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Reminded me of the copyright and plagiarism discussions we had in class. I thought it would be an okay reference.

Lawrence Lessig deals with the read/write remix culture and the copyright laws that are attempting to strangle this new form of expression. The father of Creative Commons, Lessig exposes intellectual property law and its absurdity in today's internet culture. The website offers clips of Lessig's presentations about this topic. This will be helpful for my topic, which is essentially a form of read/write collaborative remixing. This will help me to define the laws governing this innovative culture.

This is a law review from Harvard addressing copyright

This site suggests that the idea of online anonymity is becoming more and more misleading. While Internet users may be under the pretense that their identities are anonymous, advancements in technology have made it increasingly easy for other users to discover the true identities of the seemingly anonymous. Furthermore, identities are even more easily revealed when Internet behavior becomes questionable under the law. Therefore, as stated in this article, Internet users should behave under the assumption that their personal information is accessible if needed for legal proceedings. Even though sites may offer users anonymity, this does not free users from all responsibilities.

This article explains how a chain of pawn shops in Texas sued an anonymous John Doe who posted comments on an Internet message board criticizing the chain of shops. The chain thought that the John Doe may have been a former employee. Despite Doe's efforts to protect his identity, the court rejected Doe's motions. This article shows that although Internet users are often thought to have a right to anonymity, the privacy of Internet users is not enforced by law. Actions that are considered criminal offline are also considered unlawful on the Internet. Still, the rulings of cases involving online anonymity are ultimately decisions of the courts they are heard in.

I first read this story in the DA and it was very intriguing. A hospital in Iowa has allowed surgeons to start "tweeting" the process of their surgery to the patient's family members. It is an easy and efficient way to follow a patient's progress as they go under the knife. The patient's family in this article tracked the developments from a laptop computer in the hospital's waiting room. One of the daughter-in-laws even kept tabs from work. The surgeon sent more than 300 tweets over more than three hours from a computer outside the operating room. Over 700 people followed them, some even asking questions. This is a great way to get glimpse into an actual operating room. Iowa has not been the first hospital to use Twitter, others include Children's Medical Center in Dallas, which tweeted in May when a father donated a kidney to his son, and Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, where officials have tweeted about several surgeries since January. My question is, is could I use the "tweets" this surgeon is sending and write my own article about the operation? Are the surgeons' tweets copyrighted?

This site is all about questions and answers concerning fanfiction. The main focus is on copyright, trademark, and other laws. The First Amendment pops up a few times, as well.

This is the Frequently Asked Questions page for copyright laws.

Stephenie Meyer has been allegedly sued to "stealing" the vampire novel idea from Jordan Scott. Apparently Scott began writing a novel in 2003, which she published online, that had "similarities in language, plot lines, characters, and other points" with Meyer's fourth installment in the Twilight series "Breaking Dawn." This website is helpful because it yet again will help me to define what copyright means to Meyer herself, which will help me decide how the videos affect copyright law.

This website describes the definition of copyright, plagiarism, its history, and some guidelines to follow to avoid copyright. Most importantly, it deals with the concept of copyright and the internet. This website is a useful resource for my project because it will help me to understand the role that the internet plays into the preexisting laws.

This website deals with remix videos. It allows people to create their own remixes as well as informs them about the laws regulating copyright and remix issues. This is another forum, like YouTube and Creative Commons, that encourages and allows users to interact, recreate, and remix the topic of his or her liking. It will be helpful to my topic by providing yet another example of the fascination and movement toward interacting with a published and copyrighted item. It also helps me to define how remixing videos should be governed.

Haven't read this one yet