What is intellectual property?
A Fable
A US View
A World View
Glossary
Fair Use:
General Criteria
Example
Interpretation
P2P Cases:
The
Current
Problem
Important Cases
Lawsuits
against individuals
Recent lawsuits against individuals
(More
Information)
(Example
Letter)
LimeWire:
Effect from Grokster Case
Maybe block
unlicensed MP3s
Make
users aware
Block
files when copyright owners ask
LimeWire sued for copyright infringement
LimeWire countersues
(Same
story, but see related content)
Some
analysis
Conflict
over how to recognize content
Current Situation
Kazaa News
YouTube News
Other
Copyright News
Trusted Computing:
Trusted
Computing
Against
DMCA (Digital
Millennium Copyright Act)
Against
Example: Firefox
(Market
Share)
(Timeline)
Other Examples
More Examples
Open Formats
Becoming
a Government Requirement
Compare Microsoft's OOXML
(Office Open XML)
to the
alternative ODF
(Open Document Format)
Example 1:
Problem: CS 1023 students sometimes submit .docx file. I would like to read them without going through a resubmission process.Possible Solutions: Buy Office 2007. Use a web site that translates .docx files to HTML. Use a programming hint from this web site.
My solution: Create a Perl program with the programming hint to partially translate .docx files to plaintext.
Issue: Am I violating any patent or copyright or the DMCA?
Example 2:
Problem: I want to add a feature to a program so the program can find out what folder/directory it is in.Possible Solution: This web site has a program that prints the folder to the screen.
My solution: Modify the program to return the folder name to another program rather than print it out on the screen.
Issue: Am I violating any patent or copyright or the DMCA?