[MCN-L] IP SIG: (c)ollectanea - Collected Perspectives On Copyright - U of Maryland
Yet another interesting intiative from the Center for Property (CIP) at the University of Maryland: -- We would greatly appreciate your posting the message below to your listserv or promoting this opportunity within your networks. Thank you. [Please excuse the inevitable duplication of this notice.] The Center for Intellectual Property (CIP) at the University of Maryland University College is excited to announce the launch of a new blog portal addressing the cultural, political and legal context of copyright issues: (c)ollectanea! http://chaucer.umuc.edu/blogcip/collectanea/ The new (c)ollectanea blog will serve as an online discussion platform for the current and future Center for Intellectual Property scholars. Today, join one of the leading copyright scholars in the country, GEORGIA HARPER as she provides insight and leads discussions with guest bloggers on issues relating to copyright generally, with a specific focus on issues facing the education and library communities. Georgia K. Harper serves as the CIP 2006-2008 Intellectual Property Virtual Scholar and the Scholarly Communications Advisor for the University of Texas at Austin Libraries. Previously, Ms. Harper specialized in copyright law and created the well known and widely used online publication, The Copyright Crash Course, for the University of Texas System CIP is one of the leading online educational centers providing training, and solutions on copyright issues affecting the higher education community. This new blog, (c)ollectanea, furthers the Center's mission to provide timely copyright resources for educators. Although the blog will address the needs of the education and library communities, all are welcome to engage in the discussion and contribute. Share your thoughts on copyright issues. Join the blog group (c)ollectanea, collected perspectives on copyright. http://chaucer.umuc.edu/blogcip/collectanea/ Marvin Stewart Event Specialist Center for Intellectual Property University of Maryland University College 3501 University Boulevard East Adelphi,MD 20783 T: 240.582.2966 mdstewart at umuc.edu --- Edtech Archives, posting guidelines and other information are at: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~edweb Reposted by David Dillard who lists recent posting headings from this weblog. DMCA Take-down errors Encouraging news from Schloss hearing Presses diversifying -- very good news! Not so fast there, Polly Anna More common sense! Finally, at least a suggestion that common sense might prevail Quoting the last weblog post in the list above: The New York Times technology piece, Record Labels Contemplate Unrestricted Digital Music - New York Times, sounds a very promising note -- suggesting that we may finally see an end to the recording industry's intransigence in its hopeless war on downloading and file-sharing. I would predict that within a few years the large companies will be wondering (like the rest of us already are) what took them so long. I hesitate to be too optimistic about this, but again, it's just such a positive development that I have to take some small pleasure in the idea that common sense does, on occasion, prevail. Other Net-Gold content regarding copyright may be found at this URL: http://groups.google.com/groups/search?ie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8q= %22net-gold%22+and+copyrightqt_s=Search A shorter URL for the above link: http://tinyurl.com/332wsc Groups Results 1 - 50 of 675 for net-gold and copyright Content Sample of Post titles: Sorted by relevance Sort by date CANADIAN COPYRIGHT BILL RAISES CONCERNS FOR SEARCH ... Group: net-gold ... 24 Jul 2005 14:36:47 -0600 From: George Lessard m... at web.net Reply-To: Net-Gold at yahoogroups.com To: L8 Media Mentor mediamen... at yahoogroups.com, L9 NetGold Net-Gold at yahoogroups.com Subject: [Net-Gold] CANADIAN COPYRIGHT BILL RAISES ... Jul 25 2005 by David P. Dillard - 1 message - 1 author CANADIAN COPYRIGHT BILL A MISSED OPPORTUNITY / Michael ... Group: net-gold ... Tue, 5 Jul 2005 08:37:25 -0600 From: George Lessard m... at web.net Reply-To: Net-Gold at yahoogroups.com To: L8 Media Mentor mediamen... at yahoogroups.com, L9 NetGold Net-Gold at yahoogroups.com Subject: [Net-Gold] CANADIAN COPYRIGHT BILL A ... Jul 5 2005 by David P. Dillard - 1 message - 1 author COPYRIGHT: FAIR USE : COPYRIGHT FREE: Sources ... Group: net-gold Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 09:31:32 +0200 From: Claude Almansi claude.almansi at bluewin. ch Reply-To: Net-Gold at yahoogroups.com To: Net-Gold at yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Net-Gold] COPYRIGHT: FAIR USE : COPYRIGHT FREE: Sources Listing and About ... Jun 2 2005 by David P. Dillard - 4 messages - 1 author COPYRIGHT: RESOURCES: WIPO - World Intellectual Property ... Group: bit.listserv.edtech From: David P. Dillard j... at temple.edu COPYRIGHT: RESOURCES: WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organization:
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Collectanea!: Collected Perspectives On Copyright
Oops. Well, further proof that great minds think alike. Amalyah - Original Message - From: Rob Lancefield rlancefi...@wesleyan.edu To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 10:29 PM Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Collectanea!: Collected Perspectives On Copyright Hello all, From the CNI list (hope Amalyah isn't clicking Send right now, too): --- begin forwarded text --- To: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition CNI-ANNOUNCE at cni.org Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:15:31 -0500 From: Joan K. Lippincott joan at cni.org Subject: [CNI-ANNOUNCE] Collectanea!: Collected Perspectives On Copyright The Center for Intellectual Property (CIP) at the University of Maryland University College is excited to announce the launch of a new blog portal addressing the cultural, political and legal context of copyright issues: (c)ollectanea! http://chaucer.umuc.edu/blogcip/collectanea/ The new (c)ollectanea blog will serve as an online discussion platform for the current and future Center for Intellectual Property scholars. Today, join one of the leading copyright scholars in the country, GEORGIA HARPER as she provides insight and leads discussions with guest bloggers on issues relating to copyright generally, with a specific focus on issues facing the education and library communities. Georgia K. Harper serves as the CIP 2006-2008 Intellectual Property Virtual Scholar and the Scholarly Communications Advisor for the University of Texas at Austin Libraries. Previously, Ms. Harper specialized in copyright law and created the well known and widely used online publication, The Copyright Crash Course, for the University of Texas System CIP is one of the leading online educational centers providing training, and solutions on copyright issues affecting the higher education community. This new blog, (c)ollectanea, furthers the Center's mission to provide timely copyright resources for educators. Although the blog will address the needs of the education and library communities, all are welcome to engage in the discussion and contribute. Share your thoughts on copyright issues. Join the blog group (c)ollectanea, collected perspectives on copyright. http://chaucer.umuc.edu/blogcip/collectanea/ Marvin Stewart Event Specialist Center for Intellectual Property University of Maryland University College 3501 University Boulevard East Adelphi,MD 20783 T: 240.582.2966 mdstewart at umuc.edu end forwarded text -- _ Rob Lancefield rlancefield [at] wesleyan.edu Manager of Museum Information Services / Registrar of Collections Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University www.wesleyan.edu/dac 301 High Street, Middletown CT 06459 USAtel. 860.685.2965 Board of Directors, Museum Computer Network www.mcn.edu ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Second Life's response to GetaFirstLife.com
Well, the first article I glanced at at the (c)ollectanea blog http://chaucer.umuc.edu/blogcip/collectanea/2007/01/more_common_sense.html led me to a really, really interesting article about Second Life's response to the parody site getafirstlife.com (and thanks to Diane Zorich for alerting me to the parody in the first place): http://www.convergenceculture.org/weblog/2007/01/proceed_and_permitted_second_l.php For a change, it's good news. And it heralds the appearance of the world's first Proceed and Permitted letter (as opposed to Cease and Desist). Priceless. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem akeshet at imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
[MCN-L] IP SIG: CAA Conference Sessions on Art Publishing, Copyright, and Related Issues
