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Hello, I have Computers and society Case Study assignment. I wil.docxtrappiteboni
Hello,
I have Computers and society Case Study assignment. I will write below all the informations.
That's the information in the syllabus :
Case Studies.
You will analyze nine case studies in the form of news commentaries, extra readings or current ethical issues. Your lowest single score will be dropped.
I do not accept late assignments for any excuse, including computer problems.
Case studies are posted on the course website each week on a Monday or a Wednesday and due one week later
before
class. Case studies are submitted online from any computer connected to the Internet. Note that I am particularly picky in how you use sources for your answers to case studies. I want
your
words. You may quote to illustrate a point, but
you
must make that point in your own words. Any quotes must be marked. Comments and your grade will be attached to your online submission, and you can view it from the website if you are logged on. Only you can see the grade and the feedback.
Case Study 4: Intellectual Property Rights
resources.
Sold Out
James Boyle, March 31,1996
The Creative Commons:
concept
and
organization
Mark Twain
on copyright term.
The following terms are closely tied to concepts in Lessig's talk. You may wish to refer to their definitions.
Public Domain
Copyright
Fair Use
Read
Lawrence Lessig's Keynote
speech, all three (web) pages, at the Open Source Convention in 2002. Here is a
print-friendly, one page version
. Lessig is a law professor at Stanford and argued against the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act in
Eldred v. Ashcroft
in front of the Supreme Court. You may also
listen to the actual presentation
while viewing Professor Lessig's slides. Answer the following questions.
Why does Lawrence Lessig say that the CTEA will make certain "no one can do to Disney what Disney did to the Brothers Grimm."? You should probably include what Disney
did
the the Grimms.
Lessig talks about 'fair use" (which we talked about in class) as well as "unregulated use." What is the difference, and why does he think that unregulated use is important?
There are two schools of thought with respect to copyright. Mark Twain and others considered intellectual property to be a natural right. Eldritch Press and other critics of current copyright laws consider copyright to be a justifiable but necessarily limited violation of the First Amendment's right of free speech. The Constitution's Section 8, Clause 8 states, "
the Congress shall have power . . . to
promote the progress of science and useful arts
, by securing for
limited times
to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.
" Which view seems more compatible with this statement, including a discussion of both views?
Support your argument
. (4 pts)
Read Spider Robinson's story
Melancholy Elephants
(written in 1983.) According to Robinson, why would perpetual copyright stifle creativity?
.
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1. Nathan D.M. Robertson
nrobertson@law.umaryland.edu
Comply and Use
I Need to Use. I Want to Comply. But With
What? And How?
NISO/BISG Forum: The Changing Standards Landscape
ALA Annual Meeting
Anaheim, CA
27 June 2008
Comply With What?
I need to use this.
Are there rules?
Well, there are
default rules….
COPYRIGHT
LAW
Okay, fine. So what
are the rules?
I have no
idea.
COPYRIGHT
LAW
What is the Law of Copyright?
Is it illegal to copy news articles from other
websites to my website? And how much bad or
severe it could be, after being caught? ... And if somebody
does it, how much cautious he/she shud b?
“It isn't illegal as long as
you give the website
you got it from credit.”
“Fair-use does apply to news
stories. As long as you give full
credit of where you got it and
who wrote it on the page with
the story, you should be fine.”
“Yes, it is illegal
unless the content
is syndicated. You
can't rectify
plagiarism by
simply citing the
source.”
What is the Law of Copyright?
I want to copy write something, but
I do not know if it is already copy
writed.Where would I look?
When you apply for a copyright it should
come up that way. Things also should
have the c inside a circle to show you
they're copyrighted or have a trademark.
THE LIBRARY OF
CONGRESS , BUT ITS
REALLY USELESS
BECAUSE ANYONE
WHO KNOCKS OFF
YOUR WORK 30%
DIFFERENT ISN'T
COVERED BY COPY
WRITE . I'VE SUED TWO
T-SHIRT COMPANIES
WHO USED MY WORK
(NOT COPYWRITED) &
WON LARGE $
SETTLEMANTS . I HAD
MY ORIGIONALS TO
PROVE MY CASE . IF
YOU SELL YOUR
ORIGIONALS YOU
DON'T NEED TO WORRY
THEY AREN'T YOURS
ANYMORE ANYWAY .
In the US all you have to do is make sure that the words “copyright
(year)(your name).”
You can sell the drawing under a contract that states that ownership of the
work does NOT include ownership of the copyright, and so even if they've
bought and paid for the drawing, that doesn't authorize them to reproduce
or use your work for their own profit. . . .
Copyright in the US expires after 50 years and is then available for
renewal or transfer. Then a book publisher or the author’s son or daughter
or anyone else can stake a claim to the copyright and keep the work
protected for another 50 years.
