Contributed by Organizations or Campuses; Articles, Papers, and Reports; Copyright; and Piracy
Recut, Reframe, Recycle: Quoting Copyrighted Material in User-Generated Video
| Title: | Recut, Reframe, Recycle: Quoting Copyrighted Material in User-Generated Video (ID: CSD5306) | | Author(s): | Patricia Aufderheide (American University) and Peter Jaszi (American University) | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (01/04/2008) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | As online video burgeons, so do questions about what kinds of uses of copyrighted works are legal online. Inevitably, those questions will be settled at least as much by practice and private negotiation as by legal action. Recent discussions of filtering and monitoring practices for platform providers show the importance of identifying lawful uses, while meeting industry concern to limit unauthorized use of copyrighted material. This study showcases user practices in use of copyrighted works within their own online videos at the dawn of this process. It identifies nine common kinds of re-appropriation practices, including satire and parody, criticism, and video diaries. It shows that a substantial amount of user-generated video uses copyrighted material in ways that are eligible for fair use consideration, although no coordinated work has yet been done to understand such practices through the fair use lens.
Thus, a significant set of creative practices is potentially both legal and at risk of curtailment by currently discussed ways to control online piracy and theft of copyrighted works. | | View this resource: | |
The Quest to Filter Unauthorized File-Trading
| Title: | The Quest to Filter Unauthorized File-Trading (ID: CSD3745) | | Author(s): | Thomas Mennecke (Slyck) | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2005) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | "Despite achieving some key victories in the online copyright war, many would characterize the situation as more of a stalemate. File-sharing networks continue to proliferate, BitTorrent tracker sites continue to rise (while some fall) and older veteran networks such as eDonkey2000, Gnutella and Ares Galaxy are seemingly intact. If the copyright industry is looking for an additional remedy, perhaps iPeer is their solution." | | View this resource: | |
Pupils to get Anti-piracy Lessons
| Title: | Pupils to get Anti-piracy Lessons (ID: CSD3547) | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2004) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | British Music Rights (BMR), a group that represents songwriters and composers, is sponsoring a program to educate British schoolchildren between the ages of 11 and 14 about copyright and music piracy. The group has put together education packs that include lessons about copyright, royalties, and downloading music on the Internet, as well as how these issues affect the creation of original work. Music piracy in the United Kingdom is blamed for a steady decline in recent years in CD sales and for significant financial losses to recording companies and to artists and songwriters. In addition to limiting copyright violations, the education packs, which have been requested by more than 1,600 schools, are designed to prepare children for possible careers in the music industry. Guy Chambers, one of the songwriters who has publicly supported the BMR campaign, said the education packs will help shield young people who might pursue a career in the music industry from "unscrupulous" individuals. | | View this resource: | |
U.S. Senate Passes Scaled-Back Copyright Measure
| Title: | U.S. Senate Passes Scaled-Back Copyright Measure (ID: CSD3530) | | Origin: | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses (2004) | | Type: | Articles, Papers, and Reports | | Abstract: | A bill passed by the U.S. Senate expands certain protections for copyrighted material but excludes proposed language that would have made file trading on P2P networks a criminal offense. Under the bill, which is similar to one already passed by the House of Representatives, those found guilty of videotaping movies in theaters face up to three years in prison. In addition, people who put copyrighted movies, music, or other content online prior to its official release will also face harsher penalties. The House and Senate versions of the bill must be reconciled before it can be signed into law. Last month the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a measure under which those found to have shared more than one thousand songs on a P2P network could face three years in prison, but that measure was stripped from the Senate bill after strong opposition from groups that said such a measure would represent an unreasonable expansion of copyright law. The Senate bill also did not include language that would have made it illegal to remove certain parts of copyrighted works. Representatives from the movie industry had argued that services that edit copyrighted movies to make them appropriate for younger viewers violate the movie studios' copyrights, but the Senate did not approve that measure. | | View this resource: | |
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