Yet another worthwhile copyright event in New York -- and another request that anyone who attends report to the MCN IP constituency. Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG -- As you know, the College Art Association Annual Conference takes place next week in New York City, at the Hilton Hotel, 6th Avenue at 53rd Street. I want to call your attention to a number of sessions and events (see below= ) that address questions of art and image copyrights and uses, publishing, an= d other related issues. This year we have an exceptionally rich roster of suc= h sessions. I attach a list of them, with times and locations. For those of you who do not normally attend the CAA Conference, information about it is available here: http://conference.collegeart.org/2007/ Includin= g a complete roster of conference sessions and other events. Single-day passe= s are available. Please note that Reexamining Appropriation, Part I has been moved offsite and will take place at the New York City Bar Association on 44th Street. Please see the flyer below. This panel will be of exceptional interest, and includes the Hon. Pierre Leval, of the US Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit. *This event is open to the public, free of charge. *(The information in the published conference program is incorrect.) Best regards, Eve Sinaiko Director of Publications College Art Association CAA Sessions on Art Publishing Thursday, Feb. 15, 5:30 =96 7:00 pm A Plea for Leniency: Image Rights and Fees for Scholarly Publications Gibson Room, 2nd floor, Hilton New York Chair: Inge Reist, Frick Art Reference Library, Association of Research Institutes in Art History Architectural History Online: The Challenges of Digital Research and Publication Petit Trianon, 3rd floor, Hilton New York Chair: Hilary Ballon, Columbia University, Society of Architectural Historians Friday, Feb. 16, 10:00 am =96 12:30 pm Reexamining Appropriation: The Copy, the Law, and Beyond, Part I New York City Bar Association Great Hall 42 W. 44th Street Chairs: Martha Buskirk, Montserrat College of Art; Virginia Rutledge, Cravath, Swaine Moore LLP The Hon. Pierre N. Leval, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Inappropriate? Copying in the Renaissance, Lisa Pon, Meadows School of the Arts, SMU The Reign of the Quotation=97Appropriation and Its Audience, Johanna Burton, Princeton University From Appropriation to Postproduction, Jaimey Hamilton, University of Hawai'i, Manoa William Patry, Google Friday, Feb. 16, 12:30 =96 2:00 pm Fair Use in the Trenches: When to Seek Permission and When Not To Gramercy B, 2nd floor, Hilton New York Chair: David Green, Knowledge Culture, CAA Committee on Intellectual Property Fair Use: Lessons from the Past to Help with Present Decisions, Siva Vaidhyanathan, New York University Legal Perspectives, Gretchen Wagner, ARTstor Fair Use and Visual Resource Collections, Benjamin Kessler, visual resources professional, Chicago Friday, Feb. 16, 5:30 =96 7:00 pm The Qualities of Enduring Art Publications Gramercy B, 2nd floor, Hilton New York Chair: Susan Chun, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Libraries Association of North America Kraig Binkowski, Yale Center for British Art Max Marmor, ARTstor Sharon Helgason Gallagher, Distributed Art Publishers Saturday, Feb. 17, 9:30 am =96 noon Art Catalogues Then and Now Nassau Suite, 2nd floor, Hilton New York Chairs: Susan F. Rossen, Art Institute of Chicago; Martha M. Ward, University of Chicago, Association of Art Editors Saturday, Feb. 17, 12:30 =96 2:00 pm Issues in Art History Publishing Gramercy B, 2nd floor, Hilton New York Chairs: Catherine Soussloff, University of California, Santa Cruz; William Tronzo, Stanford Humanities Center, CAA Publications Committee Mari=EBt Westermann, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU Susan Bielstein, University of Chicago Press Patricia Rubin, Courtauld Institute of Art Saturday, Feb. 17, 2:30 =96 5:00 pm Reexamining Appropriation: The Copy, the Law, and Beyond, Part II Beekman Parlor, 2nd floor, Hilton New York Chairs: Martha Buskirk, Montserrat College of Art; Virginia Rutledge, Cravath, Swaine Moore LLP Stopped Making Sense: Appropriation as a 1970s Social Phenomenon Sarah Evans, Cornell University The Problematic of the Signature: Reexamining Appropriation in Contemporary Indigenous Art and Cultural Heritage, Tressa Berman, San Francisco Art Institute Art Appropriation and Identity Sharon Matt Atkins, Currier Museum of Art Art and Activism: The Xingwei of Wang Hai and Zhao Bandi Winnie Wong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Discussant: Arindam Dutta _ Reexamining Appropriation: The Copy, the Law, and Beyond Friday, February 16, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm New York City Bar Association Great Hall 42 W. 44th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues) A discussion
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Copyright at the Whitney: the Oldenburg-Picasso Exhibit
Interesting post at : http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/ Copyright at the Whitney: the Oldenburg-Picasso Exhibit It goes without saying that I can't go anywhere without seeing copyright issues lurking in the background. The last room of the Whitney's Picasso and American Art, however, forced them to the foreground... Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem akeshet at imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Belgian Court Rules Against Google in Newspaper Case
Belgian Court Rules Against Google in Newspaper Case [from GigaLaw.com] Google Inc. lost a copyright lawsuit to Belgian newspapers that had demanded it remove headlines and links to articles posted on its news site without their permission. The ruling, if it stands on appeal, could set a precedent for how Web search engines link to copyrighted material in the tumultuous arena of online news, according to the Belgian copyright group that launched the case. [from GigaLaw.com] The link: http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/B/BELGIUM_GOOGLE_VS_NEWSPAPERS?SITE=WIRESECTION=HOMETEMPLATE=DEFAULT U.S.-based technology lawyer [and MCN 2006 speaker] Jonathan Band said the ruling was neither final - as it can be appealed to higher courts in Belgium - nor did it bear much weight since legal precedent is not as important in Continental European law. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem akeshet at imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
[MCN-L] IP SIG: IP events in Wash. DC - and webcasts
- Original Message - From: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright Intellectual Property CNI-COPYRIGHT at cni.org American University Washington College of Law's Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property announces the following events for the coming month: BROWN BAG LUNCH SPEAKER SERIES Tuesday, February 27th | 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm | 6th Floor ~ ILSP Lounge Professor Peter Jaszi will kick off an occasional series of brownbag lunches on topics of current interest. Peter will speak about his recent experiences with efforts to protect traditional crafts and culture in Indonesia. IP/GENDER: THE UNMAPPED CONNECTIONS (FOURTH ANNUAL) March 23, 2007 | 10:00 am - 4:00 pm | Room 503 This will be the fourth in a series of workshops discussing the intersection of scholarship on gender and IP. This year's symposium will feature Margaret Jane Radin, Christine Haight Farley, Jessica Silbey, Dan Burk, Ann Bartow, Helen Lom, Diane Zimmerman, Julie Cohen, Ruchira Goswami, Amita Dhanda, and Elizabeth Judge. ILSP 25TH ANNIVERSARY PANEL ON TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE March 27, 2007 | 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Room 602 In conjunction with the ILSP's 25th Anniversary Celebrations, PIJIP will sponsor a panel featuring Carlos Correa, Peter Jaszi and a WIPO representative on the relation between traditional knowledge, human rights and development. ILSP 25TH ANNIVERSARY PANEL ON COUNTERFEITING March 26, 2007 | 2:00 pm - 3:45 pm | Room 528 Professor Peter Jaszi will moderate a panel of experts discussing national and international regulation of trade in counterfeit goods. Al events are free and open to the public. For more information: visit www.pijip.org Registration www.wcl.american.edu/secle/cle_form.cfm Webcasts www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/webcast.cfm
[MCN-L] Fw: Best Practices in Copyright and Fair Use for User-Generated Content
