Name/Title
Bound by law? : tales from the public domainEntry/Object ID
Library.626Description
72 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Title from cover.
"Trapped in a Struggle She Didn't Understand"--cover.
"By Day A Filmmaker ... By Night She Fought For Fair Use!"--cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 71)
Summary: A documentary is being filmed. A cell phone rings, playing the "Rocky" theme song. The filmmaker is told she must pay $10,000 to clear the rights to the song. Can this be true? "Eyes on the Prize", the great civil rights documentary, was pulled from circulation because the filmmakers' rights to music and footage had expired. What's going on here? It's the collision of documentary filmmaking and intellectual property law, and it's the inspiration for this comic book. Follow its heroine Akiko as she films her documentary, and navigates the twists and turns of intellectual property. Why do we have copyrights? What's "fair use"? Bound By Law reaches beyond documentary film to provide a commentary on the most pressing issues facing law, art, property and an increasingly digital world of remixed culture.
Also available online in HTML, PDF and Macromedia Flash formats.Collection
LibraryLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Fair use (Copyright)--United States-- Comic books, strips, etc., Public domain (Copyright law) -- Comic books, strips, etc., Copyright -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.Publication Details
Author
Aoki, Keith 1955-, Boyle, James, 1959-
Jenkins, Jennifer.
Duke University. Center for the Study of the Public Domain.Publisher
Duke [University] Center for the Study of the Public DomainPlace Published
* Untyped Place Published
[Durham, N.C.]Call No.
KF 3050 .A54 2006ISBN
0974155314