Bound by Law? Tales from the Public Domain

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Bound by Law?: Tales from the Public Domain
The cover of the comic book "Bound by Law?: Tales from the Public Domain"
Bound by Law?: Tales from the Public Domain cover
Publication information
PublisherDuke University Press
GenreNon-fiction comics
No. of issues1
Creative team
Written byKeith Aoki
James Boyle

Bound by Law?: Tales from the Public Domain is a comic book about intellectual property law and the public domain published in 2008 by Duke University Press.[1] Written by Keith Aoki, James Boyle and and supported by the Center for the Study of the Public Domain at the Duke Law School, the book was first released in a free digital edition under a Creative Commons license in 2006.[2] The 2008 edition has an introduction by Cory Doctorow and a foreword by Davis Guggenheim.[3]

The comic was widely reviewed, as an editor's pick by Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries[4] and by the Michigan Law Review[5] among others.[6][7]

The comic follows a fictional filmmaker named Akiko who struggles with the practicalities of applying the fair use doctrine while making a documentary film. The book is "illustrated with a mix of hand-drawn artwork and collages of pop culture images".[8]

The book has also been used as a resource for educators, recommended by the National Writing Project[9] and used by workshops at the Ohio State University.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ Bound by law?: tales from the public domain, by Keith Aoki, James Boyle, and ISBN 9780822344186
  2. ^ Battling the Copyright Monster Archived December 7, 2013, at the Wayback Machine by Fiona Morgan, Wired, June 19, 2006
  3. ^ Bound By Law: the "Understanding Comics" of copyright, in a new edition Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine" by Cory Doctorow Oct 24, 2008 Boing Boing
  4. ^ Review by P. J. Galie Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine, Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, v.46, no. 10, June 2009.
  5. ^ "By Night She Fought For Fair Use”: Restoring The Integrity Of Copyright Law, One Comic-Book Reader At A Time Archived October 13, 2013, at the Wayback Machine by Jessica Sawyer Wang
  6. ^ Easy-to-access information in a graphic novel format! by Michele Gorman, , April 1, 2007
  7. ^ Review Archived 2013-04-22 at the Wayback Machine by TJ McIntyre in Scope, an online journal of film & TV studies
  8. ^ Fun with Copyright by George H.Pike, Information Today, September 1, 2008
  9. ^ Addressing Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine, National Writing Project
  10. ^ Digital Media and Composition Institute May 2013 Archived October 14, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

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