Readings

Charlie Hebdo Tragedy

Charlie Hebdo Tragedy

In the syllabus and in last weeks introduction to the course I suggested a living lab model of learning might serve this course rather well. The notion behind that thought was that so much is happening in the world in relation to law and media, that bringing that into class every week would ground us in relevance. […]

Important read for Tuesdays class: Internet Under Fire Gets New Manifesto — Backchannel — Medium

Important read for Tuesdays class: Internet Under Fire Gets New Manifesto — Backchannel — Medium

  Please read the following in preparation for a class collaborative effort this Tuesday where we begin to imagine a “Charter of Digital Rights”: Internet Under Fire Gets New Manifesto — Backchannel — Medium. jon

How Martin Luther King film Selma was made without quoting civil rights leader | Daily Mail Online

How Martin Luther King film Selma was made without quoting civil rights leader | Daily Mail Online

How Martin Luther King film Selma was made without quoting civil rights leader | Daily Mail Online. This article will be among the topics for our first class. Issues of note: 1. Why didn’t Paramount sue for a declaratory judgment? 2. Does Hollywood have a vested interest in not strengthening the fair use exception to […]

The Interview/Sony/Hack: A Message in a Bottle

The Interview/Sony/Hack: A Message in a Bottle

Our eldest daughter has a phrase she is fond of using on the frequent occasions where my understanding of her cultural touchpoints comes up empty. “It’s a thing, Dad. It really is.” she will say in order to efficiently dismiss my profound lack of knowledge while at the same time assuring me that she fully […]

The Messy Minds of Creative People | Beautiful Minds, Scientific American Blog Network

The Messy Minds of Creative People | Beautiful Minds, Scientific American Blog Network

One of themes that seems very likely to emerge during this course is the relationship between the nature of creativity and the legal (and extra-legal) constraints on creativity. The issue, put as plainly as can be, is whether the laws and norms which serve to limit creativity should be aligned with the nature of creativity […]