[PIJIP-(C)] PIJIP and the AU Senter for Social Media Release Best Practices in Copyright and Fair Use for User-Generated ContentImportant announcement, below. More important announcement: Prof. Peter Jaszi will be speaking at MCN 2008 in Washington, DC. Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG AU's Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property and Center for Social Media Release Best Practices in Copyright and Fair Use for User-Generated Content Contact: Diane Bickell, AU Public Relations, dbickel at wcl.american.edu or 202-274-4276 Peter Jaszi, Director, PIJIP, pjaszi at wcl.american.edu 240-605-1934 Full text of 'Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video' (PDF) http://www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/download.cfm?downloadfile=FDCD7029-F26B-FBB2-7C3C8D42F60DF20Btypename=dmFilefieldname=filename WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 7, 2008)- The American University's Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) announces the release of a new code of best practices in fair use for creators in the burgeoning online video environment. The code was coordinated by PIJIP and the American University Center for Social Media, with support from the Ford Foundation through CSM s Future of Public Media Project. Back in January, we released a report on copyright and remix culture, Recut, Reframe, Recycle: Quoting Copyrighted Material in User-Generated Video (wcl.american.edu/pijip/), back in January. The code, which was made public on July 7, represents the next step. Collaboratively created by a team of media scholars and lawyers, these best practices will allow users to make remixes, mashups, and other common online genres with the knowledge that they are staying within copyright law. The full text of the code for user generated video is available at wcl.american.edu/pijip. Until now, anyone uploading a video has run the risk of becoming inadvertently entangled in an industry skirmish, as media companies struggle to keep their programs from circulating on the Internet. As online providers have begun to negotiate with media companies, everyone has agreed that fair use should be protected. Before the code s release, there was no clear statement about what constitutes fair use in online video. The code identifies, among other things, six kinds of unlicensed uses of copyrighted material that may be considered fair, under certain limitations. They are: * Commenting or critiquing of copyrighted material * Use for illustration or example * Incidental or accidental capture of copyrighted material * Memorializing or rescuing of an experience or event * Use to launch a discussion * Recombining to make a new work, such as a mashup or a remix, whose elements depend on relationships between existing works For instance, a blogger's critique of mainstream news is commentary. The toddler dancing to the song Let s Go Crazy is an example of incidental capture of copyrighted material. Many variations on the popular online video Dramatic Chipmunk may be considered fair use, because they recombine existing work to create new meaning. If you would like to receive more information about the code, please contact us at 202-274-4442. _*Code of Best Practices Committee Members *_ *Co-chairs * Peter Jaszi, Professor of Law, Faculty Director of the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Clinic, Washington College of Law, American University Patricia Aufderheide, Professor, Director of the Center for Social Media, School of Communication, American University *Members * Michael C. Donaldson, Esq., Los Angeles Anthony Falzone, Lecturer, Executive Director, Fair Use Project, Stanford Law School Lewis Hyde, Richard L. Thomas Professor of Creative Writing, Kenyon College; fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University Mizuko Ito, Research Scientist, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California Henry Jenkins, Professor, Program Head, Comparative Media Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michael Madison, Associate Dean for Research, Associate Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Pamela Samuelson, Richard M. Sherman Distinguished Professor of Law and Information, University of California, Berkeley Rebecca Tushnet, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, Georgetown University Jennifer Urban, Clinical Associate Professor of Law; Director of Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic, University of Southern California *_About PIJIP_ * The Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property as American University Washington College of Law is guided by an explicit focus on the public interest. Through research, teaching, publications, events, advocacy and the provision of legal services, PIJIP promotes the interests of teachers, students, authors, artists, filmmakers, computer programmers and users, bloggers, inventors
[MCN-L] IP SIG and Academics: Copyright Academic Integrity Workshops
- Original Message - From: Olga Francois ofranc...@umuc.edu Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 8:01 PM Subject: Early Registration Reminder: Copyright AI Workshops Colleagues, Please forward this announcement to interested faculty and staff: In recent years, plagiarism and cheating have been highlighted in the news. Whether discussing high-profile cases like Stephen Ambrose and Doris Kearns Godwin or reviewing works on the subject by notables like Judge Richard Posner, the public appears keenly interested in plagiarism. Plagiarism detection devices, once all the rage are, with greater intensity, being challenged legally and ethically as inappropriate vehicles for detecting plagiarism. Most recently, Turnitin.com is in the middle of litigation challenging its business practices as violations of copyright law. Please join the Center for Intellectual Property as we attempt to address the plagiarism and cheating issues on college campuses and try to build communities that value academic integrity. --- Building a Community that Values Academic Integrity http://www.umuc.edu/cip/ipa/ --- Dates: February 25 - March 7, 2008 Moderators: Gary Pavela, M.A., J.D., Director of Judicial Programs and Student Ethical Development, University of Maryland -- College Park Kimberly Bonner, J.D., Executive Director, Center for Intellectual Property, University of Maryland University College Studies show that establishing a community of shared academic values fosters academic integrity in the classroom. However, establishing that community may be more difficult when students adopt the values of a digital remix culture that challenges the traditional understanding of authorship. How do institutions foster academic integrity values in light of changing cultural norms? Are there special techniques and tools required? Are the best tools to use in preventing academic dishonesty technical like Turnitin.com? And are there additional legal and ethical issues involved when using technical measures to prevent academic dishonesty? Please see site for detailed course objectives- http://www.umuc.edu/cip/ipa/workshops.shtml#AI --- ALSO, EARLY REGISTRATION ENDS JAN 11TH FOR: Integrating Access to Digital Course Materials: Blackboard/WebCT, Coursepacks, e-Reserves, Licensed Materials, e-Books, Open Access...What Will They Think of Next? Moderator: Georgia Harper, J.D., Scholarly Communications Advisor, University Libraries, University of Texas at Austin January 28 - February 8, 2008 SIGN UP NOW: Early Bird Rates $150 http://tinyurl.com/29jg53 [Secured Server] Online Workshop FAQ- http://www.umuc.edu/cip/ipa/faq.shtml Complete 2007-2008 Workshop Series see- http://www.umuc.edu/cip/ipa/ For more on the Center for Intellectual Property's resources services please see our homepage- http://www.umuc.edu/cip/ -- Olga Francois, Assistant Director Center for Intellectual Property University of Maryland University College 3501 University Blvd. East, PGM3-780 Adelphi, MD 20783 ofrancois at umuc.edu
[MCN-L] Fw: Google to host open access science data
Just because it sounds cool: - Original Message - Google to Host Terabytes of Open-Source Science Data By Alexis Madrigal January 18, 2008 | 2:23:21 PM Categories: Dataset, Research http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/01/google-to-provi.html Sources at Google have disclosed that the humble domain, http://research.google.com , will soon provide a home for terabytes of open-source scientific datasets. The storage will be free to scientists and access to the data will be free for all. The project, known as Palimpsest and first previewed to the scientific community at the Science Foo camp at the Googleplex last August, missed its original launch date this week, but will debut soon. Building on the company's acquisition of the data visualization technology, Trendalyzer, from the oft-lauded, TED presenting Gapminder team, Google will also be offering algorithms for the examination and probing of the information. The new site will have YouTube-style annotating and commenting features. [N.N.: TED talk : http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/92 ] The storage would fill a major need for scientists who want to openly share their data, and would allow citizen scientists access to an unprecedented amount of data to explore. For example, two planned datasets are all 120 terabytes of Hubble Space Telescope data and the images from the Archimedes Palimpsest, the 10th century manuscript that inspired the Google dataset storage project. UPDATE (12:01pm): Attila Csordas of Pimm has a lot more details on the project, including a set of slides that Jon Trowbridge of Google gave at a presentation in Paris last year. WIRED's own Thomas Goetz also mentioned the project in his fantastic piece of freeing dark data. One major issue with science's huge datasets is how to get them to Google. In this post by a SciFoo attendee over at business|bytes|genes| molecules, the collection plan was described: (Google people) are providing a 3TB drive array (Linux RAID5). The array is provided in suitcase and shipped to anyone who wants to send they data to Google. Anyone interested gives Google the file tree, and they SLURP the data off the drive. I believe they can extend this to a larger array (my memory says 20TB). You can check out more details on why hard drives are the preferred distribution method at Pimm. And we hear that Google is hunting for cool datasets, so if you have one, it might pay to get in touch with them.
