Intellectual Property and Open Movements (IP&OM)

Issues and developments related to Intellectual Property (e.g. Copyright, Fair Use, Patents, Trademarks, Trade Secrets) and Open Movements (e.g. Open Access, Open Data, Open Educational Resources (OER)), examined in the "Intellectual Property and Open Movements" and "Ethics of Data, Information, and Emerging Technologies" graduate courses I teach at the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. -- Kip Currier, PhD, JD

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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Burning CDs checked out from the library: ripping or ripping off?; Chicago Tribune, 11/28/09

Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune; Burning CDs checked out from the library: ripping or ripping off?:

When you burn CDs checked out from the library onto your computer, are you ripping -- or ripping off? Defenders call it fair use; others call it piracy

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-1028-library-cdsoct28,0,2130763.story