Copyright is never an easy issue. From Rogers vs. Koons, to Vanilla Ice vs. David Bowie, learn from these 5 famous copyright infringement cases...
In the United States: Everything that’s created is copyrighted, (except for: ideas, facts, data, logos & anything created by the US Government). The creator/owner of the creation has complete...
Famous companies from Starbucks to Disney have been involved in lawsuits to protect their logos.
Watch: A Fair(y) Use Tale How did Professor Eric Faden create this documentary? �Watch:�Copyright, What’s Copyright? ��Feel free to sing along! �Watch:�User’s Rights, Section 107 What are the four factors that determine fair use? �Watch:�Understanding Fair Use Are you ready to joi...
For each video, consider the following questions: Why is this video fair use? What specific categories of fair use does the video employ? What arguments can you make for why this video is fair use? Access the key, which identifies the categories of fair use and explains why the clips are fair use, here. 10 Things …
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Copyright for high school students is an important subject fostered by the Internet Education Foundation and Copyright & Creativity.
When I first heard about Chris Morrison and Jane Secker’s Copyright the Card Game, I thought it was an awesome idea, and wondered how I might be able to make use of it. I soon noticed a major probl…
TaIL Standard 6: Students practice legal and ethical behavior with an understanding of cultural and societal issues related to technology and information. Enduring Understandings: Artists have the right to determine how, when and where their creative works are used. Ease of access and use of me...
As our students use more and more images to enhance their digital products, they need to learn how to respect other people's creative ideas and privacy.
OverviewDefinitions of Copyright: What Do They Know?A Brief History of Copyright and InnovationFair Use: Remix Culture, Mashups, and CopyrightPeer-to-Peer File SharingFair Use: You Be The JudgeDefinitions of Copyright: What Do They Know?In this lesson, students will begin to explore the often-...
Artists commonly appropriate, or borrow, objects or images and include them in their artwork. Andy Warhol, for example, is well known for appropriating images of Campbell’s soup cans for his pop art. Typically, the original object or image remains recognizable, but the new work of art transforms or recontextualizes the borrowed image or object in …
In 2013, Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams co-produced the run-away hit single “Blurred Lines,” earning them over $16 million in sales and streaming revenues. The music video has been viewed hundreds of millions of times on YouTube and Vevo, and has been parodied numerous times as well. Despite its popularity, the similarity of “Blurred Lines” …
Copyright laws exist to protect authors’ and publishers’ rights, but also to balance that protection with access and innovation. In 1999, two teenagers created the file-sharing program Napster. Within its first year, the service surpassed 20 million users. Many Napster users shared music files with each other, but without any compensation to the artists and …
For each video, consider the following questions: Why is this video fair use? What specific categories of fair use does the video employ? What arguments can you make for why this video is fair use? Access the key, which identifies the categories of fair use and explains why the clips are fair use, here. 10 Things …
The Center for Social Media showcases and analyzes media for public knowledge and action—media made by, for, and with publics to address the problems that they share. We pay particular attention to the evolution of documentary film and video in a digital era. With research, public events, and convenings, we explore the fast-changing environment for public media.
Copyright is one of the topics that I always cover in my webinars and workshops about making videos with students. The subtopic under co...
