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April 18

Intellectual Property and Copyright


 

WEEK 10 - FRIDAY, APRIL 18

Session I
Intellectual Property and Copyright
The relationship of intellectual property to the current media industry; the gap between corporate and consumer understanding of intellectual property; alternative models for dealing with the control of intellectual property, and a case for the elimination of intellectual property entirely.

" Peter Lewis, "Pay to Play," Fortune
" David Koepsell, The Ontology of Cyberspace (pp 33-5, 107-111)
" Henry Jenkins, "Digital Land Grab," Technology Review
" Jessica Litman, Digital Copyright (pp 35-63)
" Lawrence Lessig, The Future of Ideas (pp120-134, 177-198)
" Lawrence Lessig, Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace (pp 122-141)
" The Prosecution of Dmitry Sklyarov, EFFector, Vol. 14, No. 39, December 2001 (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
" Debora L. Sparr, "Space Music," Ruling the Waves, 327-366.
" Hollywood Loses Again in ReplayTV Case, EFF Effector, December 2002 http://www.eff.org/Cases/Newmark_v_Turner/20021216_eff_pr.html

Session II
Guest Speaker: Jessica Litman
Jessica Litman is the author of Digital Copyright and teaches law at Wayne State University.