Stanford CIS

Copyright and Fair Use

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BLAST!

Prepare for an exciting, enlightening ride around the world and across the Universe! Acclaimed filmmaker Paul Devlin's brother, Mark Devlin, PhD, leads an…

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Draft Introduction

A brief Draft Introduction to my study on copyright law is now available for download here.…

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Copy knol

There is a guy by the name of Meir Shraga. I did not know him until today, but now I can even see his picture smiling at me from the knol he has published for t…

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The Traditions of Knoweldge II

In a previous post, the Traditions of Knowledge I referred to the appropriation of traditional knowledge by means of industrial revolution intellectual property…

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The Traditions of Knowledge

Conventional intellectual property laws claim to confer rights only on knowledge that is  individually authored, reduced to material form and 'original'…

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Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer

The film is the first, definitive documentary on the life of the legendary jazz vocalist. In Anita's own words, we hear the tale of a musical genius who bro…