#27135
Copyright, Commodification, And Censorship: Past As Prologue--But To What Future? 
Copyright, commodification, and freedom of expression have often been viewed as harmonious and complementary concepts. In Harper and Row Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises, for example, the Supreme Court characterized copyright law as the 'engine of free expression.' Holding a left-leaning news magazine liable for copyright infringement for publishing excerpts from Gerald Ford's forthcoming memoirs was not, in the Court's view, to condone an act of private censorship. It was in harmony with first amendment principles because copyright incentives would ensure that these memoirs would reach the public through the normal operation of the marketplace.
Samuelson, Pamela. University of California Berkeley (1999). Articles>Intellectual Property>Copyright
#19391
Someone owns just about everything. Fair use lets you use their things - but not as much as you'd like to. Sometimes you have to ask for permission. Sometimes you are the owner - think about that!
Harper, Georgia K. University of Texas (2001). Resources>Intellectual Property>Copyright
#31426
Creative Commons: A New Way to Think About Copyright
PR people have been in the business of giving away content to reporters for so long that the matter of who owns the content—or who may use it under what circumstances— hasn't much concerned us. But our thinking about content and copyright is beginning to change as we put a rapidly expanding range of content on the web.
Forbush, Dan. Communication World Bulletin (2005). Articles>Intellectual Property>Copyright
#13636
Soon there may be an easy way to avoid stepping on someone else's digital music rights. (Yes, I know, information wants to be free and all, but you need to pay attention to digital rights. Just look at Napster.)
Cox, Beth. Internet.com (2002). Articles>Intellectual Property>Copyright
#19375
CyberLaw and You: What New Media Communicators Must Know
As our world changes, so, too, do the laws to which we are subject. Gone are the days of the 'wild, wild web.' Here are the days of increasing regulation, at both the state and Federal levels, of the Internet. Recently enacted Federal legislation includes the Copyright Extension Act, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Digital Theft Deterrence Act and the Anti-Cybersquatting and Consumer Protection Act. Looming on the horizon in a number of states is the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA), which, when enacted by the individual states, will force significant changes to how anyone operating in the computer industry will conduct his or her business. In addition, case law continues to evolve in trademark, jurisdiction and other areas related to the Internet and electronic content.
Juillet, Christopher. STC Proceedings (2002). Articles>Intellectual Property>Copyright>Online
#22182
Review: CyberRegs: A Business Guide to Web Property, Privacy, and Patents 
By providing excellent and easy-to-read overviews of certain legal developments, CyberRegs helps readers understand the ever-changing challenges of regulating cyberspace interactions. By including listings of online resources on specific legal topics, the author also provides a method for augmenting what one learns in the book itself. For these reasons, CyberRegs is a resource that can continue to prove useful even after the laws it examines have changed.
St. Amant, Kirk R. Technical Communication Online (2004). Articles>Reviews>Intellectual Property>Online
#18743
En este artículo vamos a introducir los conceptos básicos sobre Derecho de Autor (copyright), prestando especial atención a las obras y recursos publicados en el entorno Web.
Fernandez, Francisco Jesus Martin and Yusef Hassan Montero. Nosolousabilidad.com (2003). (Spanish) Articles>Intellectual Property>Copyright>Online
#21722
Designing the Library Web Page
This chapter discusses the use of websites in various library settings, with a special emphasis on the noncommercial or nonprofit library, such as a local public library, school, college, or university library, or those of other philanthropic organizations. While the legal problems involving library web spaces are many, the purpose here is to introduce the issues of linking, posting, or framing in a web space that in turn can raise issues of trespass, trademark, copyright, and defamation. Each area is dealt with in turn, stressing how the application of recent case law may impact the practices of organizations such as libraries in their use of information available on the World Wide Web.
Minow, Mary and Tomas A. Lipinski. American Library Association (2003). Design>Web Design>Intellectual Property
#27134
Does Information Really Have to be Licensed? 
Discusses the proposed Article 2B of the Uniform Commercial Code, which will be presented to US state legislatures for enactment. It would 'validate shrinkwrap and other mass-market licenses of information' and establish other electronic commerce rules. Samuelson sees a danger in such licenses, in that consumers are said to have agreed to their provisions by 'token assent' such as clicking 'I agree.'
Samuelson, Pamela. Communications of the ACM (1998). Articles>Intellectual Property>Contracts
#27120
Copyright industries are hoping that digital rights management (DRM) technologies will prevent infringement of commercially valuable digital content, including music and movies. These industries have already persuaded legislatures in the U.S., the European Union, and other countriesto adopt broad anti-circumvention rules to protect DRM from being hacked, and courts have interpreted these statutes even more broadly than the lawmakers intended.
Samuelson, Pamela. Communications of the ACM (2003). Articles>Intellectual Property>Copyright
#18745
ECMS: Sistemas Electrónicos de Gestión del Derecho de Autor
En plena era de la información, las posibilidades que brinda Internet como medio de comunicación de masas ha incentivado a muchos autores a utilizar la red de redes para promocionar, publicar y difundir sus obras. Cualquier usuario o cliente, desde su casa y con un simple 'clic' de ratón, puede acceder así a estas obras intelectuales en cuestión de segundos. Pero la misma definición de información electrónica conlleva que, del mismo modo, cualquier persona pueda infringir los derechos de autor, tanto patrimoniales como morales, con un simple 'clic' de ratón.
Hassan Montero, Yusef. Nosolousabilidad.com (2001). (Spanish) Articles>Intellectual Property>Copyright
#27126
Economic and Constitutional Influences on Copyright Law in the United States
Despite the many signs of convergence of European and U.S. copyright laws, this article contends that copyright law in the United States will continue to differ in two significant respects from authors' rights laws of member states of the European Union.