[MCN-L] IP SIG: MPAA admits its statistics are full of...ummmm...errors
For those of you on college campuses following this sad saga: - Original Message Subject: Re: MPAA admits its statistics are fullof...u...errors This is the famous study that MPAA has been waving around but has refused to show anyone the basic data and methodology. Indeed, in the fall of 2006, Dan Glickman promised to deliver a full copy of the study to then Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter. As of yesterday, the staff was still waiting for the study. So we're now told by the MPAA: opps there are some flaws, and our 44% loss due to college students is only 15%. They still refuse to recognize the fact, as noted in the AP story below, that 80% of student live off-campus and use commercial internet services, bringing the number down to 3%. They other fascinating number in the MPAA/LEK College Summary slides is that claim - without giving any reasoning - that college students substitute 2.4 times that of average downloaders. Last time I checked college students had far less disposable income than average working stiffs. At the every least, I can't see them substituting 2.4 times. But even if that number were cut in half, that would mean the college problem amounts to 1.5% of their losses. There are several ironies at work here. First, college network administrators treat P2P illegal activity very seriously. Many already have policies and educational activities in place. Second, the MPAA has managed to convince the House Education Committee to put in an unfunded mandate in the College Accessibility and Affordability Act. Jim Here's the AP story: MPAA Admits Mistake on Downloading Study By JUSTIN POPE - 15 hours ago Hollywood laid much of the blame for illegal movie downloading on college students. Now, it says its math was wrong. In a 2005 study it commissioned, the Motion Picture Association of America claimed that 44 percent of the industry's domestic losses came from illegal downloading of movies by college students, who often have access to high-bandwidth networks on campus. The MPAA has used the study to pressure colleges to take tougher steps to prevent illegal file-sharing and to back legislation currently before the House of Representatives that would force them to do so. But now the MPAA, which represents the U.S. motion picture industry, has told education groups a human error in that survey caused it to get the number wrong. It now blames college students for about 15 percent of revenue loss. The MPAA says that's still significant, and justifies a major effort by colleges and universities to crack down on illegal file-sharing. But Mark Luker, vice president of campus IT group Educause, says it doesn't account for the fact that more than 80 percent of college students live off campus and aren't necessarily using college networks. He says 3 percent is a more reasonable estimate for the percentage of revenue that might be at stake on campus networks. The 44 percent figure was used to show that if college campuses could somehow solve this problem on this campus, then it would make a tremendous difference in the business of the motion picture industry, Luker said. The new figures prove any solution on campus will have only a small impact on the industry itself. The original report, by research firm LEK, claims the U.S. motion picture industry lost $6.1 billion to piracy worldwide, with most of the losses overseas. It identified the typical movie pirate as a male aged 16-24. MPAA said in a statement that no errors had been found in the study besides the percentage of revenue losses that could be attributed to college students, but that it would hire a third party to validate the numbers. We take this error very seriously and have taken strong and immediate action to both investigate the root cause of this problem as well as substantiate the accuracy of the latest report, the group said in a statement. Terry Hartle, vice president of the American Council on Education, which represents higher education in Washington, said the mistakes showed the entertainment industry has unfairly targeted college campuses. Illegal peer-to-peer file-sharing is a society-wide problem. Some of it occurs at college s and universities but it is a small portion of the total, he said, adding colleges will continue to take the problem seriously, but more regulation isn't necessary. -Original Message- On Behalf Of Steve Worona Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7:12 AM To: lawfuluse at lists.publicknowledge.org Subject: MPAA admits its statistics are full of...u...errors For those who haven't seen it yet: http://www.pr-inside.com/group-revises-figures-on-how-much-r398676.htm and http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/01/23/mpaa So the 44% was really 15%, and it was all due to human error. So this means -- what? -- it wasn't the dog? But let's not be too harsh; remember,
[MCN-L] adobe opensources flex
In case this is of interest: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/adobe_takes_fle.php Adobe Systems announced last night that they will be open sourcing their Adobe Flex framework so developers can access their source code to enhance its ability to create Rich Internet applications. The Flex SDK and docs will be available through the Mozilla Public License. Adobe Flex, initially released in 2004 by Macromedia, and available since 2006 as a free SDK from Adobe, is a set of technologies to support the development of RIAs, web apps with the features and functionality that mimic traditional desktop applications.
[MCN-L] IP SIG: The future of IP?
Panellists Disagree About Future Of IP System, WIPO By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen NEW YORK - Speakers at an intellectual property conference here disagreed on the future of the IP system and what role the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will play during the next 10 years. But there seemed to be agreement on less rather than more new IP regulation. http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=586res=1024print=0
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Berkman Center Internet Society Conference 2007
University: Knowledge Beyond Authority The Berkman Center's Internet Society Conference 2007 June 1, 2007 Ames Courtroom, Harvard University Campus Cambridge, MA Through working groups and discussion, Internet Society Conference is positioned to generate questions, insight and solutions from diverse perspectives across the University with a focus on the role of University as an institution. We seek to establish University as a collective force much like 'Government' or 'Private Enterprise' in its ability to negotiate and compromise for our needs in the digital environment. We will ask how University should relate to the world of intellectual property with respect to what we use and what we produce, and how interconnected the library of University should be. We will consider how the corporate worlds of search and content might thrive by supporting networked Universities. We will collaboratively take on the quest for new forms of compatible efficiency to unleash the generative force of universities in the Net. Working groups include 'University Agenda for Fair Use,' 'University and the RIAA,' and 'Alternative University Models for Scholarly Publications.' Registration is open to all. Please join us in declaring University in cyberspace. http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2k7www.is2k7.org Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem www.imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP special interest group www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
[MCN-L] IP SIG: DMCA Threats As A Marketing Strategy
Nice try, guys. Not using their DRM product constitutes avoidance of copyright protection, and therefore violates the DMCA? Further proof that the problem with the DMCA is that induces way too much creative thinking. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070510/195141.shtml Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem www.imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP special interest group www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
[MCN-L] Fw: New Position: Director, Visual Resources Collection; Univ. Delaware, Art History
- Original Message - At the request of David Stone I am forwarding the following announcement for a new position at the University of Delaware. Please forward to anyone you think might be interested in this exciting new position. - Director, Visual Resources Collection Department of Art History University of Delaware Newark, Delaware The Department of Art History, University of Delaware, invites applications for a full-time Director of the Visual Resources Collection (non-tenure track). We seek a dynamic leader with excellent communication skills to serve as Director of our Visual Resources Collection (VRC) and to act as the liaison with the Library and Information Technologies on digital imaging. Salary is highly competitive and commensurate with experience. The Visual Resources Collection supports an Art History faculty of 14, as well as related departments. The transition from analog to digital images is in progress. Preferred starting date is August 15, 2007 (negotiable). Duties: The Director of the Visual Resources Collection is responsible for the administration, operation, and management of the VRC including image production, cataloging and standards compliance, metadata management; systems administration and planning; budget; and the training and management of staff and work-study students. The Director works in consultation with Art History faculty and students and other faculty on campus; collaborates with other university units; and is responsible for setting long-term goals for acquisitions and production as well as policy formulation for future development of visual resources. Qualifications: Master's degree in Library/Information Science (ALA-accredited) or in Art/Architectural History and 5 years of progressively responsible job-related experience in an academic visual resources library, university or special library with an emphasis on digital collections management. Digital asset information technology management experience in a complex electronic environment. Strategic planning skills and ability to set priorities in development of digital visual resources. Effective written and oral communication skills. Knowledge of art and architecture research tools and methods. Proficiency in one foreign language or demonstrated foreign language skills relevant to image cataloguing. Record of published scholarship, presentations to professional groups, or service in professional organizations. Familiarity with digital assets management systems, practices, and applications (including image databases and websites); technology of digital image production, storage, and back-up; scanning and digital image capture best practices. Experience training faculty and students in the use of digital resources and ability to work with diverse campus communities. Familiarity with issues and best practices regarding access and copyright in academic settings. Experience with Visual Resources cataloguing practices (VRA Core, CCO, TGN, AAT) and relational database principles and development; VRC development and strategic planning; supervising collection personnel, including hiring, training, and managing staff; and experience in budget preparation and financial and facilities management. Facilities: The Visual Resources Collection houses approximately 400,000 35 mm slides of Western and non-Western art and architecture, ancient to contemporary, including a significant amount of unpublished material available nowhere else. Digital collections are growing rapidly. Users have access to two computer workstations and a digital scanner, 12 carrels, and a study room with projectors and reference materials. The Collection also has hardware and software to assist in the production, cataloguing, storage, and accessing of archival digital images. The VRC staff includes two part-time positions (cataloguer and photographer) as well as graduate research assistants and undergraduate work-study students. Further information at: www.udel.edu/udjobs/current/professional.html and at: www.udel.edu/ArtHistory Application Deadline: July 13, 2007. To apply: Send a letter of intent, curriculum vitae, and three letters of reference to: Professor Margaret Werth Chair, Search Committee for Director, Visual Resources Collection Department of Art History 318 Old College University of Delaware Newark, DE 19716-2516 Fax: 302 831-8243 Email: mwerth at udel.edu -- Christine L. Sundt Visual Resources Editor, Consultant Educator P.O. Box 5316 Eugene, OR 97405-0316 USA 541.485.1420 csundt(at)mindspring.com or csundt(at)gmail.com
