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Choruss: A New Business Model for Digital Music
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March 3, 2009
Per-copy charges for music and other intellectual property made sense when copies were physical objects, but that business model is ill-suited to the digital world. The mismatch has led to thousa…
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Copyright Balance and Fair Use in Networked Learning: Lessons from Creators' Codes of Best Practices
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January 13, 2009
Copyright balancing has become a critical issue in the academy as digital practices increasingly have challenged creaky policies and practices. Scholars, academic administrators, librarians, and …
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Creating a Compliance Program for Identity Theft Rules
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October 22, 2008
New federal regulations to address identity theft go into effect November 1, 2008, and are likely to affect colleges and universities in nuanced ways. Compliance will require careful study and co…
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Constitution Day 2008: Free Speech in Cyberspace
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September 17, 2008
This webcast provides a brief overview of several novel and emerging dimensions of free expression in digital communications: how the Supreme Court has dealt with Internet speech under the First …
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P2P and the Higher Education Reauthorization Act: Next Steps
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August 21, 2008
Congress recently passed H.R. 4137, the Higher Education Opportunity Act, a massive piece of legislation to reauthorize the Higher Education Act that the President will soon sign into law. Thi…
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Spotlight On Identity Management: Identity Management at USC: Collaboration, Governance, and Access
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August 8, 2008
Identity and access management (IAM) at USC has been a policy-driven, grassroots effort for the past five years. During that time collaborative committees with representatives from many academic …
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Patents in Higher Education: Issues Arising from the Blackboard Case
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May 29, 2008
The dispute between Blackboard and Desire2Learn over patenting course management software has highlighted a variety of questions about patents and patent enforcement in higher education. What rol…
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The Why and How of Web Accessibility
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April 4, 2008
The challenge of web accessibility raises issues of both policy and technology. This session features experts in each of these two areas. Policy guru Tracy Mitrano says: "Developing a web…
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U.S. Internet Access Policy
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March 7, 2008
A worldwide tussle over Internet access policy is playing out right now, and many countries are closely watching what the United States does. This talk will provide a brief overview of the U.S. r…
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Update on Key U.S. Copyright Developments
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February 29, 2008
Copyright continues to be a core interest of the higher education and academic library communities. This briefing will focus on eight critical legislative and legal arenas where the United States…
