Sunday, June 17, 2007

Copyright Explained by Disney



Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University provides this humorous, yet informative, review of copyright principles delivered through the words of the very folks we can thank for nearly endless copyright terms.

In an age where copyright laws are getting ridiculous, this is an important film explaining when infringing copyright is allowed. When copyright was first conceived, they realised that after a period of time, material should be allowed to be copied, in order to come up with new ideas.... now, however, using copyrighted material sends you straight into a legal hell.

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