Bound by Law?: Tales from the Public Domain is a comic book about intellectual property law and the public domain published in 2008 by Duke University Press.Bound by law?: tales from the public domain, by Keith Aoki, James Boyle, and Jennifer Jenkins Written by Keith Aoki, James Boyle and Jennifer Jenkins and supported by the Center for the Study of the Public Domain at the Duke Law School, the book was first released in a free digital edition under a Creative Commons license in 2006.Battling the Copyright Monster by Fiona Morgan, Wired, June 19, 2006 The 2008 edition has an introduction by Cory Doctorow and a foreword by Davis Guggenheim.Bound By Law: the "Understanding Comics" of copyright, in a new edition " by Cory Doctorow Oct 24, 2008 Boing Boing
The comic was widely reviewed, as an editor's pick by Choice: Current Reviews for Academic LibrariesReview by P. J. Galie , Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, v.46, no. 10, June 2009. and by the Michigan Law Review"By Night She Fought For Fair Use”: Restoring The Integrity Of Copyright Law, One Comic-Book Reader At A Time by Jessica Sawyer Wang among others.Review by TJ McIntyre in Scope, an online journal of film & TV studies
The comic follows a fictional filmmaker named Akiko who struggles with the practicalities of applying the fair use doctrine while making a documentary film. The book is "illustrated with a mix of hand-drawn artwork and collages of pop culture images".Fun with Copyright by George H.Pike, Information Today, September 1, 2008
The book has also been used as a resource for educators, recommended by the National Writing ProjectAddressing Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom , National Writing Project and used by workshops at the Ohio State University.Digital Media and Composition Institute May 2013
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External links Bound by Law? comic book information and downloads at the Duke University School of Law