DMS 417/516: Useful Links
Copyright Info
www.edwardsamuels.com/illustratedstory/ - online version of Samuels textbook
www.free-culture.org - online version of Lessig textbook
www.copyright.gov - U.S. Copyright Office
assembler.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sup_01_17.html - U.S.
Copyright Code
www.copyright.cornell.edu - Cornell Copyright Information Center
www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm - duration of copyright in the U.S.
www.copyright.iupui.edu
IUPUI Copyright Management Center
www.ccumc.org - Consortium of College and
University Media Centers
www.gseis.ucla.edu/~howard/Copyright - collection of links
Advocacy / Activism Sites; Blogs; General Projects
eff.org - Electronic Frontier Foundation
creativecommons.org
www.lessig.org - Lawrence Lessig; info + blog
www.fsf.org - Free Software Foundation
www.mpaa.org - Motion Picture Association of America
www.riaa.org - Recording Industry Association of America
www.groklaw.net
www.freeculture.org
www.freedom-to-tinker.com
www.publicknowledge.org
www.centerforthepublicdomain.org
digitalconsumer.org - advocating Consumer Technology Bill of Rights
www.hearusnow.org/index.php?id=2 - Consumers Union Digital Content site
www.opengamingfoundation.org - Open Gaming (d20 etc.)
www.gocc.gov - U.S. Government Open Code Collaborative
www.freesoftwaremagazine.com
yro.slashdot.org - Slashdot's "Your Rights Online" section
www.pdinfo.com - reference site for identifying public domain music
www.rosenlaw.com - intellectual property & open source software law office
www.softwarefreedom.org - legal representation for Free/Open-Source Software
copyrightreadings.blogspot.com - current articles on the DMCA and other copyright issues
www.cyberlaw.com/cylbar.html
eldred.cc - orphan works, public domain, & Eldred v Ashcroft
News Stories
www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3189925a28,00.html - Users bypass copy protection on portable Napster
www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/10/tecmo_sues_xbox_game_hackers/ - Hackers sued for tinkering with Xbox games
yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/14/2021219&tid=123&tid=188&tid=17 - Kaleidescape CEO Speaks Out About CSS Lawsuit
www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-dvd15feb15,0,823039.story?coll=la-home-business - New Steps to Protect DVDs in Piracy War
blog.fastcompany.com/archives/2005/02/02/eiffel_tower_repossessed.html - Eiffel Tower: Repossessed
www.economist.com/finance/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3623762 - The economics of sharing
www.apcmag.com/apc/v3.nsf/0/07A1C8CA269E79B5CA256FA1000F9763 - Kazaagate Day 15: part 4
yro.slashdot.org/yro/05/02/06/2110204.shtml?tid=155&tid=185&tid=17 Fallout From Japanese Patent On Help Icon
news.com.com/Google+loses+trademark+case+in+France/2100-1030_3-5564118.html - Google loses trademark case in France
www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/02/ms_macrovision_deal/ - MS licenses analog anti-rip technology
www.apcmag.com/apc/v3.nsf/0/DF26FB51F377707ACA256F9C002C1F09 - Kazaagate Day 15: part 2
news.com.com/2100-7344_3-5557962.html - Lawyers ride shotgun for open source
news.com.com/Anxious+times+in+the+cartoon+underground/2100-1026_3-5557177.html?part=rss&tag=5557177&subj=news.1026.5 - Anxious times in the cartoon underground
www.betanews.com/article/Analyst_MS_Office_Formats_Not_Open/1107211516 - MS Office Formats Not Open
gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at/~blimp/full_text/lerner/lerner.html - Craig Baldwin's "Sonic Outlaws"
www.blinkenlights.com/classiccmp/gateswhine.html Bill Gates' Open Letter to Hobbyists
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1460788.stm - Children 'find porn through file-sharing'
www.dailyllama.com/news/1996/llama040.html - Terry Gilliam, Universal, & architect settle copyright dispute
www.law.duke.edu/cspd/contest/finalists/ - Moving Image Contest Finalists
www.copyright.gov/fedreg/2005/70fr3739.html - Federal Register: "Orphan Works"
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4216697.stm - Movie body targets children's PCs