What is the Law of Copyright?
Are they ways to paint my own work
of a licensed character without
infringing on the copywrite?
As long as your not re creating an image
that displays the TM or C logo's, you can
use any image.
I've painted many such murals in homes as
well as businesses. I believe they are worried
about you profiting from many reproductions
not just one here and there. I don't think you
have much to worry about besides, if you
change 10% of the main look of what you
paint, it's considered your work.
You could be sued for copyright
infringment if you are making
money from it. If you did do it I
would recommend not leaving a
paper trail. Such as no check all
cash and no signiture. Me
personally wouldn't do it.
What is the Law of Copyright?
None of my friends
have a clue. So
what are the rules?
“[Adjudicating fair use] is not to
be simplified with bright-line
rules, for the statute, like the
doctrine it recognizes, calls
for case-by-case analysis.”
Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.,
510 U.S. 569, 577 (1994)
2. Beyond Copyright
This is stupid. I don’t
understand these rules.
Me either.
(And besides, I think
they may give away
the farm).
So, tell you what—let’s just
make up our own rules: I’ll
license it to you!
Um. Ok?
COPYRIGHT
LAW
CONTRACT
LAW
Now what?
Don’t
worry—we’ll fix it.
Licenses: Contract Law
If there is a question, consult
the agreement.
If there is a dispute about the
agreement, resolve through
contract law.
CONTRACT
LAW
If the agreement doesn’t
address the question at all,
resolve according to default law.
CONTRACT
LAW
COPYRIGHT
LAW
Enter Libraries. . . .
This is stupid. And I don’t even care. I don’t
care about the rules. And besides, I just get
this database free at my school. (Isn’t
everything on teh intarwebs in the public domain?)
No, it’s not free! Here
in the library we pay a
lot of money so you can
use this! And we care
about the rules! And
you should too!
Licenses Resolve Questions … ??
Great. So we’ll make
an agreement that
makes the rules clear?
Sure! How about
these rules: blah blah
blah blah….
Well, our users want
blah blah blah blah….
Yeah, okay, but
how about blah blah
blah blah….
blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah
….
blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah
….
Licenses make the rules clear!
Can the library use the
resource to fulfill Interlibrary
Loan requests?
LICENSE AGREEMENT
….
5.2.3. Blah. blah blah blah. . .
5.2.4. Interlibrary Loan.
Institution may not use
Electronic Titles for
purpose of interlibrary
loans.
5.2.4. More Blah. blah blah blah.
LICENSE AGREEMENT
….
4. PROHIBITED USES. Licensee
may not:
a) blah blah…
b) sell, supply or
otherwise distribute
data retrieved from the
Licensed Resource to
third parties;
c) blah blah blah…..
LICENSE AGREEMENT
1. License:
i) blah blah…
ii) …you will not re-distribute
the materials retrieved from
the products to other libraries
or third parties…
blah blah blah…..
v) Notwithstanding the above
restrictions, this license shall
not restrict your rights to use
of the materials under the
copyright law of the United
States and the doctrine of
“fair use.”
LICENSE AGREEMENT
1) blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah …
2) blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah…
!!?!
?
Ambiguity Can be Desirable
China Alters Language On Taiwan
By Philip P. Pan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, May 13, 2005
BEIJING, May 12 -- Chinese President Hu Jintao
proposed new diplomatic language Thursday aimed
at ending the decades-old state of hostilities
between China and Taiwan […]
Under the new language, Hu effectively
agreed to open talks if Taiwan accepted the
principle of "two shores, one China" while
acknowledging that the two sides might differ
on precisely what that term meant.
3. When We Have A Good License. . .
What staff can
and can’t do
What users can
and can’t do
Standards to the rescue. . .
ERMI
Library Questions: limited list of license terms
librarians identified as common and worth tracking
De-facto standard; incorporated into many current
ERM systems
No current maintenance agency or structure
ONIX-PL
Entire License: open-ended structure capable of
encoding any license term
Sophisticated XML format.
Official standard; published & maintained by EDItEUR
ERMI and ONIX approaches compared
Entire License (ONIX-PL) Library Questions (ERMI)
Can my users print?
Yes, they can print one
copy for personal or
scholarly use.
Questions asked, questions answered
Question asked, no answer
Useful info volunteered without prompt
Can my staff ILL?
… I, uh, have nothing
useful to say about
that.
Oh, you know, your faculty
may download and embed
learning objects into
teaching materials and
scholarly publications.
… Oh. Well, that’s nice!
I didn’t think to ask
about that.
License Interpretation is Difficult
Can the library use the
resource to fulfill Interlibrary
Loan requests?
LICENSE AGREEMENT
….
