Take an MIT course, Introduction to Copyright Law January 5, 2007
Groklaw posted about a great resource for people who want to learn more about copyright law. MIT OpenCourseWare is offering this course, an Introduction to Copyright Law and American law in general, on line for free.
The course description says “Topics covered include: structure of federal law; basics of legal research; legal citations; how to use LexisNexis®; the 1976 Copyright Act; copyright as applied to music, computers, broadcasting, and education; fair use; Napster®, Grokster®, and Peer-to-Peer file-sharing; Library Access to Music Project; The 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act; DVDs and encryption; software licensing; the GNU® General Public License and free software.”
There are lots of other free MIT courses so go get yourself all learned up for free.
- Posted in : Copyright Law, Free Downloads, Fair Use Rights, MIT
- Author : fairuseday
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