American Digital Copyright Laws
The purpose
of this activity is to help each other understand the complexities of
American Copyright laws,
especially as
they relate to digital copyright.
Before Class
- Read the summary
of the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act and divide the reading of Title
17:
Chapter 10 (Digital Audio Recording Devises And Media) and Chapter 11 (Sound Recordings
And Music Videos) among your group. As you read these be thinking how they relate to your
position as a writer in the Digital Copyright Case. - Research texts about recent court cases (1999 and after). Look for primary texts (the actual court case briefs) and secondary texts (articles about the court cases) with an understanding about how each serves as evidence. Coordinate with your group to find one court case per person in your group. Each person should read through the primary and secondary texts to gain a thorough understanding of one of these cases.
- Get together with your group and share what you have learned.
- As an individual, write a 500-750 word brief summary of the texts you read and explain how the court cases that you and/or your group looked at applied (or did not apply) to these laws. Also comment about how this information will be relevant to your approach of the DCC. Send it to the instructor and your group members before class.
During Class
- Work with your DCC groups.
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Research
Groups
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Asad,
Jip, Syn Yee
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Christina, Lee, Navin, Sahar |
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Eunji,
JD, Sung, Amy
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Rahul,
Ray, Roy, Jawad
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Aida,
Yenny, Ati, Baddr
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- For the first forty-five minutes of the class collaboratively
compose a memo
in MS Word to the instructor that addresses the following prompts.
- Summarize both the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the chapters 10 and 11 of Title 17.
- List some specific part of the text that your group found confusing. First share anything that confused you with your group, and try to assist each other. Then include anything that the group had problems with in the memo.
- Discuss
the similarities and differences between Title 17 and the Digital
Millennium Copyright
Act. Find specific places where the two legal documents support each other about the same point. - Do these laws appropriately address current technologies and the quick evolution of technology? Explain.
- Were these laws appropriately applied during recent court cases? Explain using examples from your readings. What parts of these laws were emphasized? And what parts were de-emphasized?