5.2.3. Blah. blah blah blah. . .
5.2.4. Interlibrary Loan.
Institution may not use
Electronic Titles for
purpose of interlibrary
loans.
5.2.4. More Blah. blah blah blah.
LICENSE AGREEMENT
….
4. PROHIBITED USES. Licensee
may not:
a) blah blah…
b) sell, supply or
otherwise distribute
data retrieved from the
Licensed Resource to
third parties;
c) blah blah blah…..
LICENSE AGREEMENT
1. License:
i) blah blah…
ii) …you will not re-distribute
the materials retrieved from
the products to other libraries
or third parties…
blah blah blah…..
v) Notwithstanding the above
restrictions, this license shall
not restrict your rights to use
of the materials under the
copyright law of the United
States and the doctrine of
“fair use.”
LICENSE AGREEMENT
1) blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah …
2) blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah…
!!?!
?
Field Name DLF ERMI Definition USMAI Best Practice Notes
ILL print or
fax
The right to provide the
licensed materials via
interlibrary loan by way
of print copies or
facsimile transmission
If the license is silent on ILL but includes an explicit "fair use"
statement, encode all ILL permissions as “permitted
(interpreted)” even if there is a specific statement forbidding
sharing with third parties.
If the license is silent on ILL and there is no “fair use"
statement, encode all ILL permissions as “permitted
(interpreted)” unless there is a specific statement forbidding
sharing with third parties.
If the license is silent on ILL, contains no “fair use”
statement, and explicitly prohibits sharing with third parties,
encode as “prohibited (interpreted).”
If electronic ILL is explicitly permitted but “secure electronic”
is not mentioned, encode “ILL Secure Electronic” as
“permitted (explicit)”
ILL secure
electronic
transmission
The right to provide the
license materials via
interlibrary loan by way
of secure electronic
transmission
ILL
electronic
The right to provide the
licensed materials via
interlibrary loan by way
of electronic copies
… … …
Electronic
link
The right to link to the
licensed material
Explicit language addressing linking is now rare in licenses.
Usually encoded as “permitted (interpreted)”.
http://usmai.umd.edu/ERM/License_Interpretation_Best_Practices2.doc
Making ERMI Encoding Easier… Making ONIX-PL Encoding Easier
OPLE –the Onix-PL Editor
Suite of easy-to-use tools to allow creation and editing
of ONIX-PL messages with no need to understand (or
even see) underlying XML
Template Licenses
While each library’s license with a publisher may
differ, most licenses are based on a sample or form
license
Edit from template rather than create from scratch
4. Publishers are going to do this?
We are the University of
Maryland School of Law.
In College Park, right?
No, the University of
Maryland’s Law School is at
the University of Maryland,
Baltimore Campus.
Oh, the University of
Baltimore School of Law?
No….Oh! The University of Maryland
Baltimore County!
No….
Okay, I found you! The
University of Maryland School of
Law. On Paca Street!
… that was two
addresses and over ten
years ago.
Okay, so anyway, here’s
your username and
password to distribute to
your users.
Password? Are you serious?
Ever heard of IP
authentication?
…what?
Rights Management Chain
selected rights
transferred
selected rights
transferred
all rights transferred
My patrons need
X and Y rights.
I can only transfer
rights I have.
selected rights
all rights
all rights
selected rights
all rights I have
(not all rights!)
selected rights
selected rights
the remaining
rights
selected rights
My patrons need
X and Y rights.
Hooray! A product I
can license.
You have got to be
kidding.
It’s still too complicated
ERMI
Large libraries & consortia may have the staff
resources necessary to encode their licenses.
Smaller libraries may not even have the resources to
truly negotiate license terms, much less encode them
ONIX-PL
Larger publishers and large libraries have the
resources to develop ONIX-PL encodings. But our
real problem licenses are from the smaller publishers
If we’re only going to see ONIX-PL encodings from a
few publishers, is it worth our time to ask system
vendors to accommodate?
Shared E-Resource Understanding
The authorized user population will be defined in institutionally
appropriate ways that respect the business interests of the publisher.
Use of the subscribed content is generally governed by applicable
copyright law.
When questionable activity is detected … suspension of access for
the subscribing institution by a publisher may be necessary but
should be an action of last resort . . . .
Standards to the rescue?
Maybe . . .
SERU offers promise for situations where a formal
license creates unnecessary administrative overhead
and hassle
ONIX-PL and ERMI are available tools if you have the
resources to apply them
What about our small libraries & publishers with big
contracts?
Can we standardize inherent ambiguity?
If not, are we willing to give up the negotiating value of
ambiguity in favor of bright-line rules for easier
comprehension?
Nathan D.M. Robertson
nrobertson@law.umaryland.edu
Questions and Comments. . . .