{"id":151,"date":"2008-08-06T10:28:26","date_gmt":"2008-08-06T14:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/digitalnatives\/2008\/08\/06\/the-ballad-of-zack-mccune-part-3\/"},"modified":"2008-08-07T10:33:35","modified_gmt":"2008-08-07T14:33:35","slug":"the-ballad-of-zack-mccune-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/digitalnatives\/2008\/08\/06\/the-ballad-of-zack-mccune-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ballad of Zack McCune, Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code>[kml_flashembed movie=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/k4M63bCPR1I\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" wmode=\"transparent\" \/]<\/code><\/p>\n<p>If you need a refresher, watch <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/digitalnatives\/2008\/07\/23\/the-ballad-of-zack-mccune-part-1\/\">Part I<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/digitalnatives\/2008\/07\/24\/the-ballad-of-zack-mccune-part-2\/\">Part II<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In April of last year, Zack McCune was sued by the RIAA.  He ended up $3,000 lighter (he settled), but with a much richer understanding of the contemporary debate surrounding music, copyright law, and file sharing.  <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/digitalnatives\/2008\/07\/23\/the-ballad-of-zack-mccune-part-1\/\">Part I<\/a> gives an intro to his story, while <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/digitalnatives\/2008\/07\/24\/the-ballad-of-zack-mccune-part-2\/\">Part II<\/a> explores the disconnect between young downloaders and the recording industry.  Part III, presented here, concludes Zack&#8217;s misadventure and examines where it led him: to the Free Culture Movement, which advocates more flexible intellectual property law.<\/p>\n<p>This video was produced by <a href=\"http:\/\/arrivalsand.blogspot.com\">Nikki Leon<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/johnrandall.com\">John Randall<\/a>.  You can watch a high-resolution version <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k4M63bCPR1I&amp;fmt=18\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to learn more about illegal downloading or the Free Culture Movement, check out the following:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The RIAA&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.riaa.com\/physicalpiracy.php\">perspective<\/a> on the issue<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.free-culture.cc\/\">Free Culture<\/a>, by Stanford Law Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lessig.org\/\">Lawrence Lessig<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eff.org\/\">The Electronic Frontier Foundation<\/a>, a civil liberties group that works to protect individuals&#8217; rights online.<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/freeculture.org\/\">Students for Free Culture<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativecommons.org\">Creative Commons<\/a>, a leading organization in the Free Culture movement.  Founded by Lawrence Lessig, Creative Commons allows artists to modify the default &#8220;All Rights Reserved&#8221; copyright on their works to make them publicly available for distribution and remixing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Come back every Wednesday for more multimedia on online privacy, cyber bullying, digital activism and more!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[kml_flashembed movie=&#8221;http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/k4M63bCPR1I&#8221; width=&#8221;425&#8243; height=&#8221;350&#8243; wmode=&#8221;transparent&#8221; \/] If you need a refresher, watch Part I and Part II. In April of last year, Zack McCune was sued by the RIAA. He ended up $3,000 lighter (he settled), but with a much richer understanding of the contemporary debate surrounding music, copyright law, and file sharing. 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