[MCN-L] IP SIG: A Fair(y) Use Tale
- Original Message - Courtesy of Stanford, an unauthorized Disney cartoon mash-up primer on copyright and fair use. Well done and very cool - but Mickey is not amused... http://voirdire.stanford.edu/program/centers/cis/fairuse/Fair(y)_Use_Tale_Stanford_Cut-stream.mp4 __ Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem akeshet at imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Group defies Smithsonian copyright claim
http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2007/05/18/group_defies_smithsonian_copyright_claim/ Group defies Smithsonian copyright claim Brett Zongker The Associated Press May 21, 2007 Grabbing pictures of iconic Smithsonian Institution artifacts just got a whole lot easier. Before, if you wanted to get a picture of the Wright Brothers' plane, you could go to the Smithsonian Images Web site and pay for a print or high-resolution image after clicking through several warnings about copyrights and other restrictions -- and only if you were a student, teacher or pledging not to use it to make money. Now, you can just go to the free photo-sharing Web site flickr.com. A nonprofit group is challenging the copyrights and restrictions on images being sold by the Smithsonian. But instead of going to court, the group downloaded all 6,288 photos online and posted them Wednesday night on the free Internet site. (more) BTW, regarding the claim that all Smithsonian photos are in the public domain because they were created by government employees: several years ago I checked this out. Not all of their photographs are created by Smithsonian employees, but by for-hire photographers. Thus they are indeed protected by copyright, transferred by the photographer to the Smithsonian. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem www.imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP special interest group www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
[MCN-L] Dorling Kindersley personalized travel guides
Substitute the word museum for travel and you have... - Original Message - A brief announcement from Dorling Kindersley UK saying it will enable web site users to create personalized travel guides: Visitors to the site will also be able to create their own books, featuring maps, travel tips and guides to local attractions. Both new features are expected to be introduced to the site in the next six months. The personalised guidebooks will be standard A5 format and printed on perfect bound, glossy paper. Visitors can already produce their own PDF versions of the guidebooks on the site, but it is hoped the glossy versions will be available within days of ordering and more user-friendly. http://www.travolution.co.uk/Articles/2007/05/22/890/Dorling+Kindersley+plots+next+phase+of+online+travel.html Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem akeshet at imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Spam v. Spam
Finally, a scrap of evidence that sanity is still alive and well: NEW YORK, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Spam Arrest LLC, a provider of software and services aimed at stopping email spam, on Wednesday said it won a five-year legal battle against Hormel Foods Corp to keep its trademark. Spam Arrest said a three-judge panel found that Hormel's trademark does not extend to computer software for filtering spam. Hormel sells Spam processed meats and sued the software maker, claiming dilution on the trademarked name. Consumers are smarter than to confuse us with the source for meat called spam, Spam Arrest Chief Executive Brian Cartmell said in a statement. (Reporting by Justin Grant; Editing by David Cowell) And that took five years to figure out? Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem akeshet at imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
[MCN-L] Fw: Second Call for Papers and Invited Sessions Proposals for CITSA 2008
- Original Message - Announcement --- January 9th is the new deadline for papers/abstracts submissions and Invited Sessions Proposals for CITSA 2008: The 5th International Conference on Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Systems and Applications (Orlando, Florida, USA, on June 29th to July 2nd, 2008) http://www.infocybereng.org/citsa2008 Authors Notification: February 20th, 2008 Camera ready, full papers: March 11th, 2008 --- All Submitted papers will be reviewed by a double-blind (at least three reviewers), non-blind, and participative peer review. These three kinds of review will support the selection process of those that will be accepted for their presentation at the conference, as well as those to be selected for their publication in JSCI Journal. Details are given in the conference web site. The registration fee of effective invited session organizers will be waived and they will receive at the registration desk, for free, 1) a package of 4 DVDs and one CD containing the 6-hour tutorial Fundamentals and History of Cybernetics: Development of the Theory of Complex Adaptive Systems and 2) a second 4-DVDs/1-CD package 6-hours tutorial titled Cybernetic Management. The market price of each of these packages is US $ 295. Twelve more benefits for invited session organizers are listed at CITSA 2008 web page. For submissions or Invited Sessions Proposals, please go to the web site: http://www.infocybereng.org/citsa2008/organizer.asp Authors of the best 10%-20% of the papers presented at the conference will be invited to adapt their papers for their publication in the Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics. Each session to be included in the conference program will have corresponding electronic pre-conference and post-conference sessions for 15 days each. In the electronic pre-conference sessions authors will have access to the papers to be presented at their session and to an associated electronic forum, so they can be better prepared for their conference face-to-face session. Similarly, electronic post-conference sessions will complement and support a follow-up of the respective conference sessions, via an electronic forum and the possibility of evaluating papers presented at the associated session. These evaluations will also support the selection process for the papers to be published in JSCI journal. Best regards, CITSA 2008 Secretariat citsa2008 at mail.infocybereng.org
[MCN-L] Digitial Image management software for Mac's
Our scanning manager loves CS3 Bridge. Says it's a big improvement. He also says that if you want to preview hundreds of images at a go, use Adobe Lightroom. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem akeshet at imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net - Original Message - From: Perian Sully psu...@magnes.org To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 9:10 PM Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Digitial Image management software for Mac's I agree, Chuck. Although I cooed over the CS2 Bridge, it's really a bit cumbersome and buggy. When I installed a copy of CS3 at another desk and explored the CS3 Bridge, I immediately requested the CS3 package for my own desk. It's niice. I've not played with it a lot, but I was immediately blown away by the amount of work they've done between those versions. It's worth checking out. Perian Sully Collection Information and New Media Coordinator Judah L. Magnes Museum Berkeley, CA -Original Message- From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu on behalf of Chuck Patch Sent: Thu 12/6/2007 11:05 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Digitial Image management software for Mac's I haven't used the CS3 version, but Adobe Bridge in CS2 is an awful dog. If you have a large number of large images in a folder (say a few hundred ranging in size from 30MB to 80MB), it will bring all but the most powerful machines to a halt. The single user version of Portfolio is not terribly expensive and works with much lower resource requirements. If can also export metadata in tab-delimited format and do batch updates of the image file headers. Chuck Patch On 12/6/07, Snyder, Rebecca SNYDERR at si.edu wrote: Adobe Bridge would work (I personally don't know much about the others, but that's not to say they wouldn't work), but it you want multiple people to have access to the same files to run queries, etc then you will either have to have your files stored on a network disk that all can access from their individual computers, or have all who need access use a common computer that has both the files and the program. -Rebecca (NMNH) -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff Evans You might like Adobe Bridge or Canto Cumulus or Extensis Portfolio. All of them have demos you can download. On Dec 6, 2007, at 12:58 PM, Tim Atherton wrote: Having worked on PC's for so long, I'm somewhat out of the loop on Mac software and options... I'm looking for some lower end (but not bottom of the barrel) image management/library software that's Mac compatible. It's not going to be for a huge number of images But there are enough images that i need to be able to keep track of archived files, working files, exhibit projects etc etc It's also probably only going to be used by a couple of people or so I don't need something large scale that will run with multiple users on severs, handle hundreds of thousands of images, or produce web front ends etc etc, but it needs to be sophisticated enough that I can work with some basic metadata, run searches and keep track of things and so on... This will be separate from our actual collections database and the images as part of the catalogued in there (though those images will also be an incidental part of what I'm looking to use the image management software for) thanks tim a Tim Atherton Assistant Curator (Archives Research) Mus?e H?ritage Museum, St. Albert (780) 459-1594 tatherton at st-albert.net ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman
[MCN-L] Fw: Lightroom, Aperture, or Bridge?
