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April 18, 2006
Bill McGeveran, a fellow at the Berkman Center, points to how education is spreading all over, including online syllabi, non-traditional resources (e.g., www.RedHotJazz.com), open source education (e.g., Wikipedia.org, the Samuel Pepys diary), etc. But, e.g., the Center for History and New Media has had to constrain what they can share because, while teachers are permitted to use some copyrighted materials, they can't share them. And academic access to music is restricted. Bill's group found four general categories of problems: 1. The law is unclear. 2. DRM. 3. It's hard and expensive to clear rights. 4. The gatekeepers — e.g., school systems — are very cautious about digital rights, primarily because of the first three problems. The law is not keeping up, he says. Jackie Harlow, a Harvard Law student who works on the project, talks about the problems DRM — the unprecedented ability to locked content down (and lock users out) — raises when it comes to education using legitimate materials. Stuff gets locked in inadvertantly or to avoid litgation. E.g., Blackboard software locks content to others who use that software. (And just about every school uses Blackboard.) Bill says that it can be very difficult to obtain a license. You have to figure out if it's covered by Fair Use. You have to track down the license owner. The fees can be high. Key intermediaries are often ignorant and/or "chicken." Jackie says the "paths toward reform" include advancing the educational use exception to DMCA, educating educational users about DRM and promoting the adoption of open tools, working with content providers to develop educational-usable content, and changing gatekeeper attitudes. Bill says there are "interesting moves" toward automated copyright clearance. [Tags: education digital_rights berkman bill_mcgeveran jackie_harlow] Posted
by D. Weinberger at April 18, 2006 01:34 PM
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‘Fair use’… a controversial subject indeed.
I own a forum (http://www.pick-up-artist-forum.com/) and some of my members post copyrighted material then comment on it. Is this fair use?
So far, the information I’ve found about fair use is, at best, very vague. Do you have any useful links that explains it in layman’s terms.
Cheers,
Brad.
Posted by: Brad | May 19, 2006 08:43 AM
AN OPEN LETTER TO ANYONE IN THE PEACE OFFICER FIELD!!
I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THIS ISSUE BECAUSE I KNOW OF A PEACE OFFICER LISTED ON ONE OF THOSE MEMORIAL PAGES TO THOSE BRAVE FALLEN OFFICERS!!!
TO:
Hon. Stephen Harper
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
K1A 0A2
Twenty-seven Canadian peace officers were praised today by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, for their long and exemplary service to Canada.
TO:
Congressman David Dreier
233 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC, U.S.A. 20515
That is why I introduced H.R. 3900, the Justice for Peace Officers Act, with the strong support of Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, to make it a federal crime to murder a peace officer -- whether federal, state or local -- and flee the country, providing concurrent jurisdiction for the federal government to prosecute the suspect.
Dear Sirs
I see you are doing legislation on behalf of federal peace officers or commemorating their service.
As such, can you believe that Malaspina University College in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada says a letter received with a closing salutation of “former federal peace officer” is threatening??
That is what Dr. Patrick Ross, Vice-President of Student Services, said in a recent meeting??
This Dr. Patrick was referring to a letter received from a person who was a federal peace officer and since retirement he has closed his letters with “former federal peace officer” after his signature and name??
I know I had trouble trying to get a simple class outline out of one of their History Professors, Professor Cheryl Warsh, who refused to send me a course outline for an interested student from America??
What was so secretive about a course outline??
In closing, have you ever heard anything so disgusting as a simple closing salutation of “former federal peace officer” being threatening as indicated by Dr. Patrick Ross from Malaspina University College !!
Tell that to all those federal peace officers listed on the numerous memorial pages to those fallen officers!!
I think people should tell this Dr. Patrick Ross exactly what they think of his statement!!
Sincerely,
Brenda Anne Bates
HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WILL TELL DR. PARTICK ROSS WHAT THEY THINK OF HIS COMMENT THAT A CLOSING SALUTATION OF “FORMER FEDERAL PEACE OFFICER” IS THREATENING ON A LETTER!!
HOPEFULLY, YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT ROSS IS AN IDIOT TO MAKE SUCH A STATEMENT!!!
PATRICK ROSS SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF HIMSELF!!!
Posted by: Brenda | August 5, 2006 12:41 PM