A graphic novel about fair use, Bound By Law explores copyright issues through an entertaining story about the trials and tributations of a heroic documentary film maker.
“Will a spiky-haired, camera-toting super-heroine... restore decency and common sense to the world of creative endeavor?” -Paul Bonner, The Herald-Sun
"Bound By Law lays out a sparkling, witty, moving and informative story about how the eroded public domain has made documentary filmmaking into a minefield.” -Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing.net

This page is part of the documentation guide in Penns Online Research Tutorial, which describes documentation stles and helps with writing papers. The copyright page is an introduction to copyright issues for undergraduates at Penn. It very succinctly describes what copyright is, what kinds of works are copyrighted, what fair use is, and how to copyright your own work.

As we learned in Lessig's book, there are barriers to access of creative works beyond the strictures of copyright law, including licensing agreements and cost constraints. As a major research university, Penn produces a tremendous amount of valuable, copyrightable content. However, Penn authors often do not keep rights to their work and the University must buy back the work from journal publishers with considerable restrictions on use. This guide describes ways that faculty and other authors can negotiate with journal publishers to maintain some rights to their own works while continuing to participate in the publication of research articles.

"Full copyright applies to most stuff on the web. But this search helps you find photos, music, text, and other works whose authors want you to re-use it for some uses -- without having to pay or ask permission."