This caught my eye in light of recent discussion: http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/25557.html Amalyah Keshet
[MCN-L] IP SIG: 2008 Copyright Symposium at UMUC
- Original Message - From: Olga Francois ofranc...@umuc.edu Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 7:50 PM Subject: Save the Date: 2008 Copyright Symposium! Greetings, I just wanted to send you a quick note to let you know that dates have been chosen for the 2008 Center for Intellectual copyright symposium. The theme is: (c) Monopoly: Playing the Innovation Game! It will be held: May 28 - 30, 2008 Inn Conference Center Adelphi, MD http://umuc.edu/cip/symposium/ This two and a half day event will bring to you top copyright scholars and legal specialist who will address some of the most burning issues affecting the management and use of copyrighted materials. Please stay tuned for more details. In the mean time, check out our website for archives of previous programming- http://www.umuc.edu/cip/archive.shtml Thank you and I hope to see you there. -Olga -- Olga Francois, Assistant Director Center for Intellectual Property University of Maryland University College 3501 University Blvd. East, PGM3-780 Adelphi, MD 20783 Phone: 240-582-2964 Fax: 240-582-2961 ofrancois at umuc.edu
[MCN-L] Ask.com's Search Services Deletes Users' Records
A step in the right direction. Ask.com's Search Services Deletes Users' Records Hoping to establish itself as the Internet's least intrusive search engine, Ask.com is empowering people to prevent their search requests from being deposited in data banks. When it's turned on, the safeguard purges a user's search requests from Ask.com's computers within a few hours. Read more: http://www.gigalaw.com/news/2007/12/askcoms-search-services-deletes-users.html (Source: USA Today)
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Fw: In The News
A little holiday reading. As always, interesting stuff. Cheers. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem akeshet at imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net == (C)ollectanea Blog. Collected perspectives on copyright. http://chaucer.umuc.edu/blogcip/collectanea/ Center for Intellectual Property, UMUC -- Supreme Court rules 'Shane' copyright won't come back. Daily Yomiuri Online/AP. December 20, 2007. http://tinyurl.com/2xgjdr The Supreme Court rejected Tuesday a request by two film companies that filed an appeal against two Tokyo production companies, including a DVD company, to suspend the sales of cheap DVDs of the 1953 U.S. movie Shane. The companies, including Paramount Pictures Corp. of the United States, had filed a lawsuit against the Tokyo firms over copyright infringement. -- Blog: Is the ratchet really only one-way? By Georgia Harper, Collectanea. December 19, 2007. http://tinyurl.com/yqsor3 I discovered a couple of papers recently that focused my attention on the public domain, as what's left when copyright gets through with protecting a work from, from, well, from what I am not sure any longer, but Bill Patry's piece seemed to pull things together in a way that compelled me to write about it allBut I also want to draw you attention to two papers published recently on the subject of the one-way ratchet, the continual lengthening of the term, the continual heightening of the walls of protection. -- Blog: Copyright, Defamation, Bloggers, DMCA, Safe Harbors, Cease-And-Desists And Anonymity... Oh My! By Mike Masnick, Techdirt.com. December 19, 2007. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071219/020622.shtml Well, here's a lawsuit that's got all the hot button issues going around these days, and yet has received very little publicity. Both Eric Goldman and Sam Bayard provide detailed legal breakdowns of what happened (and it may take a couple reads to grasp all the details), but let's try to summarize (some of it's good, some of it's bad). -- Blog: The Myth Of Finding A 'Balance' In Copyright Laws. By Mike Masnick, Techdirt.com. December 19, 2007. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071214/184433.shtml It never fails. During various battles over copyright laws, someone will come along and present themselves as wanting to be the moderate provider between the warring parties of users on one side and copyright holders on the other side, declaring that what's really needed is a good balance in copyright law that is fair to both sides. -- XM settles copyright suit filed by Universal. By Reuters. December 18, 2007. http://tinyurl.com/yt9woe XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. said Monday that it had settled a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Universal Music Group and hoped to reach deals with other music companies. The dispute centers on XM's portable Inno device, which can store and record music from satellite radio. -- Copyright court fight leads 2008 playlist. By Deirdre McMurdy, The Ottawa Citizen. December 17, 2007. http://tinyurl.com/2zdeo6 Thousands of Canadians are likely to receive an iPod as a Christmas gift again this year. But what they may not realize is that a gift so small in size comes with a package of huge legal, financial and moral issues. -- Facebook more than just a cool tool for kids. By Michael Geist, Toronto Star. December 17, 2007. http://www.thestar.com/columnists/article/286164 If 2006 was the year of YouTube, 2007 has been Facebook's year. The growth of social media, led by Facebook, has taken the world by storm. Since January, Facebook has added 250,000 new users each day. Canadians have led the way, accounting for about 8 million of the site's nearly 60 million global users. -- Blog: CCC Seeks a New Formula With Launch of Copyright Labs. By Michael LoPresti, Information Today. December 17, 2007. http://tinyurl.com/26fhs9 Ask a few chemists, mathematicians, or pastry chefs what problem-solving methodology they turn to when insight and theory fall short. They're likely to respond with a common answer. Trial and error, that age-old approach to puzzling out dilemmas big and small, continues to be employed in every laboratory, classroom, and kitchen on a daily basis. When Copyright Clearance Center announced the launch of Copyright Labs last week, it was a nod to that fact that even a nonprofit company in the knowledge industry stands to gain from publicly testing new applications to ensure that all of the wrinkles have been ironed out. -- Elvis release pulled in copyright row. By Reuters. December 17, 2007. http://tinyurl.com/yr5pqp Music distributor Cargo
[MCN-L] not so anonymous
This item did NOT make my day. But probably important to know about and to keep in mind. Amalyah Keshet - Original Message - recently, netflix released some anonymized usage data in order to seed a technical challenge (on recommending algorithms). bruce schneier reports that a team of Univ. of Texas researchers de-anonymized a subset of the data through correlation with public IMdB (internet movie database) entries. bruce extends this by analogy to point how easy this really is and he notes the obvious analogy to book purchasing habits: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/12/anonymity_and_t_2.html Someone with access to an anonymous dataset of telephone records, for example, might partially de-anonymize it by correlating it with a catalog merchants' telephone order database. Or Amazon's online book reviews could be the key to partially de-anonymizing a public database of credit card purchases, or a larger database of anonymous book reviews. Google, with its database of users' internet searches, could easily de-anonymize a public database of internet purchases, or zero in on searches of medical terms to de-anonymize a public health database. Merchants who maintain detailed customer and purchase information could use their data to partially de-anonymize any large search engine's data, if it were released in an anonymized form. A data broker holding databases of several companies might be able to de-anonymize most of the records in those databases. What the University of Texas researchers demonstrate is that this process isn't hard, and doesn't require a lot of data. It turns out that if you eliminate the top 100 movies everyone watches, our movie-watching habits are all pretty individual. This would certainly hold true for our book reading habits, our internet shopping habits, our telephone habits and our web searching habits.
[MCN-L] Fw: Yahoo! and Adobe! sign! ad-packed! PDF! pact!
Oh, please. Give us a break, already! http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/29/yahoo_adobe_pdf_advert/ http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9825409-7.html ...Yahoo! has signed up with Adobe to incorporate targeted adverts into PDF documents. The scheme is optional, but unfortunately only for the advertiser. Advertisers just upload their PDF files to Yahoo so they can be ?ad-enabled?, meaning the adverts linked to the document?s contents are slotted in. The Advs are shown in a side panel that appears in Acrobat Reader whenever the document?s opened, though Yahoo! hasn?t said if this panel can be hidden by users. We suspect not. It?s expected that the ads will be charged on a pay-per-click basis. Unfortunately, it?s questionable how much the advertising will add to the ?user experience?. Unless you actually want your monthly departmental financial analysis review PDF content linked to adverts for 30 per cent off stationery and offers to slash the cost of your medical bills.
