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Demonstrating the Mouse’s Absurd Copyright Practices by Using the Mouse’s Work

Posted on Monday, May 21st, 2007, at 10:55 am, and filed under Policy. Note: Hypertext links in the printed form of this document are marked with a superscript "L" plus a number. The number corresponds to the list of web addresses at the bottom of the document.

Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University demonstrates principles of fair use to give an overview of U.S. copyright principles in A Fair(y) Use Tale — a 10-minute video in five acts. Using clips from dozens of Disney films, Faden gives the historical perspective and underlying principles for copyright law in the United States. This is a great conversation starter for discussions about changing copyright — not only for its content, but also for its use of media from the very corporate interest that has had a big hand in the ongoing march towards indefinite copy rights. Wired Magazine’s blog also has a commentary on the video.

Found via Walt Crawford’s Walt At Random posting. Walt, by the way, is seeking employment opportunities starting later this year.

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  1. Walt at Random | May 28, 2007 at 8:20 pm | Permalink

    links from TechnoratiGary Price: What can I say? I certainly need to thank Joshua M. Neff and Jennifer Lang and Steve Oberg and Marlene Delhaye (merci!). Also thanks to DrWeb and Jennifer Macaulay and David Bigwood and Peter Murray. If I’ve missed anyone (including people who may yet do posts!), my apologies–and my gratitude. (There’s a phantom post from another Jennifer, but since the link yields a 404 I won’t cite it here.)

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