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Movie night in the dorms Greg Grossmeier [email protected] lib.umich.edu/copyright Except where otherwise noted, this presentation is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Movie night in the dorms

Greg [email protected]

lib.umich.edu/copyright

Except where otherwise noted, this presentation is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license,

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Disclaimer:

I am not a lawyer thus this is not legal advice. I am merely helping you think about these legal issues.

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What is ?

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US Constitution“To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries”

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Not a tool to control all content forever in all

mediums.

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But what is ?

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“a bundle of rights”

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The right to reproduce the workThe right to prepare derivative worksThe right to distribute the workThe right to perform the workThe right to display the workThe right to license any of the above to third parties

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How do I get ?

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How do I receive copyright protection for my work?

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First, it must meet somebasic requirements:

● It must be original.● It must have some level of creativity.● It must be in a fixed medium.

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Old Days -You use this symbol

And provide a date

And register it with theUS Copyright Office.

1930

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Now-a-days:

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Now-a-days:

Also, it's instant.

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Copyright protects…

WritingChoreographyMusicVisual artFilmArchitectural works

Copyright doesn’t protect…

IdeasFactsData (mostly)Useful articles (that’s patent)

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How long does

protection last?

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The life of the Authorplus 70 years(for now).

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After that

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The Public Domain

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General Rules for Public Domain/Copyright Status

Works No Longer Protected by Copyright

• Published before 1923• Published between '23 and '63, but it depends.• Authored by the Federal Government

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General Rules for Public Domain/Copyright Status

Works Still Protected by Copyright

• Published after '63• Published between '23 and '63, but it depends• Most State and Municipal works

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Exceptions

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Fair Use

17 USC 107

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An exception to copyright

protection.

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The Four Factors

● The Nature of the original work● The Purpose of the use● The Amount of the original work● The Affect on the Market of the original

Remember: Every case is different

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Now, dorms and...

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Remember seeing...

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Issues in the dorms

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No license/permission needed.

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License or permission needed.

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A lot between those? Yes.

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Real life situations?

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Thank You.

Greg [email protected]/copyright

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Attributions

● Slide 1: movie night! – ginnerobot – CC:BY-SA

● Slide 28: Watching a blank screen – ToastyKen – CC:BY

● Slide 30: FBI Warning – Used under Fair Use. All Rights Reserved.

● Slide 31: “FBI Warning - Exercise Your Copy Rights” by Mark Gunderson of the Evolution Control Committee. Used under Fair Use.

● Slide 33: Watching 5th element – Debs (ò ó)♪‿ – CC:BY

● Slide 35: Weird movie watching – Stepheye – CC:BY