At the 2008 Teaching and Learning with Technology Symposium, Lawrence Lessig (law professor, author, and founder of Creative Commons) came to Penn State to give his keynote presentation. He talked for about 45 minutes about current interpretation of copyright law, organizations like the RIAA and MPAA, examples of remixed media, and alternative licenses.
Fair Use Analysis Tool
“Fair Use” for legally using media is not black and white. To help sort out the fair use criteria, the University of Minnesota has created an online (or PDF) worksheet to help you determine the extent to which what you would like to do is protected by fair use.
Student talks about his RIAA lawsuit and the Free Culture Movement (video 3 of 3)
In the third video in this series, Zack talks about how the RIAA lawsuit got him involved with people who are examining the strict interpretation of copyright law, share-friendly licensing (like Creative Commons and open source licensing), remix culture, how digital natives use media. This video was found as part of the Berkman Center blog at Harvard Law.
Zack McCune talks about his reaction to his RIAA Lawsuit (video 2 of 3)
In the second film in this series, Zack McCune, who was sued by the RIAA for downloading music, talks about his reaction to the lawsuit. He has done some thinking about what he had been doing and has an interesting perspective on what he had done and what the RIAA is doing to consumers. This video is part of Harvard Law’s Berkman Center that is studying things like the intersection between Digital Natives, intellectual property, and copyright law.
Student Talks about Legal Consequences of Sharing Music (video 1 of 3)
In this first video in a three-part series, Zack McCune talks about how he was identified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) as illegally sharing their music through a peer-to-peer network system. Zack and other students were hit with a lawsuit from the RIAA. We found this video on a blog at Harvard Law. Check it out.