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"The Case of Internet Piracy" was developed by judges and professors to teach students about the law and the courtroom experience.

Jack Black talks about movies, music and piracy in this entertaining public service announcement.

Digital image that defines THEFT vs PIRACY vs FILE SHARING

Interactive exploration of piracy issues related to music from the ThinkFinity web site and Read/Write/Think.

Flash video and activities for educators on topics related to cybersafetym predators, pornography, privacy, piracy and cyberbullying.

An academic research team -- joining people from the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School and the Research Center for Information Law at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland -- is hosting and working on the core of this wiki, which illustrates the beginning stages of a larger research project on Digital Natives. The site offers a wealth of information in 10 topic areas:
Digital Identity, digital safety, digital privacy, digital creativity, digital opportunities, digital information overload, digital information quality, digital piracy and digital education.

Flash cartoons based on Charlie's Angels that teach kids about how to stay safe on the internet [from the folks at Wired Safety]. Topics include: Cyberbullying, Predators and Strangers, Personal Information, Piracy, Cyber Citizenship, and Protecting your computer.

Less than 24 hours after its release, pirated digital copies of Dan Brown's blockbuster novel were found on file-sharing sites such as Rapidshare and BitTorrent. Within days, it had been downloaded for free more than 100,000 times.

Click on the buttons in the Blue Menu for carefully selected and annotated resources in each of our six CyberSafety areas: identity safety, cyberbullying, cyber predators, piracy & plagiarism, inappropriate content, social networks.

In 2005, over 20 billion music files was downloaded illegally. The music industry is trying to come to rights with the problem by working on new and better solutions for legal downloading. The purpose of this site [from Norway] is to work as an eye-opener and to raise a debate around the attitudes towards illegal downloading of music. The campaign site is a movie, especially made for the net, mixed with interactive exercises. In addition to the movie, there are 11 clickable myths & facts.

Merle Marsh wrote this highly informative article on Teaching Children to Be Responsible Users of Technology, which includes real-life incidents involving legal and ethical abuses of technologies. She also provides recommended educator activities and teaching suggestions.

In April of last year, Zack McCune was sued by the RIAA. He ended up $3,000 lighter (he settled), but with a much richer understanding of the contemporary debate surrounding music, copyright law, and file sharing. Part I gives an intro to his story, while Part II explores the disconnect between young downloaders and the recording industry. Part III, presented here, concludes Zack's misadventure and examines where it led him: to the Free Culture Movement, which advocates more flexible intellectual property law.

Reauthorization of Higher Education Act forces colleges to adopt technology protection measures to guard against copyright infringement

Second installment of a three-part video "The Ballad of Zack McCune" from Berkman Center for Internet & Society.
What do you do when you're sued by the recording industry? And how do kids and teens reconcile the law (and corporate interests) with a culture of illegal downloading? Last year, Brown University student Zack McCune was faced with both of these questions.

First installment of a three-part video "The Ballad of Zack McCune." from Berkman Center for Internet & Society.
Zack McCune's story - how he got sued by the Recording Industry Association of America and what happened as a result.

Plagiarism Court: You Be the Judge, This is a Plagiarism Avoidance Tutorial created by Ramona Islam for Fairfield University in the wake of the New York Times scandal where a writer fabricated and plagiarized numerous stories. Although designed for college students, the lessons are appropriate for younger grades.

Is it copyright protected? Find out with this handy tool from librarycopyright.net and Michael Brewer, Office for Information Technology Policy/ Copyright Advisory Committee member and desiger of the tool.

2nd in the CyberCop Series, AIRDOGS was designed to show teenagers that online crimes have lifelong legal and social consequences for teens and their families. In the game, Luke is a teenager who shows great promise as a snowboarder. He needs money for gear and training, so he begins to counterfeit software in his basement. Players collect data and evidence to catch Luke's boss, who is the ringleader of the operation. The message of Air Dogs is clear: theft and extortion are crimes, whether you're 16 or 60. Available both as a home edition and a school edition. [Windows and Mac OSX versions available]

Accessing music online and via mobile phones has never been easier, but it does raise legal, security and ethical issues. This new guide for parents and teachers provides essential advice about how young people can get the best out of downloading and sharing music online and via mobile technology in a safe and legal way, as well as providing tips for discussion.