If you haven’t seen the post on Waxy.org by Andy Baio about how he felt compelled to settle a case in which he was accused of copyright infringement, go read it now. It’s a great, personal tale about how copyright laws have over-reached and block artistic expression. It’s also a nice intro to the indeterminacy of fair use guidelines, especially the issue of what counts as a transformative use.
Thanks to Jessamyn West for her retweet that brought this to my attention.
And for those who want to know how we got here in just 6min, check out the new video on copywrite from C.G.P Gray http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk862BbjWx4Great examples of how Star Wars and Disney use copywrite to build their catalogs using the current Life + 75 years US copywrite.
For those who want to know how we got here in just 6min, check out the new video on copywrite from C.G.P Gray http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk862BbjWx4Great examples of how Star Wars and Disney use copywrite to build their catalogs using the current Life + 75 years US copywrite.