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Stan Muller teaches you all about Intellectual Property.

First Aired

2015-04-23
Last Aired

2015-06-25
Creator
Genre

Documentary
Seasons

1
Episodes

7
Status

Ended
Language

English
Network

YouTube

Keywords:

intellectual property

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Season 1

1. Introduction to Intellectual Property

This week, Stan Muller launches the Crash Course Intellectual Property mini-series. So, what is intell...More

This week, Stan Muller launches the Crash Course Intellectual Property mini-series. So, what is intellectual property, and why are we teaching it? Well, intellectual property is about ideas and their ownership, and it's basically about the rights of creators to make money from their work. Intellectual property is so pervasive in today's world, we thought you ought to know a little bit about it. We're going to discuss the three major elements of IP: Copyright, Patents, and Trademarks.Less

10mins 2015-04-23

2. Copyright Basics

This week, Stan Muller launches the Crash Course Intellectual Property mini-series. So, what is intell...More

10mins 2015-04-30

3. Copyright, Exceptions, and Fair Use

Stan Muller teaches you a few things about copyright enforcement, and talks about the exceptions to co...More

Stan Muller teaches you a few things about copyright enforcement, and talks about the exceptions to copyright enforcement. While there are several, the one you've probably heard of is Fair Use, and it's a pretty tricky one. We'll try to explain it, and teach you just why fair use is so loosey goosey.Less

10mins 2015-05-07

4. Patents, Novelty, and Trolls

This week, Stan teaches you about patents. It turns out, they're patently complicated! So, patents hav...More

This week, Stan teaches you about patents. It turns out, they're patently complicated! So, patents have some similarity to copyright, in that they grant a limited monopoly to people who invent things. The key difference in patents and copyright is that patents are for THINGS. Copyright is for an idea. So, if you've come up with a great new invention, like for example, a condiment gun, you should get a patent. We'll also talk about some of the limitations and problems of patents, including patent trolls.Less

10mins 2015-05-14

5. Trademarks and Avoiding Consumer Confusion

In which Stan Muller teaches you about our third branch of Intellectual Property, trademarks. A lot of...More

In which Stan Muller teaches you about our third branch of Intellectual Property, trademarks. A lot of people confuse trademark and copyright. Trademarks apply to things like company and product names and logos, packaging designs, and commercial designs. Basically, copyright protects ideas, but trademarks protect the things that help consumers tell companies apart. This ensures that consumers know the source of the goods they're buying. Without trademarks, it would be really difficult to buy the same product twice, and very easy for unscrupulous companies to pass off fakes and knock offs of the products you want. I'm telling you, you like trademarks.Less

10mins 2015-05-27

6. International IP Law

This week, Stan Muller teaches you how intellectual property law functions internationally. Like, betw...More

This week, Stan Muller teaches you how intellectual property law functions internationally. Like, between countries. Well, guess what. There's kind of no such thing as international law. But we can talk about treaties. There are a bevy of international treaties that regulate how countries deal with each others' IP. The upside is that this cooperation tends to foster international trade. The downside is, these treaties tend to stifle creativity by making it harder to shorten copyright terms. You win some, you lose some.Less

10mins 2015-06-03

7. IP Problems, YouTube, and the Future

In which Stan Muller talks about some of the problems in Intellectual Property law as it exists today....More

In which Stan Muller talks about some of the problems in Intellectual Property law as it exists today. He'll also teach you a little about how IP law applies to everyone's favorite media platform, YouTube. Lastly, he'll do a little prognosticating, and try to predict how IP law might change in the future.Less