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If we're in the idea business, how to protect those ideas? One way is to misuse trademark law. With the help of search engines, greedy lawyers who charge by the letter are busy sending claim letters to anyone who even comes close to using a word or phrase they believe their client 'owns'.

"Focus on being the best tailor with the sharpest scissors, not the litigant who sues any tailor who deigns to use a pair of scissors." I am 100% behind this ending point. We live in a world where you are now challenged to create great ideas, not just sit on what you have. Keep striving! Woohoo!

After reading a brief history of copyright law after the advent of the printing press, it is easy to see that copyright has always been an evolving concept. With the internet we again find ourselves needing to redefine what copyright means and who its serving. The Stationers' Company era of copyright offered no protections to the author of the work, and now we offer a lot of protections to the author of the work - and the technologies we use to access works of knowledge and art are unable to do so with the current laws. I appreciate the videos in the current module that detailed the advances some countries are making in evolving copyright law to be more flexible and keep the user in mind.

This post (from a royalty-free stock database) summarizes acceptable and unacceptable practices for the fair use of music. Topics include sheet music, research, recordings, and copies. There are also links to related topics, e.g. copyright law, Creative Commons licensing, rules of fair use, etc.

Here's an example of (attempted) copyright law misuse, plus a snapshot of how ludicrous the media landscape has become in regards to copyright law.

Thanks for posting! That is quite ridiculous, to sue over one syllable..

Worth a look.

Interesting read.

yes it is interesting thank you

YouTube's page on what is considered fair use on their website. They talk about the four factors that are used to determine whether or not content constitutes fair use. I really like how they also have a section about "myths" of fair use - very useful for those posting videos.

Relating to the digital copyrights issue, here's a recent article regarding Satellite radio…in this day and age where new and old music is being played, it's become more confusing as to what rights music services (or other arts) have. They might be playing music that they may or may not have the right too (and yet bands have no idea). Unfortunately copyright laws seem to have a long way to go before they become untangled. In the battle between today's digital-music services and yesterday's oldies artists, score one for the geezers. The founders of the '60s rock band the Turtles won a summary judgment on Monday against Sirius XM Radio Inc., in a lawsuit alleging that the satellite-radio company violated California copyright law by playing the band's songs without permission.

Why do people share and give away their stuff to strangers? Maybe the answer is in the function of the brain. I find this lecture on the reward system very interesting.

El derecho de autor es necesario en el uso de las tecnologías

Es el caso de Diego Gómez quien es acusado de no respetar los derechos reservados (de autor) y patrimoniales.

No todos están de acuerdo con el "Fair Use", algunos creen que deben cobrar por todo el contenido en la red. .. Don Rupert Murdoch no está de acuerdo con la idea del "fair use" y agregó que muchas veces es usado como pretexto para robar noticias ...

Hace dos años aproximadamente se promovia una ley que afectaba a los usuarios de Internet, argumentando la defensa de derechos de autor y propiedad intelectual.

También existió otra propuesta de ley llamada "CISPA" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS-8onm0EqI

muy interesante video y explicado de manera clara y simple, gracias.

"unglue (v. t.) 5. To make your favorite books free to everyone on earth."

For those that haven't seen it, Richard Stallman's dystopian short story, written in 1997, on a dilemma posed by the use of computers and licensed content in the mid 21st century.

A little handy chart covering the continuum from restricted access to open access

Negotiations over the rights of a journal article can be tricky and authors are not always aware of what they have the right to ask or not. This addendum from 2006 propose a template that authors can use to modify the publication agreement of a publisher

A great news, especially for the "immediately" aspect! "A consortium of six leading UK medical research charities will support the costs of making research articles from their funded research immediately and freely openly available to scientists, patients, and donors alike, through the recently announced joint Charity Open Access Fund."