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A proposal to reform first sale rights
In a digital age, reselling media can be cast as illegal duplication
By Sarah Laskow Jul 2, 2013 at 06:55 AM
In its current iteration, copyright law gives us content consumers a right that we've internalized so thoroughly that most people... More
Anything but dull
The House kicks off its review of copyright by finding out how limited agreement about the law is
By Sarah Laskow May 17, 2013 at 04:09 PM
Rep. Howard Coble knows the reputation of intellectual property law--that it is dull and boring. But at a Congressional hearing... More
Audit Notes: China slows, Romney’s taxes, copyright
Inventories pile up, posing another threat to the global economy
By Ryan Chittum Aug 27, 2012 at 06:50 AM
The New York Times looks at a glut of goods clogging up Chinese warehouses—an ominous sign for the global economy:... More
Audit Notes: Data Pool 3, The UK Prints, Copyright
By Ryan Chittum Jan 30, 2012 at 07:56 PM
Scotland Yard arrested four top current and former Sun journalists and a cop. The Guardian's Nick Davies gives us the... More
Audit Notes: digital ads, margins of error, freehadists
French publishing’s online revenues make the Americans look good
By Ryan Chittum Nov 6, 2012 at 06:50 AM
This New York Times story is nice on the coming attempt in Europe to get Google to pay content providers... More
Audit Notes: Fake or real Jeff Jarvis?, Wolf on Ryan, robots and labor
Replacing copyright with something called “creditright”
By Ryan Chittum Aug 21, 2012 at 06:50 AM
This may seem like a Fake Jeff Jarvis post, but it's real-life Jeff Jarvis: Creators don’t need protection from copying.... More
Audit Notes: Google moves on copyright, The Daily Shoe, Olympics
As its business interest aligns with content producers
By Ryan Chittum Aug 10, 2012 at 09:28 PM
Google will finally begin to penalize pirate sites in its search algorithm. What took so long? The Wall Street Journal... More
Audit Notes: Regressive Taxes, Another Task Force, Keller on Copyright
By Ryan Chittum Feb 7, 2012 at 12:38 AM
Kevin Drum looks at how regressive taxes are at the state and local level, an issue that doesn't get nearly... More
Copyright 101.2
How CopyrightX managed to convince hundreds of online students to stick with a course on copyright law
By Sarah Laskow May 21, 2013 at 02:56 PM
CopyrightX, an online course run out of Harvard this spring as part of the EdX program, was unusual in a... More
Copyright and punishment
A panel of Internet entrepreneurs tackle property rights in the digital age
By Hazel Sheffield Jul 19, 2012 at 10:57 AM
“I’m a copyright moderate, but I get painted as a radical!” moaned the author Rob Reid to a woman clutching... More
Copyright for copy writers
“Work-for-hire” contracts in a digital age
By Sarah Laskow Jul 10, 2013 at 10:10 AM
As a freelance writer, I've signed some contracts that consist of a couple simple paragraphs, and others that had tangles... More
Crediting the source code
While most of us recognize that text and images are protected by copyright laws, code copyright is less understood
By Michael J. Bellantoni and Shiwani Neupane Mar 4, 2013 at 02:50 PM
Open Google Chrome and go to your favorite website. Right click, scroll down, and select "Inspect Element." The lower-third of... More
Defining “Fair Use” for the Digital Age
Aufderheide and Jaszi on how to put the balance back in copyright
By David Riedel Oct 12, 2011 at 11:30 AM
Reclaiming Fair Use: How to Put the Balance Back in Copyright | By Patricia Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi | University... More
Fair game
A new set of principles aims to help journalists improve their understanding of fair use
By Sarah Laskow Jun 7, 2013 at 10:00 AM
News breaks. A crime, an accident, a natural disaster. The newsroom starts gathering information, and among the sources reporters and... More
French antipiracy efforts unsuccessful
The French government started cracking down on illegal downloading, so users switched to illegal streaming
By Alison Langley Mar 27, 2013 at 02:50 PM
Hadopi--a wildly unpopular French antipiracy agency charged with seeking out illegal downloaders for prosecution--may be reorganized, assigned with new duties,... More
Must-reads of the week
Obama’s war on journalism
By The Editors May 24, 2013 at 02:56 PM
Culled from CJR’s frequently updated “Must-reads from around the Web,” our staff recommendations for the best pieces of journalism (and... More
Pity the nutgraf
The AP’s argument that ledes are the heart of its stories helped win a copyright case
By Sarah Laskow Mar 28, 2013 at 02:50 PM
When a reporter writes a story, what is the heart of the work? Is it this paragraph--the lede? This isn't... More
The new copyright alert system is running
And here’s what will happen if you run up against it
By Sarah Laskow Feb 28, 2013 at 03:30 PM
This week, after years of negotiating and planning, five of the largest Internet service providers in the country, in partnership... More
You buy it, you own it
The Supreme Court rules it’s legal to resell here a copyrighted item from abroad
By Sarah Laskow Mar 19, 2013 at 03:30 PM
Supap Kirtsaeng came to the United States from Thailand in 1997 to study at Cornell University and, later, earned his... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
In one tweet
Luke Russert is the Golden Boy of DC
And it drives young journalists crazy
It’s official: We never need to worry about the future of journalism again!
The NYT shows us why
Why does Florida produce so much weird news? Experts explain
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
