10. “The Congress shall have Power ... To
promote the Progress of Science and
useful Arts, by securing for limited
Times to Authors and Inventors the
Exclusive Right to their respective
Writings and Discoveries.”
(USC 17, Article 1, Section 8)
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11. “The Congress shall have Power ... To
promote the Progress of Science and
useful Arts, by securing for limited
Times to Authors and Inventors the
Exclusive Right to their respective
Writings and Discoveries.”
(USC 17, Article 1, Section 8)
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12. . To promote the Progress of Science
and useful Arts, by securing for limited
Times to Authors and Inventors the
Exclusive Right to their respective
Writings and Discoveries.”
(USC 17, Article 1, Section 8)
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13. What is copyright?
The right of the author/
creator to control.
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24. Items you can use
• Public Domain
• Fair Use
• Creative Commons
• GNU/Linux
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25. Public Domain
• Look for announcement of “public domain”
• Most clip art collections
• Most pre-1923 works
• Some image banks
• Some software
• GNU licenses
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28. Fair Use
• What is the character of the use?
• What is the nature of the use?
• How much will you use?
• What are the market effects?
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