Composition and copyright : perspectives on teaching, text-making, and fair use.

Composition and copyright : perspectives on teaching, text-making, and fair use.

vi, 225 pages ; 23 cm

9781438425924
9781438425917 hardback
1438425910 hardback
1438425929 paperback

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This title examines how copyright law is currently influencing processes of teaching and writing within universities. It concentrates on increasing digital lteracy, new media and internet writing. The question of what constitues 'infringement' or 'fair use' are considered in the context of the current legal framework.

Property, theft, piracy : rhetoric and regulation in MGM Studios v. Grokster / Jessica Reyman. Fair use and the vulnerability of criticism on the Internet / Sohui Lee. "Some rights reserved" : weblogs with creative commons licenses / Clancy Ratliff. In defense of obfuscation : questioning open source and a new perspective on teaching digital literacy in the writing classroom / Brian Ballentine. A refrain of costly fires : visual rhetoric, writing pedagogy, and copyright law / Steve Westbrook. Beyond the wake-up call : learning what students know about copyright / Lisa Dush. Ideas toward a fair use heuristic : visual rhetoric and composition / Martine Courant Rife. Blogging down : copyright law and blogs in the classroom / TyAnna K. Herrington. The (re)birth of the composer / John Logie. Own your rights : know when your university can claim ownership of your work / Jeff Galin.
This title examines how copyright law is currently influencing processes of teaching and writing within universities. It concentrates on increasing digital lteracy, new media and internet writing. The question of what constitues 'infringement' or 'fair use' are considered in the context of the current legal framework.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

New York : Suny, Press, 2009.

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