[MCN-L] |::| Museums ON SecondLife |::|
Registration is 8000 lindens (equivalent of $30 USD) payable in lindens to avatar Valencia Lane in Second Life. I'm going to put in a budget request for that -- just to see how our Finance Department reacts! Amalyah Keshet (URL correction: http://www.alliancelibraries.info/virtualworlds/index.html ) - Original Message - From: Susan Hazan sha...@netvision.net.il To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu; Museum discussion list MUSEUM-L at HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 4:35 PM Subject: [MCN-L] |::| Museums ON SecondLife |::| |::| Museums ON SecondLife |::| I am currently building an online resource of museums in Second Life. Please see: http://www.musesphere.com/Secondlife/ If you have a favorite museum in-world please send me the SLurl (Second Life URL) to post online with the coordinates. To access the museums in Second Life make sure you have Second Life installed locally to go to the SLurl For those who would like to join in the discussion on museums in Second Life you may register for The Virtual Worlds: Libraries, Education and Museums Conference held in Second Life at the New Media Consortium Conference Center (NMC) on March 8, 2008. http://www.alliancelibraries.info/virtualworlds/index.htmlProgram With thanks Dr. Susan Hazan Jerusalem
[MCN-L] |::| Museums ON SecondLife |::|
I just want to see the look on the finance guy's face when he sees pay to the order of: ...an avatar. - Original Message - From: Perian Sully psu...@magnes.org To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 9:47 PM Subject: Re: [MCN-L] |::| Museums ON SecondLife |::| I have to admit that I've been avoiding asking for funds until we have some quantifiable results from our efforts, just because I really don't want to try and explain to Finance how this works and which budget this comes out of... Perian Sully Collection Information and New Media Coordinator Judah L. Magnes Museum -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Amalyah Keshet Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 4:04 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] |::| Museums ON SecondLife |::| Registration is 8000 lindens (equivalent of $30 USD) payable in lindens to avatar Valencia Lane in Second Life. I'm going to put in a budget request for that -- just to see how our Finance Department reacts! Amalyah Keshet (URL correction: http://www.alliancelibraries.info/virtualworlds/index.html ) - Original Message - From: Susan Hazan shazan at netvision.net.il To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu; Museum discussion list MUSEUM-L at HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 4:35 PM Subject: [MCN-L] |::| Museums ON SecondLife |::| |::| Museums ON SecondLife |::| I am currently building an online resource of museums in Second Life. Please see: http://www.musesphere.com/Secondlife/ If you have a favorite museum in-world please send me the SLurl (Second Life URL) to post online with the coordinates. To access the museums in Second Life make sure you have Second Life installed locally to go to the SLurl For those who would like to join in the discussion on museums in Second Life you may register for The Virtual Worlds: Libraries, Education and Museums Conference held in Second Life at the New Media Consortium Conference Center (NMC) on March 8, 2008. http://www.alliancelibraries.info/virtualworlds/index.htmlProgram With thanks Dr. Susan Hazan Jerusalem ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
[MCN-L] Difficult license provisions
In perpetuity. Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu - Original Message - From: les...@copyrightlaws.com To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu; Deborah Wythe deborahwythe at hotmail.com Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 4:05 AM Subject: [MCN-L] Difficult license provisions I am writing an article on difficult provisions in a license agreement. By that, I mean a term or condition which is either difficult to comply with, or difficult to negotiate. Any comments on or off list would be great. Thanks. Lesley Lesley Ellen Harris http://copyrightlaws.com ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
[MCN-L] Fw: computational photography
c|net carries a cool story on computational photography - enhancing and enriching captured light field data to increase the amount of information that is relevant to the consumer - read the whole article for many different approaches - http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9882019-39.html?tag=nefd.lede In the last decade, photography has been transformed by one revolution, the near-total replacement of analog film cameras by digital image sensors. Now researchers and companies are starting to stretch their wings by taking advantage of what a computer can do with sensor data either within the camera or on a full-fledged PC. Some elements of this new era, which researchers often call computational photography, are refinements of existing technology. For example, some cameras can wait to take the photo only when subjects are smiling and not blinking, in effect placing the shutter release button in the hands of the subjects rather than the photographer. But more dramatic changes could shift the definition of a camera more dramatically. One major area of research, for example, uses computational processing to create a 3D representation of a scene rather than just the two dimensions of traditional photography. (Thanks to Peter Brantley)
[MCN-L] Fw: metadata: adobe text for video
Again, thanks to the indefatigable Peter Brantley: http://www.beet.tv/2008/07/huge-adobe-read.html Beginning later this year, Flash video will contain rich metadata in the form of automated transcripts. Adobe is readying a system that uses speech-to-text technology directly into the production process. ... If the Adobe project is widely adopted, it will have a profound impact on how Flash video is searched and discovered. Right now there is very little text data in Flash files. Recently YouTube began including voice-to-text generated metadata into some of the clips in the presidential campaign.
[MCN-L] IP SIG: The Internet Library of Law and Court Decisions
Important site cite, from William Patry's excellent blog, The Patry Copyright Blog http://williampatry.blogspot.com/: The Internet Library of Law and Court Decisions http://www.internetlibrary.com/ is an online case digest providing in-depth analysis of over 520 court decisions affecting those who do business on the Internet. As the site states: Court decisions are organized by subject matter. The user is provided with a brief synopsis of the court's decision. If the decision is of interest, a link takes the user to a more thorough analysis. Pdfs of, or links to the full text of most court decisions analyzed are also provided. A free electronic newsletter, Internet Law Update, is available to provide users with the latest cases added to the Library. A full text search engine is also available to assist in utilizing the Library's resources. The Internet Library has analyzed cases covering a broad array of topics, including trademark and copyright infringement, dilution, use of meta tags, links, thumbnails and framing, browse wrap, click wrap and shrink wrap agreements, domain name disputes, internet service provider liability, subpoenas, online defamation, gripe sites, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, jurisdiction, the legality of gambling on the Internet, search engine advertising, licensing requirements for the operation of an online pharmacy and automobile distributorship, the legality of keying and cookies, use of e-mail in the work place, spam, the legality of pop-up ads and spyware, and First Amendment issues arising out of governmental regulation of the Internet, among others. There are also links to other sites. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem akeshet at imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
[MCN-L] IP SIG: NASA Beams Beatles' 'Across the Universe' Into Space
What fun just to contemplate the copyright issues that arise here! http://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/across_universe.html NASA Beams Beatles' 'Across the Universe' Into Space 01.31.08 For the first time ever, NASA beamed a song -- The Beatles' Across the Universe -- directly into deep space at 7 p.m. EST on Feb. 4. The transmission over NASA's Deep Space Network commemorated the 40th anniversary of the day The Beatles recorded the song, as well as the 50th anniversary of NASA's founding and the group's beginnings. Two other anniversaries also are being honored: The launch 50 years ago this week of Explorer 1, the first U.S. satellite, and the founding 45 years ago of the Deep Space Network, an international network of antennas that supports missions to explore the universe. [] And, for those of us old enough to make the connection: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080205/ap_on_re_eu/obit_maharishi_mahesh_yogi Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem akeshet at imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
[MCN-L] IP SIG: NYT on Latest Harry Potter Fair Use Flap
New York Times February 9, 2008 Talking Business; Page B1 A Tight Grip Can Choke Creativity By JOE NOCERA On Friday, a lawyer named Anthony Falzone filed his side's first big brief in the case of Warner Bros. Entertainment and J. K. Rowling v. RDR Books. Mr. Falzone is employed by Stanford Law School, where he heads up the Fair Use Project, which was founded several years ago by Lawrence Lessig, perhaps the law school's best-known professor. Mr. Falzone and the other lawyers at the Fair Use Project are siding with the defendant, RDR Books, a small book publisher based in Muskegon, Mich. As you can see from the titans who have brought the suit, RDR Books needs all the legal firepower it can muster. As you can probably also see, the case revolves around Harry Potter. J. K. Rowling, of course, is the creator of the Harry Potter series -- one of the most successful writers the world has ever known, crowed Neil Blair of the Christopher Little Literary Agency, which represents her. Warner Brothers holds the license to the Harry Potter movies. Of the two plaintiffs, though, Ms. Rowling appears to be the one driving the litigation. I feel as though my name and my works have been hijacked, against my wishes, for the personal gain and profit of others and diverted from the charities I intended to benefit, she said in a declaration to the court. And what perfidious act of hijacking has RDR Books committed? It planned to publish a book by Steven Vander Ark, who maintains a fansite called the Harry Potter Lexicon. The Lexicon publishes Harry Potter essays, finds Harry Potter mistakes, explains Harry Potter terminology, devises Harry Potter timelines and does a thousand other things aimed at people who can't get enough Harry Potter. It's a Harry Potter encyclopedia for obsessive fans. So long as the Lexicon was a free Web site, Ms. Rowling looked kindly upon it. But when Mr. Vander Ark tried to publish part of the Lexicon in book form - and (shudder!) to make a profit - Ms. Rowling put her foot down. She claims that she wants to publish her own encyclopedia someday and donate the proceeds to charity and a competing book by Mr. Vander Ark would hurt the prospects for her own work. But more than that, she is essentially claiming that the decision to publish - or even to allow - a Harry Potter encyclopedia is hers alone, since after all, the characters in her books came out of her head. They are her intellectual property. And in her view, no one else can use them without her permission... ___
