[Rumori] Detritus Update: Copyright Comic

[steev@detritus.net]

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                             March 15, 2006


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http://detritus.net/blog/archives/000610.html

hi gang, here's my reaction to the comic Kembrew mentioned....

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<img src="/images/cspd064.gif" align=right>Three law profs from the
Center for the Public Domain release <a
href="http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/zoomcomic.html">a new comic
book</a> about copyright, fair use, and implications for documentary
filmmakers. If you've been following this stuff none of what it covers
will be new information to you, but it's an entertaining format.  The
illustrations are a great mix of collaged elements and drawings.  

It's really nice work, but the curious thing about the comic is that it
contains a wealth of visual allusions and in-jokes that are not
explained  (like the sudden appearance of the Linux penguin), so that
only those already "in the know" about these issues will "get" them.
And yet the humor style is mostly pretty corny and "un-hip", as if the
authors were aiming for a soccer-mom, Joe 6-Pack, kind of audience,
despite the fact that the message is obviously directed toward
filmmakers and other artists.  The content pretty much follows the <a
href="http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/fairuse.htm">report by the
Center for Social Media issued last year</a> about copyright culture
implications for documentary filmmakers.

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