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"There's a new extortion trojan in circulation. This one attempts to steal victims' money by bullying them to pay a "pre-trial settlement" to cover a "Copyright holder fine". The victim is informed that an "Antipiracy foundation scanner" has found illegal torrents from the system. If he won't pay $400 (via a credit card transaction), he might face jail time and huge fines."

"Repositories | Organisations | Projects | Journals | Copyright | Funding | Publishers | News | Other"

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Lots of info about copyright legislation, creative commons etc

GOOD COPY BAD COPY - a documentary about the current state of copyright and culture

"Creative Commons LicenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Author and activist Cory Doctorow argues that the Internet is too central to our lives to be taken away for three accusations of copyright infringement. Along the way he proposes that turnabout is fair play, and thus Universal (for example) ought to have its access to the Net taken away if it issues three false accusations of infringement. "

"# 1 Questions about CC0 generally * 1.1 What is CC0? * 1.2 How does it work? * 1.3 Are CC0 and CC's Public Domain Dedication and Certification ("PDDC") the same? * 1.4 Which should I use if I want to dedicate a work to the public domain? CC0 or PDDC? * 1.5 Will the PDDC Change? * 1.6 How is CC0 different from the Public Domain Dedication and License ("PDDL") published by Open Data Commons? # 2 Questions for those thinking about applying CC0 to their work(s) * 2.1 Who can use CC0? * 2.2 How do I apply CC0 to my work? * 2.3 What are the benefits of including the information requested by the CC0 chooser? * 2.4 Does CC0 require others who use my work to give me attribution? * 2.5 Does CC0 really eliminate all copyright and related rights, everywhere? * 2.6 What kinds of rights am I waiving when I use CC0? * 2.7 What are neighboring rights? * 2.8 What are database rights? * 2.9 Can I control how my work is being used once I publish it using CC0? * 2.10 What about other IP related rights, such as trademark and patent rights? # 3 Questions for those thinking about using a CC0'd work * 3.1 Can anyone use a work that is distributed under CC0? * 3.2 Do I have to attribute the person who applied CC0 to their work? * 3.3 Why do some works indicate the jurisdiction from which the work is being published? * 3.4 What rights do I need to use a CC0'd work? * 3.5 How can I be sure that I have all the rights I need to use the work?"

"Dice started its requirement analysis by collecting stories of issues and solutions about digital copyright management. To this purpose, the Fernfachhochschule Schweiz in Brig developed a short online survey."

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"Misrepresentation One of the greatest concerns for authors who create works of opinion and place them under alternative copyright licences is that the licence will allow their opinions or arguments to be misrepresented. The Creative Commons Attribution-No-Derivatives licence appears to protect against misrepresentation by ensuring that the author's original expression cannot be altered with the production of derivative works. But I would argue that ND cannot protect against mis-representation any better than using a copyleft licence such as Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike, and that copyleft licences are also better for freedom of speech." (integrate in CC chapter of handbook?)

"With a Creative Commons license, you keep your copyright but allow people to copy and distribute your work provided they give you credit - and only on the conditions you specify here. For those new to Creative Commons licensing, we've prepared a list of things to think about. If you want to offer your work with no conditions or you want to certify a work as public domain, choose one of our public domain tools." (you can change language at the bottom of the form)

"...If rights remain as tightly controlled and as expensive as they are now, nonfiction will be the province of the entirely new or the overly familiar. Dazzling books with newly created art, text and multimedia will far outnumber works filled with historical materials. Only a few well-heeled companies will have the wherewithal to create gee-whiz multimedia book-like products that require permissions, and these projects will most likely focus on highly popular subjects. History's outsiders and untold stories will be left behind. We treat copyrights as individual possessions, jewels that exist entirely by themselves. I'm obviously sympathetic to that point of view. But source material also takes on another life when it's repurposed. It becomes part of the flow, the narration, the interweaving of text and art in books and e-books. It's essential that we take this into account as we re-imagine permissions in a digital age. When we have a new model for permissions, we will have new media. Then all of us - authors, readers, new-media innovators, rights holders - will really see the stories that words and images can tell. "

"Session Type: General Session Thursday Nov 5th, 2009 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Wells Fargo Theater 5263 reads In this talk, Lawrence Lessig will review the progress of the "open access" movement in education. He will make a call for educators to finally resolve this issue in a way that enables the potential of technology for education. * Speakers * Resources and Video Speakers Lawrence Lessig Director, Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics, and Professor of Law Harvard University "

"This year at the 2009 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference we saw an increase in both international and corporate partner participation; standing ovations for two of our general session keynotes; an extremely active Twitter backchannel; fantastic presentations; participants engaging in new ways at the Thursday night event, such as Ignite!-inspired sessions and the Black Box Theatre improv; and numerous examples of you networking with your colleagues all throughout the conference space, making new contacts and connections for the coming year. Our full conference attendance boasted 3,700+, along with just under 2,400 exhibitor registrations. We also piloted our first annual online companion event, which ended up being a success thanks to great speakers and content, as well as valuable interaction with campuses across the world. ... Unless otherwise noted, EDUCAUSE holds the copyright on all materials published by the association, whether in print or electronic form. In certain cases the work remains the intellectual property of the individual author(s) (see Special Circumstances). Content from conference speeches, presentations, blogs, wikis and feeds reflect the opinions of the author, and not necessarily those of EDUCAUSE or its members. "

"Soweit wir das beurteilen können, handelt es sich vollumfänglich um Werke, deren Urheberrechtsschutz abgelaufen ist und damit gemeinfrei sind. In den Nutzungsbedingungen schreiben sie jedoch, dass sämtliche Werke unter einer Creative Commons "by-nc-sa"-Lizenz stehen. Zusätzlich gibt es einen Widerspruch zwischen der durch die Angabe einer CC Lizenz erlaubten Weiterverbreitung eines Werkes und ihrer Angabe, dass die Werke nicht auf anderen Servern gespeichert werden dürfen. Es ist ihnen selbstverständlich unbenommen, für die Dienstleistung der Erstellung der Scans Gebühren zu erheben. Wenn diese Scans jedoch veröffentlicht werden, sind sie gemeinfrei, denn durch den Vorgang des Scannens entsteht kein urheberrechtlich geschütztes Werk."