Wikipedia talk:WikiProject United States Public Policy/Courses/Politics of Piracy fall 2010

Articles to work on for this course
Per the discussion on the Wikipedia Ambassadors group, let's collect articles related to US public policy and piracy.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 16:16, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I believe they are also looking for articles regarding online privacy, copyright, and intellectual property. — GorillaWarfare talk 17:22, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Many court cases are list at List_of_copyright_case_law, and other relevant articles are listed at Copyright_infringement. Also, the category Category:Intellectual property activism may be useful.

Closely related cases

 * Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. - B-class
 * A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc. - C-class
 * Recording Indus. Ass’n of Am. v. Diamond Multimedia Sys., Inc. (see space shifting)
 * Religious Technology Center v. Netcom
 * Hepting v. AT&T

Precursor cases

 * Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc.
 * Twentieth Century Music Corp. v. Aiken

Laws

 * Audio Home Recording Act
 * WIPO Copyright and Performances and Phonograms Treaties Implementation Act
 * Digital Economy Act 2010
 * Higher Education Act 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Krogman (talk • contribs) 21:14, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
 * NET Act Android the Andrew (talk) 05:01, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Concepts

 * Time shifting
 * Space shifting
 * Open source journalism —Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.229.105.33 (talk) 20:42, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Organizations

 * Business Software Alliance
 * International Intellectual Property Alliance

Current Events

 * Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act - US Senate Bill S.3804 - Proposed legislation to create "Internet Blacklists" of domain names which would, in effect, allow for censorship of websites found to be "infringing" on copyright.


 * Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement - An international trade agreement that intersects with many issues of copyright and piracy. The actual wording has been taking place behind closed doors with one current available draft. New wording expected soon. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.152.166.186 (talk) 00:31, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Geographical scope
Browsing through some of the articles listed above, the list seems to be more than slightly US-centric. Is this an unintentional result of cultural bias, or an intentional limitation on the course's scope? I added the Digital Economy Act 2010 in case it's the first, but feel free to revert if it's the second. --Cryptic C62 · Talk 22:43, 4 October 2010 (UTC)


 * This is supposed to be a page about United States Public Policy, as the title should make clear. Maximilianklein (talk) 04:12, 5 October 2010 (UTC)


 * This is true, but from the description on the project page: "In today's incarnation the course ... investigates intellectual property and copyright issues worldwide." Also, it would be difficult to accurately assess the state of piracy laws in the US without drawing comparisons to other technologically advanced nations. --Cryptic C62 · Talk 01:04, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

wiki-help

 * My user name is ; I think most people have gotten into the habit of calling me Ling. I've been a Wikipedia editor for over four years. I teach in a small university in Taiwan. I'm here for any Wikipedia related questions – consider my talk page your source for answers to those questions, large and small.
 * I've started watchlisting many of the article suggestions, etc. that I see on these pages. You can help me in this by pinging me on my Talk and letting me know which articles you're concentrating on. I'll watchlist them and try to see how things are going.
 * Later &bull; Ling.Nut 03:54, 22 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I have also began reviewing the overall momentum and direction of this group. My initial observation is one of gracious esteem. Some of the contributions I've observed are genuine quality edits which will undoubtedly provide content for future readers to come. It is kinda neat when your efforts actually leave behind a legacy. And that is exactly what the future holds. If any participants have questions freely ask at my talkpage and I'll happily respond. I am often at the irc channel for ambassador help, so perhaps you can find me there. Happy editing  My 76 Strat  05:31, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I have a copyleft sticker on my car and a copy of The Social Life of Information (autographed by JSB – but not your sponsor). Suffice it to say, I'm quite interested in this topic, especially copyleft, collaboration, and hacking. I'm happy you're here to edit, and I'm happy to converse on my talk page or article talk pages! --Pnm (talk) 05:36, 1 December 2010 (UTC)