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ProtectFairUse.org ProtectFairUse.org: Campaign sponsored by 321 Studios, manufacturer of DVD-copying software, to protect US consumers' fair use rights to make back-up copies of their DVDs. (Copyrights) http://www.protectfairuse.org/ Now Is The Time! Now Is The Time!: Argument against keeping books under copyright when they should have gone to the Public Domain under the provisions of prior copyright law. From Project Gutenberg. (Copyrights) http://www.promo.net/pg/cplea97/ Read Them and Weep Read Them and Weep: Under the guise of protecting copyrights, several new legal measures threaten readers (Copyrights) http://simson.net/clips/98.Globe.05-07.Read_them_and_weep.htm Christians and the Copyright Laws Christians and the Copyright Laws: Criticisms of copyright laws from a Christian perspective. (Copyrights) http://www.ifla.org/documents/infopol/copyright/decj1.htm Digital Copyright Digital Copyright: Book by Jessica Litman about the collision between expectations of freedom of expression and copyright law. (Copyrights) http://www.msen.com/~litman/digital-copyright/ Copyright and Globalization in the Age of Computer Networks Copyright and Globalization in the Age of Computer Networks: Transcript of a talk by Richard Stallman, on how copyright law no longer protects the public interest, and how it might be curtailed in different ways for different kinds of works. (Copyrights) http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/copyright-and-globalization.html Copyrights? Copyrights?: The author shows how impractical copyrights are, and how many ethical questions they raise. (Copyrights) http://sysx.org/vsv/copyriot.html Knowledge Indignation Knowledge Indignation: Investigative documentary by Australia's Radio National about a boycott of scientific journals that will not make their archives available to the public without restrictions or Licenses to Read. Audio in RealMedia format and transcript. (Copyrights) http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s345514.htm Perpetual Copyright Perpetual Copyright: Explains how the perpetual copyright policy manifested in the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 has made it impossible to preserve art. (Copyrights) http://everything2.com/?node=sonny+bono+copyright+extension+act The Revolt of the Poor - The Demise of Intellectual Property? The Revolt of the Poor - The Demise of Intellectual Property?: With the advent of new media, e-publishing, self-publishing, and differential patent enforcement and pricing - intellectual property rights may be in trouble. (Copyrights) http://samvak.tripod.com/nm047.html The Campaign to Have Copyright Interests Trump Technology and Consumer Rights The Campaign to Have Copyright Interests Trump Technology and Consumer Rights: Speech by Gary Shapiro, President of the Consumer Electronics Association, to the Optical Storage Symposium. (Copyrights) http://www.techlawjournal.com/intelpro/20020917.asp Washington Post: Copyright, copywrong Washington Post: Copyright, copywrong: The old copyright rules apply, and figuring out just how is giving heartburn to lawyers the world over. (Copyrights) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/tech/analysis/copyright/intprop.htm I Am Gonna Copy I Am Gonna Copy: Poll to vote on the proposition that everything that can be copied should be free, with no copyright and no intellectual property. Also includes links to articles and opinions. (Copyrights) http://www.iamgonnacopy.com/ Primer on the Digital Millennium Primer on the Digital Millennium: What the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Copyright Term Extension Act mean for the library community, by Arnold P. Lutzker. (Copyrights) http://www.arl.org/info/frn/copy/primer.html Jewish Law and Copyright Jewish Law and Copyright: Rabbi Israel Schneider gives his interpretation of Mosaic law and copyright issues. (Copyrights) http://www.jlaw.com/Articles/copyright1.html MultiReg MultiReg: News, information, discussions and guides related to intellectual property. (Copyrights) http://www.multireg.com/ Electronic Rights Defence Committee Electronic Rights Defence Committee: Montreal group of writers filing a lawsuit against publishers who used the freelancers' work on electronic databases and the web without compensation. (Copyrights) http://www.axess.com/users/jackr/erdc/frame3.htm Politics of Copy Protection Technology, The Politics of Copy Protection Technology, The: