Nintendo and We Play videos

Great interview with Elena Iosef by Amanda Lang about copyright and gameplay: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/youtube-gaming-stars-blindsided-by-nintendo-s-ad-revenue-grab-1.3010550

This week in law – 297

Great discussion this week on TWIN, especially about copyright, moral rights, and the impact on cultural ‘raw materials’ for creators. http://twit.tv/show/this-week-in-law/297

Legal Podcast on UGC

For those of you who haven’t heard of This Week in Law, its a really interesting american legal podcast about technology. This episode seemed particularly relevant to our discussions of UGC, and legal restrictions on it.   http://twit.tv/show/this-week-in-law/288

Utilitarian Justifications at the Grammys

Utilitarian Justifications at the Grammys

Recording Academy president Neil Portnow used the Grammys as an opportunity to highlight the importance of copyright protection, using a argument you might recognize as utilitarian: “What if we’re all watching the Grammys a few years from now and there’s no Best New Artist award because there aren’t enough talented artists and songwriters who are actually able […]

Results of Paper Airplane Study

Results of Paper Airplane Study

Class presentation from last week, including results of our in-class exercise. For those of you who missed it, this was the class we made paper airplanes. Empirical Exercise in Philosophical Underpinning of IP

This American Life – Online Trolling as a Limit on Expression

This American Life – Online Trolling as a Limit on Expression

Interesting piece referred to in class today, about a blogger and how she was impacted by online trolls. http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/545/if-you-dont-have-anything-nice-to-say-say-it-in-all-caps?act=1#play

Feb. 3 Student Presentation Matierials

Feb. 3 Student Presentation Matierials

For the class presentation on Tuesday, we will be examining the philosophical underpinnings of IP law, and their relation to creativity and creation. The brief assigned reading below is a brief introduction to the 3 brief common philosophical justifications for IP. Did I mention the reading is brief. I will be referring to the other […]