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SIGGRAPH2008 Know Your Rights: A Legal Primer for Software Developers, Artists and Content Creators Copyright and Open Licensing Jishnu Menon Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Find out more about Creative Commons at  http:// creativecommons.org . You can find this slide deck at  http://SlideShare.net
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What is Copyright? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Some Differences from Patents and Trademarks ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Some Limits of Copyright Law ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Copyright and Fair Use ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The Perfect Storm ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Source:  http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Spectrumofrights_Comic1  Cartoon concept and  design by Neeru Paharia. Original illustrations by Ryan Junell, Photos by Matt Haughey.  licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0.
How Creative Commons Licenses Address the “All Rights Reserved” Dilemma ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Human Readable Code
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Open Source ,[object Object],[object Object]
The “Copyleft” Movement ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Do open licensing schemes make “economic sense” beyond the broader social utility?
Open Source and Copyleft Software ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What about other content?
“A week after the album's release, the official Nine Inch Nails site reported over 750,000 purchase and download transactions, amassing over US$1.6 million in sales.” Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghosts_I-IV#cite_note-tribune-12
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SIGGRAPH 2008 - Copyright and Open Licensing

  • 1. SIGGRAPH2008 Know Your Rights: A Legal Primer for Software Developers, Artists and Content Creators Copyright and Open Licensing Jishnu Menon Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Find out more about Creative Commons at http:// creativecommons.org . You can find this slide deck at http://SlideShare.net
  • 2. Unless otherwise noted, this slide deck is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license .
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  • 8. Source: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Spectrumofrights_Comic1 Cartoon concept and design by Neeru Paharia. Original illustrations by Ryan Junell, Photos by Matt Haughey. licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0.
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  • 11. Machine Readable Code <a rel=&quot;license&quot; href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/&quot;>Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License</a>
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  • 20. Do open licensing schemes make “economic sense” beyond the broader social utility?
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  • 22. What about other content?
  • 23. “A week after the album's release, the official Nine Inch Nails site reported over 750,000 purchase and download transactions, amassing over US$1.6 million in sales.” Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghosts_I-IV#cite_note-tribune-12
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  • 26. More Creative Commons Case Studies http://creativecommons.org/projects/casestudies License Generator http://creativecommons.org/license/
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