Samuelson, Pamela. University of California Berkeley (2000). Articles>Intellectual Property>Copyright>International
#25864
The emergence of e–journals brought a great change in scholarly communication and in the behavior of scholars. However, the importance of scholars’ behavior in the pricing of scientific journal has been largely ignored in the recent debate between libraries and publishers over site license practices and pricing schemes. Stanford’s survey results indicate that sharply increasing costs are the main reason for individual subscription cancellation, driving users to rely on library or other institutional subscriptions. Libraries continue to be a vital information provider in the electronic era and their bargaining power in the market and the importance of roles in scholarly communication will be increased by branding and a strong relationship with users. Publishers’ strategy for thriving in the electronic era is not to lose personal subscribers. Cooperation among the three sectors — scholars, libraries, and publishers — promises optimal results for each sector more than ever.
Jeon-Slaughter, Haekyung, Andrew C. Herkovic and Michael A. Keller. First Monday (2005). Articles>Publishing>Intellectual Property
#20614
Ethics in Technical Communication: Copyleft and the Open Source Movement
A collection of resources about open-source software, innovation in copyright, and their implications for technical communicators.
Lannon, John M. Pearson Education. Resources>Intellectual Property>Ethics>Open Source
#31439
The Evolving Art of Rapid Response
PR people have been in the business of giving away content to reporters for so long that the matter of who owns the content—or who may use it under what circumstances— hasn't much concerned us. But our thinking about content and copyright is beginning to change as we put a rapidly expanding range of content on the web.
Forbush, Dan. Communication World Bulletin (2005). Articles>Intellectual Property>Copyright>Public Relations
#10190
Fair Use and Distance Learning in the Digital Age
At Wharton Executive Education we use technology to deliver up-to-the-minute information to students on campus and on line. As part of my job as systems coordinator, I set up electronic course material reserves for The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania's well-known and highly respected executive programs. Most of the programs are campus-based over a few days or a few weeks, but some are distance-education courses that can last several weeks. I also secure permission to store materials and allow access through a secure Web site for the students. However, because we use technology in innovative ways, we sometimes cannot deliver the latest information as quickly as we would like.
Smith, Millison. Journal of Electronic Publishing (2000). Articles>Intellectual Property>Education>Online
#30494
Fair Use: What Copyrighted Works Can We Use?
Copyright laws permit us to make fair use of copyrighted works. We can reproduce and use copyrighted works if our uses benefit the public and if they will not adversely affect potential markets for the works. Generally, we can use copyrighted works for purposes such as the following: criticism, comment, news reporting teaching scholarship, or research. However we cannot unfairly make a profit from the use. Further, we cannot use more than a small portion of an entire work.
Helyar, Pamela S. STC Proceedings (1993). Articles>Intellectual Property>Copyright
#21716
How to appropriately and lawfully use existing copyrighted materials in teaching, research, and other activities.
Indiana University. Articles>Intellectual Property>Copyright
#22664
Finding and Using Art on the Web
So you want to add graphics to your site, but you don't know where to get them? Well—first you have to learn that you can't just take graphics off someone else's site unless you want to go directly to Jail, do not pass go, and do not get $200 (though your Lawyer will get at least that per hour).
Will-Harris, Daniel. Typofile (2003). Design>Web Design>Intellectual Property>Graphic Design
#25644
First We're a "Virus," Now We Kill People with AIDS
Discusses claims that creative commons have 'spread like a virus' and 'U.S. copyright income' could be at risk.
Lessig, Lawrence. Lessig Blog (2005). Articles>Intellectual Property>Copyright
#27125
Five Challenges for Regulating the Global Information Society 
Information technology (IT) is unquestionably having a profound effect on many aspects of the social, cultural, economic, and legal systems of planet Earth. IT has enabled significant advances in global communications technologies, particularly the Internet, that make it more possible than ever before to contemplate the development of a global information society. (Originally published in Regulating the Information Society, Chris Marsden, ed., Routledge Press 2000.)
Samuelson, Pamela. University of California Berkeley (2000). Articles>Intellectual Property>Copyright
#25645
The modern-day equivalents of the early twentieth-century radio or nineteenth-century railroads are using their power to get the law to protect them against this new, more efficient, more vibrant technology for building culture.
Lessig, Lawrence. Lessig Blog (2003). Books>Intellectual Property>Community Building
#26335
Freedom of Expression®: Overzealous Copyright Bozos and Other Enemies of Creativity
The notion of intellectual property now extends well beyond digital music sampling to biology (gene patenting) and "scents and gestures"--and laws governing it, the author says, are being wielded like a bludgeon.
McLeod, Kembrew. Kembrew.com (2003). Books>Intellectual Property>Copyright
#22287
At the 12th annual Computers, Freedom and Privacy meeting I was on a panel debating the future of intellectual property, in particular the issue of how copyright law is constraining technology. Other panelists included John Perry Barlow, Steve Metalitz of the IIPA, and fellow named Wrenn from Yahoo. As is so often the case, I was the only woman on the panel, and the only librarian. Oh, and I had five minutes to make my case. What you can't see here is that at the point when I said 'I am of course talking about librarians' the audience burst into applause. If you, reader, are a librarian, then that applause was for you. I wish you could have heard it!
Coyle, Karen. Karen Coyle (2002). Articles>Intellectual Property>Copyright
#18893
Good ideas are worth money. So why are hard-headed operators giving them away for free?
Lawton, Graham. New Scientist.com. Articles>Intellectual Property>Copyright>Open Source
