The official assignments are below. Please be sure to do the readings. In class I'd like to debate the controversies around Shepard Fairey's lawsuits and the former Napster lawsuit, so please come prepared to discuss.
Read:
- http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html#mywork
- http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-fairuse.html#howmuch
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property
- http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2010/11/05/131091599/the-day-the-internet-threw-a-righteous-hissyfit-about-copyright-and-pie&sc=tw&cc=share
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_Fairey#Legal_issues_with_appropriation_and_fair_use
- http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/2006/10/copyright_conun.html
For ANYthing you write, please comment on whether/how you think Intellectual Property is different in the digital age.
Some possible things to muse about:
- Go to uspto.gov and do a search in the database for a trademark or company that owns a trademark. Blog about what you find.
- Blog your thoughts about how the electronic world is affected by intellectual property rights.
- Blog two paragraphs defending online music sharing (such as the original napster). Then blog two paragraphs condemning it.
- Read about the lawsuits around Shepard Fairey’s HOPE poster and comment on the case.
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