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Copyright law and educational media (with special attention to foreign media)

The law and how it grows: Title 17, Chapter 1

  • Rights of the purchaser of a legal copy
    • Legal Copy
    • Doctrine of First Sale
    • Licensing and Contracts
    • Right to view and display
      • Region Coding
      • Public Performance (not a right)
  • International Media: a new problem (the Omega vs. Costco case)
  • Rights of copyright holder: control of copying , broadcast, and “performance”
    • Performance and Display
    • Digitizing or Re-formatting
    • Public Domain
    • Economic Value of Rights
    • Public Performance Rights: why you need a budget for a film festival
  • Exceptions to copyright holder’s rights:
    • Fair Use: using a small part of the work
      • Transformative use
  • Educational Use: the classroom
    • “Institutional license”
  • The Georgia State case
  • Special case: taped programming
  • Backup copies: Section 108
  • Extra protection for digital media: Digital Millenium Act
    • Copy Protection
    • Region Coding
    • Library of Congress petitions for exceptions
  • Distance education and copyrighted media: TEACH
    • Whole work vs. part of a work
    • Digitized media as textbook or course pack