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"The current buzz in the internet world is about "mashups" and "remix". This article explores the question as to the legality of engaging in the practices of mashing and remix of copyright material as a part of cultural existence and expression - without the permission of the copyright owner. In the context of mashups, the article will look at the increasing number of video and website mashups and what this means for copyright law; while in the context of remix the article will consider the recent Dean Gray remix and what copyright law is willing to permit in this regard."

"Expanding copyright law to bar online access to copyrighted materials without the copyright holder's consent, or to bar linking to or paraphrasing copyrighted materials without the copyright holder's consent . . ." No linking, no paraphrasing - make it illegal says judge

"Late Friday, the federal district court in Nevada issued a declaratory judgment that makes is harder for copyright holders to file lawsuits over excerpts of material and burden online forums and their users with nuisance lawsuits." The judgment - part of the nuisance lawsuit avalanche started by copyright troll Righthaven - found that Democratic Underground did not infringe the copyright in a Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper article when a user of the online political forum posted a five-sentence excerpt, with a link back to the newspaper's website. 

"The Access Copyright defeat on three key issues should have a significant impact on the education battle: repertoire, the breadth of insubstantial copying, and fair dealing."

Useful list of myths / misconceptions about copyright and fair use and education.

An article on appropriation and copyright that has a long list of comments that are worth reading just to see the ocean of different understandings that exist around the copyright space.

"The Public Domain Review is a not-for-profit project dedicated to showcasing the most interesting and unusual out-of-copyright works available online.  All works eventually fall out of copyright - from classic works of art, music and literature, to abandoned drafts, tentative plans, and overlooked fragments. In doing so they enter the public domain, a vast commons of material that everyone is free to enjoy, share and build upon without restriction.  We believe the public domain is an invaluable and indispensable good, which - like our natural environment and our physical heritage - deserves to be explicitly recognised, protected and appreciated.  The Public Domain Review aims to help its readers to explore this rich terrain - like a small exhibition gallery at the entrance of an immense network of archives and storage rooms that lie beyond. "

Article on the difficulty of getting any change out of copyright 'holders' (not artists but record labels, etc) 

Copyright restrictions in Australia limit use of materials outside the traditional classroom.

We are stooping lower. After an Apple presentation, a US school board moves to claim copyright on all student and staff work.

Civil liberty and freedom versus copyright. Which has the best moral right to win?

Account of the MPAA losing the copyright lawsuit agaims an ISP in Astralia.

Public Knowledge with a guide to the copyright carve-up proposed in the Trans Pacific Partnership tppinfo.org #copyright

Interesting chart showing the negative effect "in copyright" has on book sales. Also talk by Prof Paul Heald explaining the effect.

What can you do with copyright material in educational settings? The NZ context.

Cory Doctorow on copyright and the effect on the Internet.

"The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today filed suit against an Australian record company for misusing copyright law to remove a lecture by Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig from YouTube. With co-counsel Jones Day, EFF is asking a federal judge in Massachusetts to rule that the video is lawful fair use, to stop Liberation Music from making further legal threats, and to award damages."

Even the copyright campaigners get caught out!

Course for Aus eds on copyright.  Materials all CC licensed.

New Zealand publications on copyright of interest to librarians