Hip Hughes History
The TPP Explained
An overview of the Trans Pacific Partnership including the TPA just passed by Congress.
Curated Video
Protecting Innovation: Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights for Businesses
This video discusses the practices businesses can use to protect their innovative ideas from competitors. The three methods discussed are patents, trademarks, and copyright laws. The video also explains the importance of intellectual...
GCFGlobal.org
Using Creative Commons Content
What if there was a way to get content online without having to worry about copyright laws? As it turns out, there is! Scholars discover how to use content from the creative commons. They learn about the guidelines they must follow when...
GCFGlobal.org
How to Copyright Your Content
A person can't lock up a musical performance or video in a safe, but there are ways to protect creative content from theft. Viewers see how to copyright original content in the United States. Pupils learn how to register their work with...
GCFGlobal.org
Understanding Copyright, Public Domain, and Fair Use
What are copyright, public domain, and fair use practices? Scholars find out by watching the second of four videos from a media literacy series. They learn about how copyright laws protect intellectual property and understand the...
Crash Course
Media Policy and You: Crash Course Media Literacy #9
Sharing is caring! How much does your class know about the laws that govern sharing on social media and other areas of the Internet? The video, part of an ongoing series about media literacy, examines copyright laws, intellectual...
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
How Facebook Is Stealing Billions of Views
Have you ever posted a video that's gone viral? Savvy social media scholars examine the not-so-honest practice of using autoplay to count video views during a thought-provoking video. The animated video depicts the life of an uploaded...
Crash Course
IP Problems, YouTube, and the Future
The last episode in the mini-series exploring intellectual property laws recaps the major points examined in the other six videos and the problems that have developed. In addition, the narrator shares his predictions for the future of IP...
Crash Course
Trademarks and Avoiding Consumer Confusion
What's the difference between trademarks and copyright? The three requirements for trademarks, the process for applying for a trademark, and influencing factors like genericide (aspirin, kleenex®, etc.), are all explored in the...
Crash Course
Patents, Novelty, and Trolls
The big idea in the fourth of a series of seven videos about intellectual property is that patents are for things while copyright for ideas. The narrator explains the five requirements that inventors address in order to be granted a patent.
Crash Course
Copyright, Exceptions, and Fair Use
Why have courts declared the Fair Use clause the most troublesome in copyright law? Does this clause mean that teachers can use copyrighted materials for educational purposes? What are the exceptions to copyright enforcement? Find...
Crash Course
Copyright Basics
What is the law of copyright? What types of things can be copyrighted? What types of materials can not be copyrighted? Find out by viewing the second video in a series about the hot topic of intellectual property.
TED-Ed
How Did Dracula Become the World's Most Famous Vampire?
What has copyright law have to do with the Dracula, the most famous vampire in history? Check out the twisted tale of how a fight over the royalty rights to Bram Stoker's novel gave immortality to the blood sucker.
Curated Video
Copyright
Introduce your class to the concept of copyright with a series of activities. Pupils first learn about copyright laws and fair use, putting their knowledge to the test with a quick categorizing task. They then watch a video and answer...
Khan Academy
SOPA and PIPA
Your learners will be very interested to learn about the Stop Online Piracy Act and how copyright infringement was challenged by a bill introduced into the United States Congress in 2012. The video provides an overview of the the bill's...
Crash Course
Crash Course Intellectual Property: Introduction
Crash Course video with Stan Mueller discussing the first segment in a series on Intellectual Property (IP). In this episode, Stan introduces the topic by explaining what IP is and why you need to know about it. [10:09]
Crash Course
Crash Course Intellectual Property #2: Copyright Basics
Part of a series on Intellectual Property, Stan Muller is teaching us the basics about copyright law in the United States. [12:17]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: On Copyright and Hacking Your Phone
Rules issued last week by the US Copyright Office give legal sanction to 'jailbreaking' a cell phone, unlocking it to operate on different carriers, and more.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Is Aereo the Latest Tv Technology Disruptor?
Is Aereo a high-tech TV game changer or a clever way to get around broadcast copyright law?