Digital Information: Digital copyright and licenses Flashcards
Copyrighted
there are intellectual property rights to the creator (legal) in which they can decide if their product can be copied and under what conditions
Berne Convention
an international agreement on copyright across borders
Authors need to post copyright notices
True or False
false; they don’t need to but they can to enforce it in court (if needed)
Do copyrights last into authors death
The Berne Convention states a minimum duration of 50 years after the author’s death, but the United States extended that to 70 years in most cases
After copyrights expire what happens to the work
It goes to the public domain
what does it mean if something is in the public domain
it can be used and adapted by anyone without restriction
Fair Use
allows limited use of copyrighted materials for purposes like criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, or research
what can happen due to copyright violations
ppl/companies can get sued
digital rights management (DRM)
tools that restrict where and how a user can use copyrighted media
example of drm
Spotify has this thing where itscrambles audio if u play a song on a non Spotify app
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
criminalizes the production and distribution of technology that tries to circumvent DRM
how is the dcma used irl
ppl sending takedown requests (for like a work that they did that someone else used without citing them) if they don’t comply they can face legal action
complaints associated with dcma
- there’s sm complaints –> not all of the valid
- sometimes the work that gets a taken down is legit
complaints with both DRM and dcma
they can eliminate user friendly options like helping blind ppl read (braille) on e-books
if you make smth someone can EDIT (NOT distributed) it
true or false
false
Copyright license
a license that creative owners can have that can lessen or increase the copyright restrictions on their piece (LEGAL DOCUMENT)
examples of copyright licenses
creative Commons, open source
creative Commons license
a license so that makes it so that the other work (not the og) follows the rules of share alike, non-commercial, and no derivatives
share like
The reused work must be licensed using the same CC license as the original work
non commercial
The reused work can only be used for non-commercial purposes.
no derivatives
The original work can be distributed and displayed, but it cannot be modified.
share alike symbol
SA –> cycling symbol thing
non commercial symbol
circle with $ crossed out
BY meaning and symbol
non of work must attributed to og Creator –> circle with person
Open Source Licenses
enables other programmers to bring the code into their own projects, as long as their reuse meets the conditions of the license ( can be decided by the person)
open source code
code from copyright protected works that can be copy pasted with some restrictions depending on the open source license
pros of open source code
makes life easier –> allows for more collaboration + people can spend less time typing out blah code and more time typing out their own code
cons of open source code
safety (hacker can change code and fuck up a bunch of ppls codes)
what does it mean if a work is in the Public Domain
the work is no longer protected by copyright laws + restrictions
how do works get into the public domain
if the copyrights expire or the creator chooses to put their work in there
open access
movement to make open access to scientific data + journals so ppl can learn more
concern with online publishing
- its super easy to make websites now so ydk if a website that says peer reviewed rly has peer reviewed data
why is not all data allowed for public use (like to make sciency journals and new info)
bc personal privacy and laws and stuff
do all creative Commons licenses have to have all of the rules
no only the rules stated in the copyright title of their copyright
