Unit 7: Copyright and the Web
Reading Rosenzweig's chapter on copyright helped frame the world of copyright law in a succinct and meaningful way. I see now that there are grey areas to copyright, especially when the idea of fair use is thrown into the mix. As some of my former classmates may know, I have a general interest in the law and spent a year in law school before deciding the study of law was more a hobby than a profession, so I found this information very interesting. I also found the video, A Fair(y) Use Tale , entertaining and informative. Having read Rosenzweig's chapter first, I still balked at the use of Disney's opening in the video, even with the disclaimer. Having grown up in the late 80's and 90s, I remember seeing the FBI warning before movies (on VHS) and knowing that it was illegal to copy a movie and resell it. Later in life, however, I've only been exposed to copyright concerns from an academic perspective; I don't deal commercially with copyright issues at work. D