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* '''2004-10-08''' [http://www.mickeynews.com/News/PrintStory.asp_Q_id_E_1084Copyright_A_cat_E_DC Copyright and the Mouse: How Disney's Mickey Mouse Changed the World] ([http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/?articleID=4031 alt]) by Jack Kapica | * '''2004-10-08''' [http://www.mickeynews.com/News/PrintStory.asp_Q_id_E_1084Copyright_A_cat_E_DC Copyright and the Mouse: How Disney's Mickey Mouse Changed the World] ([http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/?articleID=4031 alt]) by Jack Kapica | ||
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| + | * '''2007-01-31''' [http://www.harpers.org/TheEcstasyOfInfluence.html The Ecstasy of Influence] by Jonathan Lethem: a discoursive investigation into the long-standing cultural practice of copying artistic ideas | ||
* '''2007-01-18''' [http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070118/144749.shtml Lawyers Starting To Understand The Pointlessness Of Over Aggressive Trademark Enforcement] | * '''2007-01-18''' [http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070118/144749.shtml Lawyers Starting To Understand The Pointlessness Of Over Aggressive Trademark Enforcement] | ||
* '''2007-01-11''' [http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070110/004225.shtml History Repeats Itself: How The RIAA Is Like 17th Century French Button-Makers] | * '''2007-01-11''' [http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070110/004225.shtml History Repeats Itself: How The RIAA Is Like 17th Century French Button-Makers] | ||
* '''2006-11-08''' [http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20061025/014811.shtml The Importance Of Zero In Destroying The Scarcity Myth Of Economics] takes a look at the difficulty of analyzing the economics of a product whose [[marginal cost]] is essentially zero. Apparently many pro-[[DRM]] folks don't realize (or agree) that many of the analysis models break down under that circumstance, and alternative models are needed. | * '''2006-11-08''' [http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20061025/014811.shtml The Importance Of Zero In Destroying The Scarcity Myth Of Economics] takes a look at the difficulty of analyzing the economics of a product whose [[marginal cost]] is essentially zero. Apparently many pro-[[DRM]] folks don't realize (or agree) that many of the analysis models break down under that circumstance, and alternative models are needed. | ||
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===Satire=== | ===Satire=== | ||
* [[htwiki:Creators' Rights|Creators' Rights]]: underscores the "Millennium" in "[[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]]" | * [[htwiki:Creators' Rights|Creators' Rights]]: underscores the "Millennium" in "[[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]]" | ||
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Overview
As works of a largely informational nature (art, music, writing, computer programs) become an increasingly significant part of our daily lives and increasingly easier to copy, the traditional rights of the creator to control (and profit from) copying are undergoing intensive re-examination.
Counter-movements have arisen to produce freely-copyable works in all of these categories, the best-known of which is the open source movement.
Technically, pure ideas are not supposed to be copyrightable or patentable; what is protected is the expression of the idea, not the idea itself. In practice, however, patents are being granted for such in large numbers, e.g. the Amazon "one-click checkout" patent.
Related Articles
- Copy Protection is often used to prevent illegal copying of intellectual property.
Links
Reference
Projects
- Free Culture UK: for the promotion of free (freely copyable) works of art and culture
- The Pirate Party: supporting copyright reform (there are sister sites for several other countries)
- Eric's Commentary on the Shutdown of MathWorld: how an author was sued for copyright infringement of his own work by CRC Press (formerly the Chemical Rubber Company). This is a good illustration of how corporate ownership of copyrights seems to compel agents of said corporations to behave like utter jerks.
News
- 2004-10-08 Copyright and the Mouse: How Disney's Mickey Mouse Changed the World (alt) by Jack Kapica
Perspectives
- 2007-01-31 The Ecstasy of Influence by Jonathan Lethem: a discoursive investigation into the long-standing cultural practice of copying artistic ideas
- 2007-01-18 Lawyers Starting To Understand The Pointlessness Of Over Aggressive Trademark Enforcement
- 2007-01-11 History Repeats Itself: How The RIAA Is Like 17th Century French Button-Makers
- 2006-11-08 The Importance Of Zero In Destroying The Scarcity Myth Of Economics takes a look at the difficulty of analyzing the economics of a product whose marginal cost is essentially zero. Apparently many pro-DRM folks don't realize (or agree) that many of the analysis models break down under that circumstance, and alternative models are needed.
Satire
- Creators' Rights: underscores the "Millennium" in "Digital Millennium Copyright Act"
Notes
Not sure where things like Creative Commons fall in the "movement" scheme; are they aligned with open source in any way? Should I be saying "counter-movements" (plural) or "a counter movenent" (singular)? Is there a more general "openness" movement which embraces things like open business? Is "open source" related to transparency, and if so how? --Woozle 15:08, 2 July 2006 (EDT)