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Media Policy & You: Crash Course Media Literacy #9

Copyright and other media regulations have always been a bit tricky, but the internet made all of that infinitely more complicated. But what does all of that mean for you, the consumer?

Resources:

  • The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University’s Digital Literacy Platform http://dlrp.berkman.harvard.edu/
  • RIAA v. The People: Five Years Later https://www.eff.org/wp/riaa-v-people-five-years-later
  • Music Industry A-Listers Call on Congress to Reform Copyright Act https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7318658/music-industry-stars-congress-reform-copyright-act
  • Department of Justice: Child Exploitation & Obscenity Section https://www.justice.gov/criminal-ceos
  • Why Kids Sext https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/11/why-kids-sext/380798/
  • Youth Sexting: A Legislative and Constitutional Analysis https://mjlr.org/2014/10/27/sexting-prosecutions-minors-as-a-protected-class-from-child-pornography-charges/
  • Consent for processing children’s personal data in the EU: following in US footsteps? https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13600834.2017.1321096
  • Lexicon of Lies: Teaching Resources https://datasociety.net/pubs/oh/DataAndSociety_TeachingGuide_LexiconofLies.pdf