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Summary:
In 1998, university professor Kembrew McLeod (Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa) trademarked the phrase “freedom of expression”—a startling comment on the way that intellectual property law restricts creativity and expression of ideas. This provocative and amusing documentary explores the battles being waged in courts, classrooms, museums, film studios, and the Internet over control of our cultural commons. Based on McLeod's award-winning book of the same title, Freedom of Expression® charts the many successful attempts to push back this assault by overzealous copyright holders. Freedom of Expression® is an essential tool for educators, activists, filmmakers, students, artists, librarians, and more.


Logistical Information:
Producer: Kembrew McLeod, author of the book Freedom of Expression: Resistance and Repression in the age of intellectual property
Executive Producers: Sut Jhally & Jeremy Earp

Sections:

Intro | Free Speech in the Age of Copyright | Fencing the Cultural Commons | The Rise of the Clearance Culture | Supressing Freedom of Information | Fair Use & Free Speech | Fighting Back

DVD extras includes the popular short film by Eric Faden, A Fair(y) Use Tale