Copyrights and Wrongs

©opyrights and wrongs:
an intro to (almost) everything you need to know about copyright but (probably) don't

prepared, in part, from materials provided by the Electronic Frontier Foundation's "Teaching Copyright"

History of Copyright	Association of Research Libraries – History of Copyright http://www.arl.org/pp/ppcopyright/copyresources/copytimeline.shtml
A Timeline	Electronic Frontier Foundation – Law and Technology Timeline http://www.teachingcopyright.org/download/handout/tc_law_and_technology_timeline.pdf
Glossary of Terms	Electronic Frontier Foundation -- a list of terms important in understanding copyright laws http://www.teachingcopyright.org/handout/glossary
Downloading = Theft?	“Why Thomas Jefferson Would Love Napster” by Siva Vaidhyanathan http://elastico.net/copyfight/upload/siva_jefferson.pdf
Fair Use	Electronic Frontier Foundation – Fair Use FAQ http://www.teachingcopyright.org/download/handout/tc_fair_use_faq.pdf
Remix Protected	Brave New Films – a parody of Colbert Report giving example of how copyrighted material can be used in a “transformative” manner, ie., made into a new work, which does not violate copyright law http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNHqX27hlz8
RIP: A remix Manifesto	Documentary film about copyright and remix culture http://www.opensourcecinema.org/project/rip2.0
Creative Commons	Non-profit organization dedicated to helping people understand copyright law while at the same time protecting people's rights to work creatively http://creativecommons.org/about/
U.S. Copyright Office	Website of the U.S. Copyright Office http://www.copyright.gov/

created 9 June 2009
revised 10 June 2009
Mount Si High School