Re: [politics] [d@DCC] Educational DVD

From: Darryl Moore <darryl _-at-_ mfe.ca>
To: "General Copyright Discussions (questions, organizing, etc)" <discuss (at) list.digital-copyright.ca>
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 21:44:47 -0400
References: <43440AC1.5452.8B6B101@tOM.Abacurial.com>

Here is a brief list. You can see it all at www.moores.ca/dvd. Have a
look and give my your thoughts.

**Presentation**
Lawrence Lessig flash presentation with speach
Lawrence Lessig video presentation
Lawrence Lessig book 'Free Culture'
3 Richard Stallman video presentation
Micheal Geist book 'In the Public Interest'

**Music**
Hey ya Charlie brown - music video featuring 'Peanuts'
Video of Bush and Blair singing Endless love together
The Grey Album - complete
Grey Album Music Video
Negativland - U2 and Cassy Kasem song
Negativland - No business music video

**Literature**
The Cat NOT in the hat - book band in the states (complete text!)
After the rain - story of peter pan (discussed, no content)
The Wind done gone - also only discussed

**Film / TV**
Tarnation - film teaser included
WKRP - list of songs removed from sindicated version
Eyes on the prize - first 2 minutes of first episode
Steamboad willie/Buster Keaton - discussed (no content)

**Adverts**
Friends of CBC video pulled due to RCMP trademark issue
VW Polo ad (unauthorized?)
2 Ford Sportka ads (unauthorized?)






On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 17:17 -0400, tOM Trottier wrote:
> Dear Darryl,
> 
> You could also include some pertinent public domain and Creative Commons books 
> on your disk, eg "Anne of Green Gables" and "In the Public Interest: The Future of 
> Canadian Copyright Law" 
> 
> What's on it so far?
> 
> tOM
> 
> On 5 Oct 2005 at 10:35,
> Darryl Moore <discuss@list.digital-copyright.ca> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > http://moores.ca.nyud.net:8090/dvd/
> > 
> > OK, I've made a few more changes to my educational DVD. Interesting
> > to note also that while I'm putting this together strictly for the
> > edification of MPs and the public, I am not covered by any sort of
> > educational exception as institutions would be. Therefore, what I am
> > doing is illegal. If they were to do the same thing, it would not
> > be. I might have to work that into my legal.html page somewhere.
> > 
> > I haven't had to much feedback from people, however I will not let
> > that dissuade me, I still plan to burn 300 of these and send them to
> > MPs next week.
> > 
> > There is one other angle I thought about including here which I'd
> > like some feed back on. Lucy Maud Montgomery's works hit the public
> > domain back in '93 I think. That did not stop her heirs and PEI from
> > trying to extend their hold on the cash cow called "Anne of Green
> > Gables". There now exists something called "The Anne of Green Gables
> > Licencing Authority" http://www.gov.pe.ca/anne/index.php3 which has
> > a government 'official mark' on everything to do with the story.
> > This official mark is better than trademark as they do not actually
> > have to produce anything to require others to buy a licence from
> > them. There is some case law to support it as well
> > http://www.bereskinparr.com/English/publications/art_html/copyright-
> > wont-work-tonus.html
> > 
> > (go to the section titled CHARACTERS) 
> > 
> > see also: http://www.avonlea-traditions.com/trademarks.php
> > 
> > To my mind this is a blatant pillaging of the public domain and an
> > attempt to circumvent the limitations of copyright through the use
> > of trademark law.
> > 
> > An I right?
> > 
> > 
> > 
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