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Presidential teaching professor Rebecca Butler speaks during a presentation of "Copyright in the digital age: How not to break the law" in Holmes Student Center Room 505 Tuesday afternoon. The presentation, which focused on a variety of copyright laws, was part of the NIU Notables Brown Bag Lecture Series.

Digital copyright laws ‘so weird,’ difficult to navigate

By Joshua Michaelson | September 21, 2010

Thanks to technology, we live in a time where literally anything and everything you can think of is right at your fingertips.However, that doesn’t mean it’s alright to simply snag any of these things.At least not with the complications of copyright...