How Free is Free? Downloading on the Internet

Additional Materials/ Resources

Student packet

• Infringement and identification information identical to University and Judicial packet
• Copyright and Fair use information from the Electronic Frontier Foundation
• “Copyright Frequently Asked Questions” http://www.teachingcopyright.org/handout/copyright-faq, accessed September 2010
• “Fair Use Frequently Asked Questions” http://www.teachingcopyright.org/handout/fair-use-faq, accessed September 2010
• Other information from a “p2p-friendly” website
• “How Any BitTorrent User Can Collect Lawsuit Evidence” http://torrentfreak.com/how-any-bittorrent-user-can-collect-lawsuit-evidence-100903/, September 2010, accessed September 2010
• “Prof. Richard Dawkins Advocates the Use of BitTorrent” http://torrentfreak.com/prof-richard-dawkins-advocates-the-use-of-bittorrent-100919/, September 2010, accessed September 2010
• “Confessions Of A Convicted RIAA Victim Joel Tenenbaum” http://torrentfreak.com/confessions-of-a-convicted-riaa-victim-100916/, September 2010, accessed September 2010

University packet

• Infringement and identification information identical to Student and Judicial packet
• High-level overview of Illegal file sharing from EDUCAUSE
• “Illegal File Sharing 101
  ”http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/EDUCAUSEQuarterlyMagazineVolum/IllegalFileSharing101/163441,
  EDUCAUSE Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 4 (October–December 2008), accessed September 2010
• Information on the Higher Education Opportunity Act from EDUCAUSE
• “7 Things You Should Know About the P2P Provisions of the HEOA”http://www.educause.edu/Resources/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAbouttheP2/205614, May 2010, accessed September, 2010.
• Relevant USC-specific copyright information and associated policies, procedures and guidelines
• http://www.sc.edu/copyright/, accessed September, 2010.
• http://sc.edu/copyright/dmca.shtml, accessed September, 2010.
• http://sc.edu/copyright/policies.shtml, accessed September, 2010.
• http://sc.edu/copyright/infringement.shtml, accessed September, 2010.
• An article from the Electronic Frontier Foundation with information regarding how not to get sued for file sharing (available from the USC website at this address: http://sc.edu/copyright/policies.shtml)
• http://www.eff.org/IP/P2P/howto-notgetsued.php
• An article from a “p2p-friendly” website claiming anti-piracy measures don’t work
• “Anti-Piracy Measures Don’t Work, Report Shows” http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-measures-dont-work-report-shows-090129/, January 2009, accessed September 2010

Media agency packet

• Notices sent by the agency to USC’s Copyright Agent
• Information available on the RIAA website for students writing reports about piracy and/or copyright infringement
• “For Students Doing Reports” http://www.riaa.com/faq.php, accessed September 2010
• Information available on the RIAA website explaining the RIAA position on copyright law
• “Piracy: Online and On the Street; The Law” http://www.riaa.com/physicalpiracy.php?content_selector=piracy_online_the_law, accessed September 2010
• Information from another industry group, known as the Copyright Alliance, answering “frequently asked questions” relating to Fair Use
• “FAQs on Fair Use” http://www.copyrightalliance.org/content.php?id=11, accessed September 2010

Student Judicial packet

• Infringement and identification information identical to University and Student packet
• High-level overview of Illegal file sharing from EDUCAUSE
• Information on the Higher Education Opportunity Act from EDUCAUSE
• “7 Things You Should Know About the P2P Provisions of the HEOA”http://www.educause.edu/Resources/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAbouttheP2/205614, May 2010, accessed September, 2010.
• Relevant USC-specific copyright information and associated policies, procedures and guidelines
• http://www.sc.edu/copyright/, accessed September, 2010.
• http://sc.edu/copyright/dmca.shtml, accessed September, 2010.
• http://sc.edu/copyright/policies.shtml, accessed September, 2010.
• http://sc.edu/copyright/infringement.shtml, accessed September, 2010.
• An article from the Electronic Frontier Foundation with information regarding how not to get sued for file sharing (available from the USC website at this address: http://sc.edu/copyright/policies.shtml)
• http://www.eff.org/IP/P2P/howto-notgetsued.php
• An article from a “p2p-friendly” website claiming anti-piracy measures don’t work
• “Anti-Piracy Measures Don’t Work, Report Shows” http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-measures-dont-work-report-shows-090129/, January 2009, accessed September 2010