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"Sita Sings the Blues" DVD Announcement List (now closed -- visit the store instead!)

Submitted by admin on Tue, 2009-03-31 23:31

DVDs of Sita Sings the Blues are now available at the Sita Store! Please visit the store to purchase DVDs; there is no more need to sign up on the announcement list. Those who already signed up have receiveds email telling them that the DVD is available.

Those who already signed up will receive an email in the next day or so, telling them what this notice already says.

See questioncopyright.com/sita.html for more.

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The Surprising Origins (and Future) of Copyright

Learn the unexpected history of copyright: its origins as a censorship law transformed into a monopoly to support the nascent publishing industry, and how helping writers and artists was not its goal then or now.

The "Creator-Endorsed" Mark:

A seal that enables artists to signal which distributors share revenue with them, while still allowing the artist's work to spread freely.

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Videos

To document the public perception of copyright today, we went around Chicago with a video camera over two days in the summer of 2006, asking strangers what they think about copyright...

"The Revolution Will Be Animated" (documentary by Marine Lormant Sebag)

A documentary film focusing on animator Nina Paley and her decision to release her feature film Sita Sings the Blues under a Creative Commons Share Alike license.

"History of Copyright and Information Ownership" (Talk by Karl Fogel, at the Stanford University Library, 19 Oct 2006)

The talk lasts about 90 minutes, including the question-and-answer period. The audience members' backgrounds were in library science, computer science, publishing, and law, so the Q&A is as useful as the talk.