Copyright 101 for IMT 500

Brian Rowe

University of Washington IschoolJan. 12th 2010

infringement nationJohn Tehranian

$4.544 billion in potential damages each year

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Exclusive rights in copyrighted works

(1) to reproduce

(2) to prepare derivative

(3) to distribute copies

(4)perform the copyrighted work publicly

(5) to display the copyrighted work publicly

(6) perform the copyrighted work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission.

Requirement

Fixation

Original Idea

Expression

Can Not Copyright

Short words or Phrases

E=mc^2

typeface

Names

$150,000

Contract Damages lost $

WIPO

Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

(TRIPS)

Copyright?

Quilt

He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the

abyss also gazes into you.

"Beyond Good and Evil"

- Friedrich Nietzsche

Song

Matrix

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.

Text

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Speech

DJ Earworm

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