Copyright / Intellectual Property Portfolio

  1. Browse Candace Breitz, (candacebreitz.net) and the video installations she has created have been the center of copyright discussion/controversy. I would like for you to browse her following works:

- ‘Working Class Hero’

- ‘King’

- ‘Queen’

- ‘Legend’

Reflection:

·  Do you consider this art? What do you think of the installations? Which do you like best? Explain.

·  Do you think Candace Breitz offers a creative interpretation (presentation)? Do you think it is original? Explain.

·  Does an artist (Candace Breitz) have the right to adapt the singer / songwriter’s music and make it her own? Explain.

·  What is your opinion of her ‘rights’ to create this art form?

·  What is your opinion of the original artist’s ‘rights’ in this process?

2.  Rip: A Remix Manifesto Documentary

Read the following article and connect to the following questions:

o  http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/14/business/new-economy-intellectual-property-debate-takes-page-19th-century-america.html?pagewanted=1

o  Where do you side within this aspect of intellectual property debate?

§  Supplement your thinking / stance with 2 pieces of annotated research (make overall comments toward REMIX)

o  Implement the article’s TRIP model (your opinion of it) into a discussion of Rip: A Remix Manifesto.

§  Supplement your thoughts with 1 piece of annotated research

Watch the following ‘FEE’ discussion / debate on Intellectual Property:

o  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2jSabFiYQY&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1

o  Which of the participants do you align with in terms of your initial thinking on intellectual property?

o  What point (s) resounds with you from this discussion?

3.  NYT ‘Room for Debate’ Have we Become more willing to pay for content?

  1. http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/09/22/have-consumers-become-more-willing-to-pay-for-content
  2. Using the above ‘deliberation’, discuss your thoughts of the topic. Provide which ‘essay’ you gravitate to and defend that position.
  3. Provide 2 pieces of supplemental research (in which you annotate toward your thought process).
  1. NYT ‘Room for Debate’ ‘What’s the best way to protect against online privacy?’
  2. http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/01/18/whats-the-best-way-to-protect-against-online-piracy
  3. Using the above ‘deliberation’, discuss your thoughts of the topic. Provide which ‘essay’ you gravitate to and defend that position.
  4. Provide 2 pieces of supplemental research (in which you annotate toward your thought process).
  1. SOPA:
  2. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/opinion/what-wikipedia-wont-tell-you.html?_r=1&hp
6.  ‘REMIX’ SCASD Policy :
In groups of 3:
a.  Rewrite the ‘Copyright Policy’ for SCASD
  1. Annotate 3 resources that support your thoughts / policy / changes
  2. Follow policy as written, make changes, incorporate thoughts of ‘Remix’ into paragraph explanation of your product
  3. Fair use guidelines for SCASD
  4. Annotate 3 resources that support your thoughts / policy / changes
  5. Follow policy as written, make changes, incorporate thoughts of ‘Remix’ into paragraph explanation of your product
  6. Intellectual Property policy for SCASD
  7. Annotate 3 resources that support your thoughts / policy / changes
  8. Follow policy as written, make changes, incorporate thoughts of ‘Remix’ into paragraph explanation of your product
  1. ‘Teaching Copyright’: http://www.teachingcopyright.org/curriculum/hs/3#objectives
  2. The copyright statute codifies the following four factors in weighing whether or not the use of a copyrighted work is a fair use (same as SCASD Fair Use Policy):

i.  The purpose and character of the use

ii.  The nature of the copyrighted work

iii.  The amount and substantiality of the portion used

iv.  The effect of the use on the market for the original

  1. http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7030 ‘Illegal Art’
  2. What singular point / statement resounded with you in this text? Explain why it impacted you.
  3. Did you click the ‘I Accept’ button without reading the content? Do you think that is a good idea? If you did, go back and read it.
  4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNHqX27hlz8 ‘Stop the Falsiness’
  5. Using the ‘Teaching Copyright’ website, look at the break down of the FOUR FACTORS in their viewpoint.
  6. Do you agree with each?
  7. Overall, is this clip breaching copyright law in your eyes?
  8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJn_jC4FNDo ‘A Fair(y) Tale’
  9. Using the ‘Teaching Copyright’ website, look at the break down of the FOUR FACTORS in their viewpoint.
  10. Do you agree with each?
  11. Overall, is this clip breaching copyright law in your eyes?