Critics of the limitations of the present copyright system often make suggestions like — Use Creative Commons licenses! Use public domain materials! Fair use is…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEpj9w1yz64] On this blog, we write often about the value of fan-created works, about how fans use their creativity, using works created and owned by…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxn567bHny8] I come neither to bury Barbie nor to praise her, but to acknowledge her larger cultural role, after turning fifty this year. And she…
[blip.tv ?posts_id=2091622&dest=-1] The Center for Social Media just released the above video, Remix Culture: Fair Use Is Your Friend, to help illustrate the Code of…
Ignoring cultural context has led to some incredibly bizarre cease-and-desist notices recently. Yet intellectual property and culture are tied together. New works are not created…
After a truly great time presenting about fan culture two years ago at MIT5: Creativity, Ownership, and Collaboration in the Digital Age, we presented at…
There’s been much bloggage about the AP-photo based Shepard Fairey Obama Hope poster, but one issue I haven’t seen discussed in the midst of discussions…
In her “sequel” to No trespassing : authorship, intellectual property rights, and the boundaries of globalization, Eva Hemmungs Wirtén’s Terms of use : negotiating the…
After many months, Judge Patterson issued an opinion (PDF) in the Harry Potter Lexicon case, ruling that the Lexicon, could not be published and ordered…
The Center for Social Media has posted their Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video (16 page PDF Report). This Report is…