www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/09/canon_loses_printer_case/ - Canon loses printer recycling case
www.freep.com/money/tech/mwend14e_20041214.htm - U-M's entire library to be put on Google
hul.harvard.edu/publications/041213news.html - Harvard Libraries and Google Announce Pilot Digitization Project
www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/36_FSupp2d_191.htm - BRIDGEMAN ART LIBRARY, LTD. v. COREL CORP
www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/18/bittorrent_measurements_analysis/ - The BitTorrent P2P file-sharing system (analysis)
www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.01/topsite.html - The Shadow Internet (topsites)
trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/05/1842204&tid=138 - Your software rights or the best tools: often a sad choice
cyber.law.harvard.edu/media/content_and_control - Assessing the Impact of Policy Choices on Potential Online Business Models in the Music and Film Industries
www.eff.org/news/archives/2004_08.php#001838 - Music Publisher Settles Copyright Skirmish Over Guthrie Classic
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Living_Dead - Night of the Living Dead (public domain)
www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/10/cyber/cyberlaw/22law.html -
www.baen.com/library/palaver6.htm - Baen Books: Free Library
www.scottmccloud.com/inventions/bill/rights.html - A Bill of Rights for Comics Creators
www.sequart.com/SequentialCulture30.htm - Superman's Copyright: The Never-Ending Battle?
www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39176657,00.htm - Security researcher to be jailed for finding bugs in software?
www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/20/music_biz_red_cross/ - Music biz threatens International Red Cross
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4164669.stm - Who owns your e-mails?
www.armchairarcade.com/aamain/content.php?article.78 - The Future of Free Software Game Development
www.stayfreemagazine.org/archives/20/public_enemy.html - Interview with Chuck D
lwn.net/Articles/Timeline2004/ - 2004 Linux news timeline
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4047533.stm - Pink Floyd pupils claim royalties
yro.slashdot.org/yro/05/01/14/0659243.shtml?tid=155&tid=123&tid=95&tid=17 Altnet Threatens P2P Companies Over File Hash Patents
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1072000/1072484.stm - BT goes to law over hyperlink patent
news.zdnet.co.uk/business/0,39020645,2121257,00.htm - BT loses hyperlink patent case
www.oreilly.com/news/patent_archive.html - The Amazon Patent Controversy
management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39126979,00.htm - IBM slammed over patent giveaway
www.davinciinstitute.com/page.php?ID=62 - Taste & Smell Patents
www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1714680,00.asp - Is Microsoft Ready to Assert IP Rights over the Internet?
economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3376181 - Monopolies of the mind
math.berkeley.edu/~kirby/journals.html - Comparative Prices of Math Journals
www.nws.noaa.gov/partnershippolicy/ - NOAA Policy on Partnerships in the Provision of Environmental Information
www.vegsource.com/articles2/iraq_seeds.htm - Iraqi Farmers Aren't Celebrating World Food Day
www.percyschmeiser.com - Monsanto vs Schmeiser (Canadian farmer)
Free Content
commoncontent.org
www.gutenberg.net
www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/
digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
www.archive.org/texts/collection.php?collection=millionbooks
www.archive.org/movies/prelinger.php
www.archive.org
www.open-video.org
openphoto.net
freestockphotos.com
www.ibiblio.org
www.mutopiaproject.org
www.studioforrecording.org
www.bl.uk/collections/newspapers.html#online
wiki.etree.org
www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/nitf/273/
www.openclipart.org
www.filesoup.com
www.legaltorrents.com
torrentocracy.com/torrents
www.morguefile.com
www.fdicts.com
liberatedgames.org
www.pgdp.org/ols/
print.google.com
www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/
zed.cbc.ca
www.amureprints.com
ccmixter.org