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A copyright bibliography
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Richard Niven, Solicitor and Copyright Manager, gives a quick wrap of copyright law
http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/twu/twu-20080223-1350-Copyright-048.mp3
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OTAGO POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS
CLL brochure “Copyright the Law and You”. See also http://www.library.otago.ac.nz/billrobertson/copyright.htm
COPYRIGHT NZ LEGISLATION
Literary style = legaleese. The entire riveting 1994 Copyright Act. Wallpaper your bedroom with it and memorise permitted uses sections.
http://gpacts.knowledge-basket.co.nz/gpacts/public/text/1994/an/143.html
What’s happening in limbo land? The proposed amendments to the 1994 Copyright Act http://www.med.govt.nz/templates/ContentTopicSummary____1103.aspx
See also the Copyright Council of NZ
COPYRIGHT/INTELLECUTAL PROPERTY/MAORI IP
An enlightened recap of the cornerstones of European-style copyright law and a compelling look at the future of tikanga as a way of addressing spiritual, intellectual and material concerns regarding traditional knowledge in Aotearoa.
Mana Tuturu: Maori Treasures & Intellectual Property Rights by Barry Barclay
Auckland University Press, 2005.
LICENSING/COLLECTING AGENCIES/CLL
Providing a comprehensive introduction to the Copyright Act. Has a useful FAQs section and includes a summary PowerPoint presentation. Click click.
COPYRIGHT AND CREATING
Introduction to ‘real world’ digital issues. Includes case studies of high profile multimedia infringements (wav files available).
MACHINIMA
Excellent keynote address by Fred von Lohmann from the Electronic Frontier Foundation and another that may interest from Dan Hunter (on innovation, property and virtual worlds) from the recent symposium run by Games and the Law research group. http://testpattern.blip.tv/file/672264/
Illegal art or illegal imagination, an exhibition which explored the legalities of “illegal” creating and the corporate world. See cached web log entry @
For the reasons why YOU should become a copyright activist. How big money is eroding fair use for the public good by proprietary practices and penalising measures.
Vaidhyanathan, Siva, Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How It Threatens Creativity, New York University Press, 2003. May also be searchable on Google books.
FAIR USE
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter9/index.html
CREATIVE COMMONS LICENCES
When looking at using CC make sure you know exactly what you want your licence to do (or not to do). http://creativecommons.org/. Use the local version CC NZ as this has been tailored to our particular jurisdiction http://www.creativecommons.org.nz/
For a summary on pros and cons of CC licensing issue in education, see the google.doc hyperlink at http://trustdr.ulster.ac.uk/outputs.php
UK Artists – study to approaches to copyright and creative commons http://www.openbusiness.cc/2006/11/28/release-of-report-on-%E2%80%98uk-artists-copyright-and-creative-commons/
COPYRIGHT GENERAL
Easy to navigate, small partially chewed portions. Crash course in copyright (note US system) http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/Intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm#top
Information Outlook magazine summary of “info rights”. Covers common everyday digital uses including scanning, web site content, e-mail, linking, listservs, browsing and caching, pulled together by Lesley Harris, expert copyright lawyer.
http://www.sla.org/io/2007/05/40.cfm
Good straightforward articles on specific areas of interest eg. Fair Use http://library.creativecow.net/
A copyright 'calculator'. Clear and concise. May need to navigate to fuller descriptions for clarification of terms and interpretations.
http://www.vraweb.org/resources/ipr/dirc/index.html
Very broad, website delivering the UK position on copyright.
http://www.tasi.ac.uk/advice/managing/copyright_faq.html
DIGITAL LITERACY
Otago University has put together self-directed modules on digital literacy. Very simple, easy to navigate and covers the basic information and some how to’s for various media tools. It also covers copyright essentials.
