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Freedom of Expression : Resistance and Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property

Kembrew McLeod (Film producer), Jeremy Smith (Film producer, Film editor), Sut Jhally (Film producer), Jeremy Earp (Film producer), Naomi Klein (Narrator), David Bollier, Marjorie Heins, Carrie McLaren, James Boyle, Siva Vaidhyanathan, John Sorensen, Inga Chernyak, Lawrence Lessig, Patricia Aufderheide, Eric Cunha, Eric Faden (Filmmaker), Rick Prelinger (Filmmaker), Justin Cone (Filmmaker), David Moore (Filmmaker), Jeremy Levine (Filmmaker), Rebekah Farrugia (Filmmaker), Jennifer Machiorlatti (Filmmaker), Media Education Foundation (Production company, Film distributor), American University (Washington, D.C.). Center for Social Media (Production company), Creative Commons (Organization) (Production company)
Explores the issue of fair use in copyright law. Artists, authors, lawyers, and others discuss the implications of creation, creative use, intellectual ownership, and public domain when it comes in conflict with established copyright law. Through news clips, film excerpts, music, legal cases, satire, and a wide range of other examples and illustrations, the concerns regarding traditional copyright laws' infringing on freedom of expression are examined and critiqued

DVD Video, English, 2007