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Abstract
Bound By Law, authored by Duke IP Law professor James Boyle, Jennifer Jenkins and illustrated by cartoonist turned IP law professor Keith Aoki, is a comic that chronicles, into plain English, the struggle of one documentary filmmaker’s perils into current copyright law. The story begins with a creepy goblin, who seems to be an unfortunate librarian at the Center for the Study of the Public Domain, introducing the audience to two well mannered individuals (could James and Jennifer) who will guide the filmmaker, Akiko, through the confusing world of copyright and filmmaking. Akiko desires to make a documentary capturing all the sights, sounds, social issues and culture of one day in the life of New York. She asks her guides if she will need to clear rights for everything she captures, and that’s where the journey begins. Here she learns of that only works published before 1923 are clearly in the public domain, leaving eighty years of content that may need to be cleared for her film, if she happens to capture it on film. Akiko hesitantly learns of the changes in copyright law, the extensions and increasing amount permission clearances needed for her work, and also a helpful lesson in fair use in how “rights” culture can be changed by “making collective decisions about what’s fair”, and how the intention of fair use mediates between giving incentive to authors to use content to critique on culture. After having explored the world of fair use our hero embarks on the journey through term limits which unfortunately has been subject to some of the most draconian changes, including the most recent copyright extension (CTEA) which protects the works of an author for life plus seventy years after the author’s death and also extended all work currently under copyright for an additional twenty years. The comic beautifully and simple illustrates how this runs counter to the constitutions intentions and how current copyright law is doing harm to the public domain. The guides then bring Akiko to a ledge where the cold, dark, fenced factories and plants of corporate and restrictive control are contrasted with James Boyle’s ecological idea of sustainable development in the balance of copyright and creative works which is illustrated with a lush open landscape of creativity.
Relevance
The comic beautifully illustrated the ins and outs of copyright law and made the plethora of literature, prior to discovering this text, a bit more simple to understand. It balances the restrictions, and purpose of copyright law with the freedom a creator inherently is given. There is a considerable amount of content covering fair use, but the section on the copyright term extension is most applicable to my research. The comic wonderfully shows the frustration regarding the increasing amount of extensions and there affects and on the public domain. The work itself is a testament to the balance of creativity and law, and it’s endeavor to make these issues and rights known in plain English is a wonderful experiment, that I’m better informed after reviewing.
Bound By Law, authored by Duke IP Law professor James Boyle, Jennifer Jenkins and illustrated by cartoonist turned IP law professor Keith Aoki, is a comic that chronicles, into plain English, the struggle of one documentary filmmaker’s perils into current copyright law. The story begins with a creepy goblin, who seems to be an unfortunate librarian at the Center for the Study of the Public Domain, introducing the audience to two well mannered individuals (could James and Jennifer) who will guide the filmmaker, Akiko, through the confusing world of copyright and filmmaking. Akiko desires to make a documentary capturing all the sights, sounds, social issues and culture of one day in the life of New York. She asks her guides if she will need to clear rights for everything she captures, and that’s where the journey begins. Here she learns of that only works published before 1923 are clearly in the public domain, leaving eighty years of content that may need to be cleared for her film, if she happens to capture it on film. Akiko hesitantly learns of the changes in copyright law, the extensions and increasing amount permission clearances needed for her work, and also a helpful lesson in fair use in how “rights” culture can be changed by “making collective decisions about what’s fair”, and how the intention of fair use mediates between giving incentive to authors to use content to critique on culture. After having explored the world of fair use our hero embarks on the journey through term limits which unfortunately has been subject to some of the most draconian changes, including the most recent copyright extension (CTEA) which protects the works of an author for life plus seventy years after the author’s death and also extended all work currently under copyright for an additional twenty years. The comic beautifully and simple illustrates how this runs counter to the constitutions intentions and how current copyright law is doing harm to the public domain. The guides then bring Akiko to a ledge where the cold, dark, fenced factories and plants of corporate and restrictive control are contrasted with James Boyle’s ecological idea of sustainable development in the balance of copyright and creative works which is illustrated with a lush open landscape of creativity.
Relevance
The comic beautifully illustrated the ins and outs of copyright law and made the plethora of literature, prior to discovering this text, a bit more simple to understand. It balances the restrictions, and purpose of copyright law with the freedom a creator inherently is given. There is a considerable amount of content covering fair use, but the section on the copyright term extension is most applicable to my research. The comic wonderfully shows the frustration regarding the increasing amount of extensions and there affects and on the public domain. The work itself is a testament to the balance of creativity and law, and it’s endeavor to make these issues and rights known in plain English is a wonderful experiment, that I’m better informed after reviewing.
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Summary
Aggregates feature attributes to a POLYGON or REGION theme.
This tool aggregates POINT, LINE, NODE, or POLYGON feature data to a polygon or region theme's feature attribute table. The tool provides answers to questions like "how many miles of each grade of road are found within each electoral district".
Aggregates feature attributes to a POLYGON or REGION theme.
This tool aggregates POINT, LINE, NODE, or POLYGON feature data to a polygon or region theme's feature attribute table. The tool provides answers to questions like "how many miles of each grade of road are found within each electoral district".
Drop files into attachment boxes instead of browse for them or type in the filename. Drop multiple files and fill all the entries. In some websites it allows to add new upload files: in Gmail is possible to drop the files directly over the "Attach a file" link.
A Sidebar allows to drop files from a listing
A Sidebar allows to drop files from a listing
LibX is a Firefox extension that provides direct access to your library's resources.
LibX is open source.
Please take a look at the screenshots/screencasts hosted at this site.
LibX is open source.
Please take a look at the screenshots/screencasts hosted at this site.
LibX is a framework from which editions for specific libraries can easily be created.
LibX is a Firefox extension that provides direct access to your library's resources.
LibX is open source.
Please take a look at the screenshots/screencasts hosted at this site.
LibX is open source.
Please take a look at the screenshots/screencasts hosted at this site.
LibX is a framework from which editions for specific libraries can easily be created.