Re: [DDN] FW When iPod goes collegiate

[Subbiah Arunachalam]

In academia, much of what they write is meant for free and open 
distribution. The system works like this: Whenever you want what you write 
to be freely accessible to others, you send it to a journal (preferably an 
open access journal) and also deposit it in an interoperable open access 
archive. Whenever you want your finding to win you some money, you patent it 
(or include it in a textbook that is usually sold at a price). There is no 
reason for confusion. The author decides what he/she wants.

Arun
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Wagenseil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group" 
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Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: [DDN] FW When iPod goes collegiate


Claude:
Re the comment about intellectual property theft
(which is what is meant when talking about a
professor's lectures being available on the Internet:
I am no expert (my teenage son might be, but not
moi...) but I don't think it's possible to "record"
speech directly onto an iPod, is it?  I thought files
had to be handled by a laptop or desktop first, before
they could be played on an iPod (which doesn't even
have an input jack for a microphone...
So where's the worry?  If a professor puts his
lectures online for students, he must realize they
could easily go to a wider audience.  And just as with
written notes or a research paper or a textbook, there
are rules in academia about plagarism, etc.
Also, any student trying to record a lecture
surreptitiously would have a hard time hiding that
laptop and mike, I would think.  Plus I do recall
having trouble hearing some professors clearly in
person; how much harder would it be through a little
mike or something...
Just a few thoughts...
SW
OSCE/ODIHR
Warsaw, Poland
--- Claude Almansi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi All
One odd thing about this article: podcasting gets
mentioned only once,
between bracket. Interesting queries about copyright
issues raised by
students' ability to record a course and put it on
the Net.
cheers
Claude
Claude Almansi
www.adisi.ch
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