Many, many people are downloading music on the Internet these days. And, because of that there are some bands like Radiohead and now Nine Inch Nails who are no longer tied to a record label. Because of that, they are releasing their albums on the net, sometimes for free or for a donation [...]
As I read “E-books in higher education: nearing the end of the era of hype?” by Mark Nelson a couple of things came to mind. First, I think that ebooks in higher ed are a good thing. I know I wouldn’t have minded trading in lugging around multiple copies of books for a [...]
Lawrence Lessig has an excellent TED video that describes what he sees as problems with the current copyright system and how it affects creativity and user generated content. His combination of the history of copyright, fair use, and problems associated with it do a good job at getting the viewer up to speed as well [...]
Someone commented on my blog post regarding the Peanuts video that uses Outkast’s Hey Ya!. This person did not agree with me that this video’s use of the Charlie Brown Christmas special & Hey Ya! was fair use. So, this got me to thinking, what can I write that would better make my [...]
This is a good example of how you can use claim fair use when using copyrighted works. I’m not a lawyer, but this is what they tend to call “transformative.” Plus, the guy in the video, Judson Laipply, is not using the entire work, just part of it. So, hope this picks [...]