Paper by Damian Yerrick about "under the table" laws such as the Bono Act and the DMCA sponsored by corporate lobbyists that dilute the public's right to publish. (Copyrights) http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=952746 MSNBC: From Betamax to Napster MSNBC: From Betamax to Napster: Timeline of the evolution of the "right to copy" from 1992 to February 12, 2001. (Copyrights) http://www.msnbc.com/modules/DigitalMusic/ Artists Rights Society Artists Rights Society: Provides visual artists with support for copyright clearance and monitors the use and potential abuse of artists' rights. (Copyrights) http://www.arsny.com/ Intellectual Property and Copyright Ethics Intellectual Property and Copyright Ethics: Academic paper. General introduction to the subject of copyright ethics. (Copyrights) http://www.gonzaga.edu/faculty/alfino/dossier/Papers/COPYRIGH.htm Buy DVDs and Games Abroad - and Break the Law Buy DVDs and Games Abroad - and Break the Law: "British consumers will be on the wrong side of the law for the first time if they buy overseas DVDs or computer games 'unauthorised' for the UK and play them on their PCs at home." By Drew Cullen. [Register] (Copyrights) http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/23814.html Guiding the Path of Intellectual Property Guiding the Path of Intellectual Property: "It is important to rediscover the roots of intellectual property to understand why SSSCA is too much, and the DMCA already went too far." Editorial and reader comments. [kuro5hin] (Copyrights) http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/3/8/1465/50261 The Eric Eldred Act The Eric Eldred Act: A proposition to instate tiny tax designed to move unused copyrighted work into the public domain. Frequently asked questions, petition, ways to help, and news. (Copyrights) http://www.eldred.cc/ CopyrightGuru CopyrightGuru: Provides links and resources on copyright, trademark, Internet and entertainment law. (Copyrights) http://www.copyrightguru.com Canada to Hold Public Hearings on Digital Copyright Canada to Hold Public Hearings on Digital Copyright: "It looks like the Canadian government is going to hold public hearings on the Copyright Act reform in progress." News and discussion forum. [Slashdot] (Copyrights) http://slashdot.org/yro/02/02/19/1916245.shtml Copy Catfight Copy Catfight: How intellectual property laws stifle popular culture, and violate freedom of speech. About old works being kept in obscurity, and new ones being silenced. Article by Jesse Walker, Reason magazine. (Copyrights) http://www.reason.com/0003/fe.jw.copy.html Eurorights Eurorights: Web based lobby group, campaigning against overbroad digital copyright laws in Europe. (Copyrights) http://eurorights.org/ DigitalConsumer.org DigitalConsumer.org: Organization for protecting fair-use rights in the digital world. Advocates a Consumer Technology Bill of Rights including the rights to time-shift and space-shift media and to make backup copies. (Copyrights) http://www.digitalconsumer.org/ Can the World Be Copyrighted? Can the World Be Copyrighted?: "Two treaties taking effect this spring would expand the reach of controversial American legislation designed to regulate the Internet." By Brad King. [Wired] (Copyrights) http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50658,00.html Legal Theorist, The Legal Theorist, The: Profile of Paula Samuelson, law professor who has spent 15 years fighting what she sees as overzealous and innovation-stifling expansion of copyright laws in the high-tech arena. [Wall Street Journal] (Copyrights) http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB1020884132662876320,00.html Anarchism Triumphant: Free Software and the Death of Copyright Anarchism Triumphant: Free Software and the Death of Copyright: How the Internet and free software render copyrights useless, dooming them much as capitalism doomed slavery. (Copyrights) http://old.law.columbia.edu/my_pubs/anarchism.html TypeRight TypeRight: A lobbying group formed by typeface designers, targeting copyright protection for the design of fonts in the United States, bringing copyright law in line with other western countries. (Copyrights) http://typeright.org Copyright as Cudgel Copyright as Cudgel: Recent expansion of copyright law threatens research and education, destroys rights, and impoverishes public discourse. [Chronicle of Higher Education] (Copyrights) http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i47/47b00701.htm