Question

1. some people argue that digital rights management violates the public’s right to fair uses.

(a). Should a person or company that creates intellectual property have an ethical and/or legal right

to offer it for sale (or license) in a form protected by their choice of digital rights management

technology (assuming the restrictions are clear to potential customers)? Give reasons:

(b). Should people have an ethical and/or legal right to develop, sell, buy, and use devices and

software to remove digital rights management restrictions for fair uses? Give reasons

2. Scenario_ Issue1: Lawsuit over Obama campaign poster

During the presidential campaign, Shepard Fairey found a photo of Barack Obama on the Internet, modified it to look more like a graphic design, and made a very popular campaign poster out of it without any credit to the photographer, Mannie Garcia, or permission from the Associated Press, which owns the photo. After Fairey declined AP's request that he pay licensing fees, AP sued Fairey for copyright violation. Fairey claims his use was a fair use. AP claims that the design, on sweatshirts, etc., has produced hundreds of thousands of dollars in income. (Mar. 2009)

Answer 1