Faculty Resources

Series intro -- Copyright 101 -- Copyright rights -- Fair use -- First sale doctrine -- Distance learning -- Rules of ownership -- Benefits of registering -- Term of copyright -- Infringement/liability -- Regulatory regime -- Summary.

Copyright attorney, Arnold P. Lutzker, tells what fair use is and what is and is not covered by the fair use doctrine, describes several court cases, explains the fair use guidelines, and offers tips on making a judgment about the applicability of fair use.

"Tells the story of how the clashes between authors, publishers, and literary "pirates" influenced both American copyright law and literature itself." Prologue: Growing the American public domain -- The American public domain and the courtesy of the trade in the nineteenth century -- Transatlantic modernism in the American public domain -- Ezra Pound's copyright statute: perpetual rights and unfair competition with the dead -- Ulysses unauthorized: protectionism, piracy, and protest -- Joyce V. Roth: authors' names and Blue Valley Butter -- Ulysses authorized: Random House and courtesy -- Epilogue: Disturbing the American public domain.

Explores the issue of fair use in copyright law. Artists, authors, lawyers, and others discuss the implications of creation, creative use, intellectual ownership, and public domain when it comes in conflict with established copyright law. Through news clips, film excerpts, music, legal cases, satire, and a wide range of other examples and illustrations, the concerns regarding traditional copyright laws' infringing on freedom of expression are examined and critiqued.

Special features: "A fair(y) use tale" film short (11 min.); "This is Prelinger Archives" film short (11 min.); "Fair use and free speech" (8 min.); "Remix culture" (4 min.); "Building on the past" (2 min.); "Get creative" film short on the history of Creative Commons (7 min.); "Fairy use" (4 min.); "Copyright culture (remixed) vol. 1" (5 min.); "Copyright culture (remixed) vol. 3 illegal art" (11 min.).

Introduction to the public domain -- The use and abuse of copyright -- Writings -- Music -- Art. Original works of art ; Art reproductions -- Photography -- Movies and television. Films ; Television programs ; Sources of public domain films and TV programs -- Computer software -- Architecture -- Maps -- Choreography -- Databases and collections. Databases ; Collections of public domain works -- Titles -- Public domain elements in copyrighted writings -- Copyrights restored from the public domain -- The public domain outside the United States -- The Internet and the public domain -- Copyright protection: how long does it last? -- Copyright notice requirements -- Traps for the unwary: trademark and publicity rights -- Researching copyright office records -- What if a work is not in the public domain? -- Help beyond this book.