Open Spaces Magazine - The Purpose of Copyright by Lydia Pallas Loren

This article provides a good history of copyright and the role of fair use.
Open Spaces Magazine - The Purpose of Copyright by Lydia Pallas Loren

Print Books Are Target of Pirates on the Web

Have you used illegally digitized material before? Music? Print books? Movies?

Print Books Are Target of Pirates on the Web

By MOTOKO RICH

Published: May 12, 2009

E-reader technology is making it easier to obtain and distribute copyrighted material on the Web for free.

What Wikipedia would look like if on paper, broken down

I found this on Flickr. Note this is licensed under Creative Commons, which gives additional permissions beyond the fair use exception to US and international copyright law.

We're talking about Wikipedia, among other things, in INFS 1000 right now. So, to move beyond posting random funny stuff to finding the teachable moment, what about this image rings true? INFS 1000 folks, post comments in D2L; others can add your comments here.