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AP steps up online copyright protection AP, 2007

The Associated Press will intensify its efforts to protect its copyrights on the Web and possibly uncover new sources of revenue by working with a Silicon Valley startup that's trying to help the media gain more control over digital content.

Electronic Frontier Foundation Overview of Intellectual Property

You'd like to move the tracks you bought from Rhapsody to a personal stereo like Apple's iPod, but the copy protection prevents you. Creating or using the software necessary to make the switch could put you behind bars.

Unauthorized: The Copyright Conundrum in Participatory Video Pat Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi, Center for Social Media at American University, 2007

The Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property in the Washington College of Law and the School of Communication’s Center for Social Media, both at American University, hosted a convening April 10-11, 2007, of online video platform providers, scholars and think tank experts. Participants discussed management of copyright, particularly copyright infringement, in the emerging open spaces on the Internet for video.

Overview of Copyright Law in the Electronic Environment Georgia Harper, Office of General Counsel at University of Texas, 2001

Topics include: Why Copyright? When Does Copyright Become an Issue? Who Owns What? How Does Analog Fair Use Apply to the Multimedia World? Specific Copyright Issues

Copyright and the Internet Virginia Montecino, George Mason University, 1996

This information is meant to be only a guide and not the last word in official copyright law. Copyright and the Internet is still in a state of flux and many issues are not resolved.

Publishers’ Rights and Wrongs in the Cyberage Thomas G. Field, Jr., Franklin Pierce Law Center, 1999

In 1994, William S. Strong said at a meeting of the Association of American University Presses: “I have heard Chicken Littles say that the sky is falling... in the tones once reserved for statements that God is dead.” He also observed that much nonsense comes out of the university community and stressed that publishers need to educate the public about the functions of copyright. Yet, more than education may be required.

Copyright on the Internet Thomas G. Field, Jr., Franklin Pierce Law Center, 2006

This discussion addresses U.S. copyright issues of concern to those who post to or own email lists or host web pages. It also deals with situations where someone might want to forward or archive another's email posting or to copy material from another's web page.

Copyright and Internet: Social Claims and Government's Intervention Yong-Chan Kim, Ph.D student at USC's Annenberg School for Communication, 1996

In February 1993, President Clinton created the Information Infrastructure Task Force (IITF) to assist in the formation and execution of his Administration's "vision" for the National Information Infrastructure (Skier, 1996). The IITF came up with a "controversial" paper - called White Paper -- which suggested the revision of the current U. S. Copyright Act so that it can apply to the digital era. Samuelson (1996) summarized the main agenda of the Paper as:

* Giving copyright owners control over every use of copyrighted works in digital form by interpreting existing law as being violated whenever users make even temporary reproductions of works in the random access memory of their computers;
* Giving copyright onwers control over every transmission of works in digital form by amending the copyright statute so that digital transmissions will be regarded as distributions of copies to the public...

Copyrights and Beyond in the Digital Age Thomas G. Field, Jr., Franklin Pierce Law Center, 2000

Those who publish novels, dictionaries, music, videos and graphics, for example, have no guarantee of professional or economic success. Their risks are similar to those who sink shafts in search of oil. Sometimes they find a gusher; more often, a dry hole. In both cases, if enterprises are to continue, successful ventures must pay for those that fail. As real property protects wildcatters, copyright helps artists, authors and publishers recover their investments.

Podcasting Legal Guide creativecommons.org

When creating your own podcast, it is important to make sure all necessary rights and permissions are secured for the material included in your podcasts. This is relatively easy if you create all of the material that is included in your podcast but can become progressively more complex the more you include material created by other people. If you do not obtain the necessary rights and permissions, you may get into legal trouble for incorporating third party material into your podcast and for also authorizing others to use that material as part of your podcast. The main legal issues that you will likely face that are unique to podcasters are related to copyright, publicity rights and trademark issues.

Under NFL rule, media web sites are given just 45 seconds to score The Washington Post, June 30, 2007.

In a move designed to protect the Internet operations of its 32 teams, the pro football league has told news organizations that it will no longer permit them to carry unlimited online video clips of players, coaches or other officials, including video that the news organizations gather themselves on a team's premises. News organizations can post no more than 45 seconds per day of video shot at a team's facilities, including news conferences, interviews and practice-field reports.

Copyright Law Books

Internet Law & Policy

Chapter 5 of this book titled "Intellectual Property: Copyright" includes an overview of types of property, the definition of copyright, what is copyrightable material, and overview of database issues, explanation of copyright registration, explanation of the rights of the copyright owner, what are reproduction rights, an explanation of derivative works and several relevant case studies on court cases involving such media companies as the New York Times and such Internet companies as Remarq Communities, Inc, an ISP provider.

Internet and the Law: Technology, Society, and Compromises

Digital Copyright: Protecting Intellectual Property on the Internet

Copyright law in the digital society: the challenges of multimedia


Internet Law: Text and Materials

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