A *brief* introduction to intellectual property,copyright

1. Protecting and sharing your work Intellectual Property and Copyright

3. Key forms of intellectual property

4. Copyright

5. Patents

6. Trademarks

7. Trade secretsSource: A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing and the Internet by Sara Baase

8. What goes into intellectual property? Time Energy and effort Real capital Education Experience Source: “Why Intellectual Property Rights Are So Important” by Cameron Chapman

9. U.S. copyright law gives copyright owner exclusive rights to: Make copies of the work Produce derivative works Distribute copies Perform the work in public Display the work in public Decide how others can use the work Source: A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing and the Internet by Sara Baase and http://www.x4l.org/resources/ surfx4l/The%20Basics%20of%20Copyright_HTML/page_02.htm

10. In its simplest form this means that you cannot copy someone else's work without their permission. Source: Shrewsbury College of Arts & Technology

11. With digital technology and the Internet… We can all be publishers Which makes us copyright owners It also becomes very easy to copy (infringe) copyrights Source: A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing and the Internet by Sara Baase

12. Klein’s work is on left & Galliano advertisement is on right Source: http://www.epuk.org/The-Curve/456/visual-plagiarism

13. American family's web photo ends up as Czech ad Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/11/ smith-family-photo-czech-advertisement

14. Facebook Statement of Rights and Responsibilities Sharing Your Content and Information

15. Case study Facebook and copyright

16. Facebook and ordinary photo tagging The court held that “[t]here is nothing within the law that requires [one's] permission when someone takes a picture and posts it on a Facebook page. There is nothing that requires [one's] permission when she [is] “tagged” or identified as a person in those pictures.” Source: http://blog.internetcases.com/2011/03/12/ facebook-privacy-photo-tagging-attorney-chicago-lawyer-social-media/

17. Court To AFP: Pics Aren’t Free Just Because They’re On Twitter U.S. District Court Judge William Pauley wrote in his opinion that Twitter’s terms of use “does not clearly confer a right on others to re-use copyrighted postings.” Source: http://paidcontent.org/article/ 419-court-to-afp-pics-arent-free-just-because-theyre-on-twitter/

18. Some tools Is it Protected by Copyright? http://librarycopyright.net/digitalslider/ Copyscapehttp://www.copyscape.com/ TinEyehttp://www.tineye.com/

19. Fair-use doctrine Copyrighted material can be used without permission of the copyright holder if… It contributes to the creation of new work (e.g., quoting part of a work in a review) It isn’t likely to deprive publishers or authors of income from their work Source: A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing and the Internet by Sara Baase

20. Fair-use doctrine Possible fair uses Criticism Comment News reporting Teaching Scholarship Research Source: A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing and the Internet by Sara Baase

21. Four factors to consider for fair use: Purpose and nature of the use Nature of the copyrighted work Amount and significance of the portion used Effect of the use on the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work Source: A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing and the Internet by Sara Baase

23. Video sources http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/documentary-film-program/film/a-fair-y-use-tale and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJn_jC4FNDo

24. U.S. copyright laws Everything you write is copyrighted automatically for your lifetime +70 years Similar laws exist in other countries Source: “How to Spread Your Ideas Globally Using Creative Commons License” by Esther Wojcicki

25. What is Creative Commons? CC is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to making it easier for people to share and build upon the works of others consistent with copyright. It provides free licenses to enable sharing while crediting the creator. Source: “How to Spread Your Ideas Globally Using Creative Commons License” by Esther Wojcicki

26. Creative Commons Permission is pre-authorized – no one has to write to ask for it Empowers the spread of your ideas and your name more easily If you don’t license your work to be open, it automatically defaults to all rights reserved copyright Source: “How to Spread Your Ideas Globally Using Creative Commons License” by Esther Wojcicki

28. Video source http://creativecommons.org/videos/a-shared-culture

29. Available for download: http://bit.ly/mYWPK5

30. Questions? Comments?