It's an outrage that campus administrators and the entertainment industry were the only negotiators in formulating this. Neither of those bodies have any interest in protecting the rights of students. -Ak
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Brian Rowe <[email protected]> wrote: > The agreement is troubling from net neutrality, free speech and privacy > perspectives. Here are the low lights: > > The proposed regulations create three primary requirements: >> >> - An annual disclosure to students describing copyright law and campus >> policies related to violating copyright law. >> - A plan to "effectively combat" copyright abuse on the campus network >> using "one or more technology-based deterrents". >> - Agreement to "offer alternatives to illegal downloading". >> >> The NPRM lists four types of "technology-based deterrents", as specified >> in the report from Congress that accompanied the legislation: >> >> 1. Bandwidth shaping (anti net neutrality) >> 2. Traffic monitoring to identify the largest bandwidth users (spying >> on students) >> 3. A vigorous program of accepting and responding to Digital >> Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) notices >> 4. A variety of commercial products designed to reduce or block >> illegal file sharing (large free speech concern) >> >> A notice for comment like this is a perfect opportunity to voice concerns > on this issues both through an official filing and through press releases. > You might even think about contacting EFF or PK they both have experience > writing this comments and have resources like PK recent paper on content > filtering that are directly relevant. > > -Brian > > > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Fred Benenson <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Gavin, >> While I think I understand this, can you give us a little background >> about how it might be relevant for SFC'ers? >> >> Thanks, >> >> F >> >> >> >> ~ ~ ~ >> thoughts / http://fredbenenson.com/blog >> work / http://creativecommons.org >> sights / http://flickr.com/fcb >> sounds / http://www.last.fm/user/mecredis >> status / http://twitter.com/mecredis >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Gavin Baker <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Gavin Baker >>> http://www.gavinbaker.com/ >>> [email protected] >>> >>> We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. >>> Martin Luther King, Jr. >>> >>> Last Friday, August 21, the Department of Education issued its >>> long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) related to Peer-to-Peer >>> File Sharing on campus networks. The proposed regulations reflect the >>> agreement reached by representatives of higher education and the >>> entertainment industry during Negotiated Rulemaking sessions held earlier >>> this year. Comments are due by September 21. The final regulations must be >>> posted by November 1 in order to be officially enforced beginning July 1, >>> 2010. >>> >>> The full NPRM is at <http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-18550.pdf >>> > >>> >>> A summary of the key provisions is at < >>> http://www.educause.edu/node/178175> >>> >>> Some additional background with more links is at < >>> http://www.educause.edu/node/174432> >>> >>> Steve >>> -- >>> Steven L. Worona >>> Director of Policy and Networking Programs >>> EDUCAUSE / 1150 18th St. NW suite 1010 / Washington, DC 20036 >>> 202-331-5358 / 202-872-4318 fax >>> mailto:[email protected] http://connect.educause.edu/blog/sworona >>> >>> ********** >>> Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent >>> Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> > > > -- > Brian Rowe > Juris Doctorate > (206) 335-8577 (Cell) > > Access To Justice Technology Principles > www.ATJWeb.org > > Freedom for IP > www.FreedomforIP.org > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -- Alex Kozak Education Program Assistant ccLearn, Creative Commons
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