Week 12 - Info Wars, Part I: Copyright and Intellectual Property (March 27)

Readings for today:

• Siva Vaidhyanathan, “Copyright and American Culture. Ideas, Expressions, and Democracy," in Copyrights and Copywrongs, pp. 17-34.
• Siva Vaidhyanathan, "Welcome to the Surveillance Society," IEEE SPECTRUM, June 2011.
• Watch: Aaron Swartz on the fight against Internet censorship & SOPA 
• In-class screening: Steal This Film

For further reading & research:

• Siva Vaidhyanathan articles and interviews in the media
• Steal This Film (website)
• Kembrew McLeod - Professor and copyright activist (website)
• The legality of re-selling purchased digital music, via Slate.

Keywords: copyright, pirating, intellectual property, the commons