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Tutorial Report on Piracy and Property

Chapter 1 and Chapter 6, Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig

Friday 13th April 2012
Literature and Law, University of Canberra
8 minute presentation

Matthew Robinson
Emerging Academic
University of Canberra

Contents

Chapter Overviews [edit]

Free Culture - How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity.

Chapter 1:

This chapter looks at the relationships between copyright and creativity, looking at the development of ...

at the development and change of copyright ... and development of copy

Main Points:

  • Point 1


Chapter 6.

This chapter

Main Points:

  • Point 1

Free Culture [edit]

  • What is meant by free culture?
  • Why is it important?
  • What are the benefits?
  • What arguments against free culture exist?

Essay [edit]

Question: Does copyright help or hinder education?

  • How does 'Free Culture" relate to education?
  • Open Education
  • Building on knowledge
  • Making knowledge accessible - i.e. textbooks, learning courses, etc. / The believe that the products of publically-funded academic research, teaching, and services should be freely and openly available [1]
  • University entities
  • Creativity
  • Educating kids out of creativity [2]
  • Psychology
  • Ego (i.e. academic)

See Also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. Neill, J. (2010). Copyright. [Online] Avaliable at http://ucspace.canberra.edu.au/display/~s613374/Copyright
  2. Robinson, K. (2009). Schools Kill Creativity [Video]. Retrieved from: http://www.youtube.com