The Digital Past

Copyright and Ethics

Before Class:

• Cory Doctorow, “We’ll Probably Never Free Mickey, But That’s Beside the Point.” Electronic Frontier Foundation (2016)
• Corynne McSherry, “Court Upholds Legality of Google Books: Tremendous Victory for Fair Use and the Public Interest,” Electronic Frontier Foundation, November 14, 2013.
• Dan Cohen and Roy Rosenzweig, “Owning the Past,” in Digital History.
• Explore ALA, “Digital Copyright Slider” (2012)
• Explore: Creative Commons, including the “license deed” for each license
• George Mason Copyright Office, sections on copyright and fair use.

During Class

• Asses the usage restrictions on the following sites/sources. Post your conclusions to your blog.
  • The Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls Conference, 1848.
  • “Sub-Committee of Congress, On Visit Here, Inspects East Boston Immigration Station.” Boston Daily Globe, July 10 1927.
  • Time Magazine Corpus of American English
  • TV Archive