Copyright Miscellanea

As a follow-up to our conversation on copyright in Engl 170-01 last week, here are a few links you may find interesting:

• Glyn Moody (follow him on Twitter at @glynmoody) on copyrighting your face.
• Michael Jordan sues supermarket chain Jewel-Osco over congratulatory ad.
• Michael Jordan sues Chinese sportswear chain.
• The Electronic Frontier Foundation's curriculum for teaching copyright.
• The EFF's Resources page from the above curriculum.
• Judge invalidates human gene patent.
• What happened to the same case when it reached the Supreme Court.
• The settlement in the case of The Wind Done Gone.
• Jay-Z and Beyoncé's effort to trademark "Blue Ivy" is clearly about commercial rather than personal use.
• And finally, Randy Szuch's mashup of Pocahontas and Avatar, which the wiki seems to be having trouble embedding right now.