ELI2011 Podcast: How To Fix Copyright
Due to the changes wrought by digital technology and the Internet, ordinary people are becoming authors, publishers, and, less appealingly, potential infringers on a massive scale. The confluence of...
View ArticleUpdating Intellectual Property Enforcement Laws
The Administration recently issued 20 legislative recommendations to Congress that are designed to improve intellectual property enforcement. Because of the high profit margin and shorter prison...
View ArticlePreventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of...
Senator Leahy (D-VT) recently introduced revised legislation to target websites aimed at enabling copyright and trademark infringement, “The Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and...
View ArticleEDUCAUSE submits comments on the proposed PIPA legislation
Today EDUCAUSE, together with other interested entities, has submitted comments on the proposed PIPA legislation (see previous post). The comments address higher education’s concern in the...
View ArticlePrinceton policy pushes academics to maintain copyrights in their scholarship
On September 19, Princeton University's Faculty Advisory Committee on Policy adopted an open access policy on scholarly research that prohibits faculty from giving all rights to their scholarly...
View ArticleSeminar 10P - We Want You to Use Open ContentPLEASE NOTE: Separate...
There are tons of materials "freely" available on the web that you and your students might use in your classes; however, where is it? And, what copyright laws and fair use policies apply? Come to this...
View ArticleCopyright Protection for Pre-1972 Sound Recordings
The U.S. Copyright Office has issued its report on Federal Copyright Protection for Pre-1972 Sound Recordings. The report, prepared after receiving written and oral input from stakeholders, recommends...
View ArticlePodcast: Sharing and Protecting Ideas and Knowledge in the 21st Century
How do the ideals of knowledgesharing and education intersect with market forces and modern technology? What is the tension between openness and traditional models of education? This session, by...
View ArticleAnnual Report on Intellectual Property Enforcement
On Friday, March 31, 2012, the White House issued its Annual Report on Intellectual Property Enforcement. The 130-page document outlines the Administration’s achievements in and strategies for...
View ArticleA Case for Fair Use: The Georgia State Decision (5/15/12)
This policy brief summarizes the long-awaited opinion released May 11, 2012 in the Georgia State University e-reserves copyright infringement case, and provides analysis of what this means for higher...
View ArticleNew Policy Brief, "A Case for Fair Use: The Georgia State Decision"
A new EDUCAUSE Policy brief from Policy Specialist Joan Cheverie summarizes the long-awaited opinion released May 11, 2012 in the Georgia State University e-reserves copyright infringement case, and...
View ArticleSeminar 02F - Legal Issues Every Higher Ed Technology Professional Should...
Laws and regulations governing college technology use are complex and changing. We'll explain, in language that's accessible to nonlawyers, some of the salient legal and policy issues affecting higher...
View ArticleNext Steps in the Georgia State Case
On May 31, 2012, the plaintiffs (i.e., Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and Sage Publications) in the Georgia State University (GSU) electronic reserves case, filed a proposed...
View ArticleFrom Fair-Use Inaction to Fair Use in Action: Using Best Practices to Support...
This workshop/panel will familiarize attendees with the fair-use doctrine in copyright law, the general movement toward best practices, and the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and...
View ArticleCourse Rights in Cyberspace: Ownership Issues in Online Education
The growing enthusiasm for and application of online digital media for delivering higher education have raised serious questions of ownership and conflicts over control of courses in cyberspace. These...
View ArticleE-Texts: Pilots, Lessons Learned, and Policy Implications
Faculty, students, authors, and publishers have a stake in the textbook industry. As textbook publication models are transformed by online interactivity and open-source content, what are the...
View ArticleCopyright Challenges Facing Higher Education
There has never been a more challenging time for higher educational institutions in relation to copyright law and policy. Georgia State University's electronic course reserve policy has been challenged...
View ArticleCopyright Challenges in a MOOC Environment
The intersection of copyright and the scale and delivery of MOOCs highlights the enduring tensions between academic freedom, institutional autonomy, and copyright law in higher education. To gain...
View ArticleThe Legal Side of MOOCs
Higher education institutions are increasingly looking to deliver and analyze data to drive results. Colleges and universities are working to increase student retention and assist students' navigation...
View ArticleCopyright Challenges Facing Higher Education
This podcast features session audio from the EDUAUSE 2013 Annual Conference. The speaker is Pam Samuelson, Faculty Director for the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology at the University of...
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