Donna Nixon of Duke Law Library recently announced that Duke’s Center for the Study of Public Domain has released a comic book about copyright law.  Details from Donna Nixon’s message follow:

Today’s librarians, teachers and students -- from high school to graduate school -- are forced to confront copyright issues every day. What is permissible? What is fair use? Until now, the only answers came in lengthy and incomprehensible law review articles or confusing internet resources. Three law professors have tried to change that.

Duke Law School’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain has just released "BOUND BY LAW?" - a comic book on copyright and creativity -- using the example of documentary film. It has been published under a Creative Commons License. The comic, by Keith Aoki, James Boyle and Jennifer Jenkins, lays out the basics of copyright in clear and easy to understand examples. It deals with such issues as fair use, how to determine if a work is in the public domain, and the effects of digital technology on the meaning of intellectual property.

Download "Bound by Law?" here, purchase copies on Amazon, or place an educational order for 50 or more copies at a subsidized price here.