[A2k] [Fwd: [ipr] Copyright and Fair Use Comic Book]

[Michelle Childs]

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Subject: [ipr] Copyright and Fair Use Comic Book
From:    "Vera Franz" <vfranz@osieurope.org>
Date:    Thu, March 16, 2006 2:39 pm
To:      ipr@mailhost.soros.org
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Duke Law School's Center for the Study of the Public Domain has just
released "BOUND BY LAW?" - a comic book on copyright and creativity --
specifically, documentary film. It has been published under a Creative
Commons License.  The comic, by Keith Aoki, James Boyle and Jennifer
Jenkins explores the benefits of copyright in a digital age, but also the
threats to cultural history posed by a "permissions culture," and the
erosion of "fair use" and the public domain. It suitable for classroom
use, offering guidance on matters ranging from determining the copyright
term, to how to apply the fair use factors. But it also might be of
interest for anyone interested in the interaction of law and culture.

You can read or download the whole thing for free at
http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/

Hard copies are on sale at Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0974155314/

Educational orders for over 50 can be purchased directly from Duke at a
subsidized price.
http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/buy.html

"Will a spiky-haired, camera-toting super-heroine... restore decency and
common sense to the world of creative endeavor?" -Paul Bonner, The
Herald-Sun
"Bound By Law lays out a sparkling, witty, moving and informative story
about how the eroded public domain has made documentary filmmaking into a
minefield." -Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing.net





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