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Intellectual property law in the United States does not work well and it needs to be reformed-but not for the reasons given by most critics. The issue is not that intellectual property rights are too easily obtained, too broad in scope, and too long in duration. Rather, the primary problem is overreaching by publishers, producers, artists, and others who abuse intellectual property law by claiming stronger rights than the law actually gives them....
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Carson Johnson Productions
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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This film explores the three questions crucial to determining fair use exemptions and presents illustrative examples from nonfiction, fiction, and experimental films that use pre-existing footage, music and sound from other individuals' creations--without permission or paying fees. Through on-camera interviews with noted documentarians, film and legal experts, OPF also reviews relevant court cases and clarifies legal issues regarding trademark, parody,...
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The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"In the increasingly complex and combative arena of copyright in the digital age, record companies sue college students over peer-to-peer music sharing, YouTube removes home movies because of a song playing in the background, and filmmakers are denied a distribution deal when a permissions "i" proves undottable. Analyzing the dampening effect that copyright law can have on scholarship and creativity, Patricia Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi urge us to...
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Nolo
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English
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If you work with words, you need this book. No writer likes to see their hard work or creativity copied by others--or to be accused of copying. Fortunately, The Copyright Handbook provides everything you need to protect yourself. Find information and forms to help you: learn what copyright law protects and doesn't; register your work with the Copyright Office; deal with infringers, online and off; transfer ownership of a copyright; get international...
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Neal-Schuman Publishers
Pub. Date
c2011
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English
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Library educator Rebecca Butler explains fair use, public domain, documentation and licenses, permissions, violations and penalties, policies and ethics codes, citations, creation and ownership, how to register copyrights, and gives tips for staying out of trouble. --from publisher descritpion
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English
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Health and Social Issues of Native American Women is the first book that specifically explores and discusses health and related social issues within the world of Native American women, providing strong historical and cultural perspectives as well as other contextual information that is often missing or misrepresented in other works about Native American women.
The Department of Health and Human Services reported that Native American women are second...
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American Library Association
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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The advancement of innovative education, librarianship, and scholarship has become increasingly entangled with copyright law. Research and education seem to be routinely reinvented with the creation of new software and technological devices. Private agreements are becoming a dominant force on the shape of legal rights and responsibilities.
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In sharply argued, fast-moving chapters, Cory Doctorow's Information Doesn't Want to Be Free takes on the state of copyright and creative success in the digital age. Can small artists still thrive in the Internet era? Can giant record labels avoid alienating their audiences? This is a book about the pitfalls and the opportunities that creative industries (and individuals) are confronting today - about how the old models have failed or found new footing,...
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ALA Editions
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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From researching to remixing, library users need your guidance on a wide range of copyright topics. The way to move beyond "yes, you can" or "no, you can't" is to become a copyright coach. In this collection librarian and attorney Smith teams up with information literacy expert Ellis to offer a framework for coaching copyright, empowering users to take a practical approach to specific situations. Complete with in-depth case studies, this collection...
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Oxford University Press
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[2017]
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English
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"This Very Short Introduction surveys the key issues and controversies surrounding global intellectual property law and policy, considering the effects global standardization is having on both developed and developing nations and the relationships among them. Noted cultural historian and media scholar Siva Vaidhyanathan helps clarify both the basic terms and the major conflicts surrounding the fascinating and controversial idea of intellectual property"--
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Early in their careers most musicians find it hard to believe that their band might ever make enough money to fight over. But sooner than you think success may arrive, and without clear terms of how the band is organized and who controls what rights, your best friends and fellow musicians may become your worst enemies. Anyone who seeks to enter the complex world of the music business ought to know what to do in order to avoid derailing a high-speed...
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Nolo
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English
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With Patent, Copyright & Trademark, you will: get clear overviews of relevant laws; understand the different kinds of protection offered by patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets, and which apply to your work; get a plain-English definition of every term you're likely to come across, and find the information you need, quickly and easily all entries are organized by topic and extensively cross-referenced.
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