1. What’s Copyrighted? ALL published material Before 1976 you could chose to copyright material, now you CAN’T For Websites: links original text graphics audio video Coding (html etc.) ALL published material Before 1976 you could chose to copyright material, now you CAN’T For Websites: links original text graphics audio video Coding (html etc.)

2. Summary of Multimedia Fair Use Guidelines Students may incorporate others' works into their multimedia creations and perform and display them for academic assignments Faculty may incorporate others' works into their multimedia creations to create multimedia curriculum materials to teach remote classes where access and total number of students is limited; technology makes copying impossible if materials can be copied, they may only be made available remotely (by network) for 15 days and then must be placed on reserve for on-site (at the remote location) use only Faculty may demonstrate their multimedia creations at professional symposia and retain same in their own portfolios Time limit on fair use: 2 years from completion of the multimedia work Copies limit: generally, only 2, but joint work creators may each have a copy Portion limits: motion media - up to 10% or 3 minutes, whichever is less text - up to 10% or 1000 words, whichever is less poem - up to 250 words, but further limited to: three poems or portions of poems by one poet; or five poems or portions of poems by different poets from an anthology music - up to 10% or 30 seconds, whichever is less photos and images - up to 5 works from one author; up to 10% or 15 works, whichever is less, from a collection database information - up to 10% or 2500 fields or cell entries, whichever is less Summary of Multimedia Fair Use Guidelines Students may incorporate others' works into their multimedia creations and perform and display them for academic assignments Faculty may incorporate others' works into their multimedia creations to create multimedia curriculum materials to teach remote classes where access and total number of students is limited; technology makes copying impossible if materials can be copied, they may only be made available remotely (by network) for 15 days and then must be placed on reserve for on-site (at the remote location) use only Faculty may demonstrate their multimedia creations at professional symposia and retain same in their own portfolios Time limit on fair use: 2 years from completion of the multimedia work Copies limit: generally, only 2, but joint work creators may each have a copy Portion limits: motion media - up to 10% or 3 minutes, whichever is less text - up to 10% or 1000 words, whichever is less poem - up to 250 words, but further limited to: three poems or portions of poems by one poet; or five poems or portions of poems by different poets from an anthology music - up to 10% or 30 seconds, whichever is less photos and images - up to 5 works from one author; up to 10% or 15 works, whichever is less, from a collection database information - up to 10% or 2500 fields or cell entries, whichever is less

3. Creative Commons Creative Commons defines the spectrum of Possibilities between full copyright-all rights Reserved-and the public domain-no rights Reserved. Creative commons is a “some rights reserved” copyright.

4. Rhetorical Virtues Property, Speech, and the Commons on the World-Wide Web by Rosemary J. Coombe and Andrew Herman

5. What is ‘ property ’ ? “Property is when I own something.” Roots of the word: Latin word propius that which one owns a standard of behavior, conduct that is "proper”

6. Modern Commodities: The Corporate Identity logo, brand name, and marketing persona are a corporation’s most valuable assets. Product Brand Name Corporate source Positive Feelings

7. Case Study: LEGO and the Maori Words Culture Iconography… …become the intellectual Property rights Of LEGO

8. Our language is not just about communication, it is about the activity of life... And given that our whole culture is built into the language, our spirituality is tied into the words To the non-maori, maori words are just words that hold no intrinsic value, either positive or negative. Therefore, the decision to use a particular word is mine. Maori: LEGO:

9. The ‘Contact Zone’ “social spaces where disparate cultures meet, clash, and grapple with each other” “abstraction, commodification, and separation of language and culture from peoples' social lives and from the active performances through which we express meaning and value in human communities” The current, corporate and political form of intellectual property is the:

10. Commonality: What needs to be protected? ? ? What are the strengths/weaknesses of the Creative Commons? How does this affect us as writers?