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Freedom of expression : resistance and repression in the age of intellectual property / produced by Kembrew McLeod and Jeremy Smith ; executive producers, Sut Jhally and Jeremy Earp.

Annenberg Circulation Desk KF2979 .F74 2007
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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
McLeod, Kembrew, 1970- Freedom of expression, author.
Contributor:
Jhally, Sut, producer.
Earp, Jeremy, producer.
McLeod, Kembrew, 1970- producer.
Smith, Jeremy, 1972- producer, screenwriter.
Klein, Naomi, 1970- narrator.
Media Education Foundation, producer, distributor.
Hazel M. Hussong Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
McLeod, Kembrew, 1970---Film adaptations.
McLeod, Kembrew.
Intellectual property--United States.
Intellectual property.
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.).
United States.
Copyright--United States.
Copyright.
Freedom of expression--United States.
Freedom of expression.
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)--Economic aspects--United States.
Genre:
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Title:
Resistance and repression in the age of intellectual property
Place of Publication:
Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, [2007]
Language Note:
In English with optional English subtitles.
System Details:
DVD.
digital
optical
video file
DVD video
Summary:
Explores the issue of fair use in copyright law. Artists, authors, lawyers, and others discuss the implications of creation, creative use, intellectual ownership, and public domain when it comes in conflict with established copyright law. Through news clips, film excerpts, music, legal cases, satire, and a wide range of other examples and illustrations, the concerns regarding traditional copyright laws' infringing on freedom of expression are examined and critiqued.
Contents:
Introduction (2:49)
Free speech in the age of copyright (3:05)
Fencing the cultural commons (10:23)
The rise of the clearance culture (4:50)
Suppressing freedom of information (9:29)
Fighting back (14:00).
Participant:
Narrated by Naomi Klein.
Credits:
DVD author, Jeremy Smith.
Notes:
Based on the book: Freedom of expression / by Kembrew McLeod.
Special features: "A fair(y) use tale" film short (11 min.); "This is Prelinger Archives" film short (11 min.); "Fair use and free speech" (8 min.); "Remix culture" (4 min.); "Building on the past" (2 min.); "Get creative" film short on the history of Creative Commons (7 min.); "Fairy use" (4 min.); "Copyright culture (remixed) vol. 1" (5 min.); "Copyright culture (remixed) vol. 3 illegal art" (11 min.).
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.
ISBN:
1932869182
9781932869187
OCLC:
181597780
Publisher Number:
897952001052

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