Tarleton Gillespie has written excellent analyses of how "copyright education" tells people that free is illegal, even as free distribution as business model, promotional tool (by some of the people behind the copyright education campaigns, like music labels), and--not for nothing--simple joy in sharing abounds. Now comes INTA to double down on that idea, and link downloading (assumed to be illegal, though I recall my iTunes purchases being delivered via download) with exploding batteries:
“Who has downloaded music?” asked Christopher Robertson of
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We've written many times about the inherent conflict between free speech and copyright laws. Copyright law is an inherent restriction on free speech. The courts have tried to get around this with two tools: "fair use" as an exceptio... Read Post
Copyright Law for Trademark Lawyers: Copyrights in Logos, Packaging and Product Designs Moderator: Lisa Pearson, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP (United States) John Ashley, U.S. Copyright Office (Chief of Visual Arts Division) (... Read Post
Session 4: Papers by Tarleton Gillespie (“Characterizing Copyright in the Classroom: The Cultural Work of Anti-Piracy Campaigns”) and Kara Swanson (“The Bureaucracy of Genius: Private Rights and the Public Interest”) Gillespie: Pere... Read Post