Copyright 101 for Coders

Brian RoweFreedom for IP

2L Seattle University LawApril 27th 2008

infringement nationJohn Tehranian

$4.544 billion in potential damages each year

Copyright for coders &

Copyright applied to code

Opt in v.

Opt out

$150,000

Contract Damages lost $

DMCA&

Safe harbor

GPL

BSD

Writing your own terms?!

Four Factor Test - Section 107

• fair use of a copyrighted work… for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining fair use the factors to be considered shall include—

– the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;

– the nature of the copyrighted work; – the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to

the copyrighted work as a whole; and – the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value

of the copyrighted work.

Creative Commons

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NC

Links for Coders

Free Software FoundationSoftware Freedom Law CenterStanford Fair Use CenterElectronic Frontier Foundation/.Creative Commons Flickr