copyright

27 May

Remixing "A Story Before Bed"

Posted by Dennis G. Jerz in business, copyright, ethics, feeds, remix, rss, scraping, spam

When I found out that a spam blog called "literacyintheclassroom.com" was republishing the entire content of my blog, and several other blogs, I first posted a screenshot of how my material appeared on the other site, and then a screenshot of how my screenshot had appeared on the other site. That site was also serving up an ad for "A Story Before Bed," a service that lets users with a webcam record a video of themselves reading a kind-friendly story.

Anyone interested in teaching about remix culture might be interested in creating an assignment like this. I used the spam blogger's scraper against him, and used the media service he was advertising in order to communicate my displeasure. See: "Scrape, Scrape, Spam Blog, Have You Scraped My Site?" -- Dennis Jerz

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21 Apr

Digital Rhetoricians 9: Negative Spaces and Creative Commons

Posted by Matt Barton in copyright, creative commons, foss, new media

This week, the Digital Rhetoricians discuss Johndan Johnson-Eilola's "Negative Spaces: From Production to Connection in Composition" and our very own Charlie Lowe's Considerations for Creative Commons Licensing of Open Educational Resources.

Download the episode here.

04 Mar

Author Neil Gaiman on Copyright Piracy and the Web

Posted by cel4145 in copyright, piracy

"That's really all this is. It's people lending books. And you can't look on it as a lost sale."

21 Feb

Digital Rhetoricians Episode 3 - The Database and The Essay

Posted by Matt Barton in composition, copyright, database, essay, rhetoric

At long last, here is the third episode of Digital Rhetoricians. This time we're focused on Johndan Johnson-Eilola's "The Database and the Essay," a great essay in the Writing New Media edited collection. We also offer a news segment at the beginning. You can download the podcast here or on iTunes.

04 Oct

The Copyright Principles Project: Directions for Reform

Posted by cel4145 in copyright, fair use, intellectual property

First time I've heard of The Copyright Principles Project. But their recommendation report for copyright reform (notably, Pamuel Samuelson is listed as lead author), The Copyright Principles Project: Directions for Reform, soon to be published in the Berkeley Technology Law Journal, is a great set of recommendations (a total of 25). I can imagine intellectual property scholars will be referencing this document frequently. If Congress would only enact half of the recommendations, we would see significant positive change.

For more information and an overview of the document, see the Berkeley Law Press Release.