do that online? Copyright law and online posting Links to an external site.