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Re: Free Webcast Friday on the Value of Fair Use
I had no problem registering. Try again, or contact Educause Live tech support (on the site.) Amalyah - Original Message - From: treit...@aol.com To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 3:06 AM Subject: Re: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Re: Free Webcast Friday on the Value of Fair Use I couldn't register and sign onto _http://www.educause.edu/live083_ (http://www.educause.edu/live083) to access the free webcast. Is membership to educause a prerequisite? Barbara Treitel In a message dated 2/10/2008 7:09:21 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, akeshet at imj.org.il writes: By the way, I did catch this, and it was indeed worth it. More webcasts coming up, and an archive of previous ones: http://www.educause.edu/live/ Amalyah - Original Message - From: akes...@imj.org.il To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 6:46 PM Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Free Webcast Friday on the Value of Fair Use Sounds worth catching this on Friday if you can. Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG --- ???: Steve Worona : ? 29/01/2008 18:45 : Free Webcast Friday on the value of Fair Use My next EDUCAUSE Live! Webcast features Matt Schruers, Senior Council for Litigation and Legislative Affairs with the Computer and Communications Industry Association, speaking on Copyright Fair Use and the Economy. 1-2pm Eastern Time, Friday, Feb. 1. No charge, but registration required at http://www.educause.edu/live083. Summary: The copyright legislative process in Washington traditionally focuses on increasing the protection provided to copyrights, based on the assumption that this will strengthen the economy. Recent research, however, indicates that exceptions to copyright protection also promote innovation and are a major catalyst of U.S. economic growth. Specific exceptions to copyright protection under U.S. and international law, generally classified under the broad heading of fair use, are vital to many industries and stimulate growth across the economy. In fact, business enterprises that benefit from fair use generate substantial revenue, employ millions of workers, and, in 2006, represented one-sixth of total U.S. gross domestic product. This economic research suggests that future copyright legislation needs to account for these important limitations if the policy-making process is to stimulate growth. All EDUCAUSE Live! Webcasts are archived for later (re)viewing. See you Friday. Steve -- Steven L. Worona Director of Policy and Networking Programs EDUCAUSE / 1150 18th St. NW suite 1010 / Washington, DC 20036 202-872-4200 x 5358 / 202-872-4318 fax / sworona at educause.edu ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l **Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp00300025 48) ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Copyright Symposium, University of Maryland, May 29-30, 2008
- Original Message - From: Olga Francois ofranc...@umuc.edu Subject: Copyright Symposium, May 29-30, 2008 We are pleased to announce the... 8th Annual Symposium Copyright Monopoly: Playing the innovation game May 28-30, 2008 in Metro Washington, D.C. http://www.umuc.edu/CIP2008/ Are you stuck on your next move? Join the Center for Intellectual Property, a trusted source of accessible professional development programming, and learn how to create a winning strategy for managing your creations and the use of third party copyrighted works. Sit down with noted scholars and practitioners exploring the relationship between the U.S. copyright monopoly, technological innovation and higher education institutions. Programming highlights include: Meet Some of the Players- James Boyle, Georgia Harper, Gigi Sohn, Patrick Ross, Lolly Gasaway, and many, many more! http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium/speakers.shtml Honing Your Skills- Check out one of the intensive pre-conferences: Public Domain Fair Use or Copyright 101 http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium/preconference.shtml The Hottest Game of the Season- Sign up for the new management track: Institute for Copyright Leadership Management (ICLM) http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium/institute.shtml We urge you to check out the website for more information on this year's exciting events, including: Game Night, our Opening Night reception, focused roundtables the Re-mix Contest. TO register for the 2008 Symposium see http://tinyurl.com/ypg33b - - 2008 Institute for Copyright Leadership Management (ICLM) - - In addition to the full symposium agenda, the Center for Intellectual Property (CIP) has partnered with the National Leadership Institute (NLI) to bring to you a unique program that promises to meet the needs of many institutions struggling to better manage the changes in copyright law. The goal of the Institute is to increase participants' capacity for change management and to lead copyright initiatives on their campuses. Register today to take advantage of the early bird rates. Please see the site for logistics ICLM Team Discounts! To join the ICLM Symposium cohort or register for the symposium: http://tinyurl.com/ypg33b -- Olga Francois, Assistant Director Center for Intellectual Property University of Maryland University College 3501 University Blvd. East, PGM3-780 Adelphi, MD 20783 Phone: 240-582-2803 Fax: 240-582-2961 http://www.umuc.edu/CIP2008/
[MCN-L] Fw: Lessig for Congress!
News flash from another list: Cyber-hero and free culture advocate Larry Lessig is mulling a run for the open congressional seat formerly held by the late Rep. Tom Lantos. This is not a joke. California's 12th district, encompassing a good part of Silicon Valley, has a tech-centric population and would be the ideal place for a Lessig candidacy. To convince Prof. Lessig that support exists for his run, we are trying to sign up 1000 donors by the end of this week. You can contribute here: http://actblue.com/page/lessig (if he elects not to run, the donations go to Creative Commons, so it's a no-lose proposition). You can find more information here: www.draftlessig.org and here www.lessig08.org This is an extraordinary opportunity for our community to make its voice heard in Washington. Let's make it happen!
[MCN-L] CAL SIG: Clifford LYNCH: Authorship and Identity - Berkeley
local to bay area. for those interested. FRIDAY AFTERNOON SEMINAR ON INFORMATION ACCESS. South Hall 107, Fridays 3-5 pm http://courses.ischool.berkeley.edu/i296a-1/f07/schedule.html Everyone interested is welcome! Sep 7: Clifford LYNCH: Authorship and Identity. In this talk, I'll look at various developments in scholarly communication (citation indexing, web statistics gathering, preprint archives); in identity management; and in name authority control. My fundamental thesis will be that there is an opportunity to begin to deliberately and systematically relate and potentially converge developments in these different areas; I'll lead a discussion of the issues and actors that might be involved in doing so.
[MCN-L] IP SIG: (c)ollectanea blog - CIP Univ of Maryland
In case you have any time left afer reading Musematic.net : - Original Message - Greetings, Please join the Center for Intellectual Property in welcoming Carlos Ovalle to the (c)ollectanea Blog this month. Mr. Ovalle is a full time member of the technology staff and a lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin School of Information. Along with CIP scholar, Georgia Harper the monthly guest bloggers continue to bring thoughtful perspectives on up to the minute happenings in the copyright arena. Visit the (c)ollectanea blog today, tomorrow or take advantage of the RSS feed! http://chaucer.umuc.edu/blogcip/collectanea/ -- Olga Francois, Assistant Director Center for Intellectual Property University of Maryland University College 3501 University Blvd. East, PGM3-780 Adelphi, MD 20783 Phone: 240-582-2964 Fax: 240-582-2961 ofrancois at umuc.edu (C)ollectanea Blog: http://chaucer.umuc.edu/blogcip/collectanea/
[MCN-L] IP SIG: In The News
Good stuff from: (C)ollectanea Blog. Collected perspectives on copyright. http://chaucer.umuc.edu/blogcip/collectanea/ Center for Intellectual Property, UMUC Book review: New Book Explores Social Costs of Digital Rights Management by Susan Lang, LinuxElectrons, September 09 2007 http://tinyurl.com/28yyv3 Ithaca, NY - Copyright law was conceived when only a few people had the ability to mass-produce intellectual property. Computers and the Internet, however, have opened a whole new can of worms, allowing almost anyone to copy almost anything and distribute it widely. Instead of relying on the enforcement of copyright laws, more and more industries are relying on such technologies as encryption to protect their content. - Press Release: SPARC letter to members on the PRISM anti-open access effort Date: September 6, 2007 To: SPARC Members From: Heather Joseph, SPARC Executive Director Re: PRISM anti-open access effort http://www.arl.org/sparc/advocacy/07-0907prism.html I'm writing to bring to your attention the recent launch of an anti-open access lobbying effort. The initiative, called PRISM - the Partnership for Research Integrity in Science and Medicine ( http://www.prismcoalition.org), was launched with development support from the Association of American Publishers and specifically targets efforts to expand public access to federally funded research results - including the National Institute of Health's Public Access Policy. - Blog: The rhetoric of fair use by Carlos Ovalle, (c)ollectanea Blog, September 7, 2007 http://tinyurl.com/ynvbok Here's one of the subjects I've mentioned in a few places in action: the rhetoric of fair use. The technology trade group Computer Communications Industry Association (CCIA) recently filed a complaint with the FTC regarding the misleading and overreaching copyright warnings that appear during sports events, on DVDs and books, and other places. Blog: US court rules that free speech trumps copyright (sometimes) by Cory Doctorow, boing-boing, September 5, 2007 http://www.boingboing.net/2007/09/05/us-court-rules-that.html A major copyright victory -- the Tenth Circuit court has ruled in favor of Larry Lessig, et al, in Golan v. Gonzales, a case about the scope of fair use. The court has acknowledged that First Amendment freedoms must be considered when copyright law is made. - Japan: Artists and Right Holders to Build Search Site for Copyright Information By Keita Mochizuki, Tech-On!, Sep 04, 2007 http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20070904/138725/ It was revealed in a press conference Aug. 31, 2007, that a group of artists and right holders organizations in Japan will construct a Web site that will enable searches of copyright information on literature, photos and music via the Internet, targeting January 2009. - The First Close Look at Colleges' Digital Pirates by BROCK READ, Chronicle of Higher Education, 7 September 2007 (subscription required) http://chronicle.com/weekly/v54/i02/02a00102.htm Ms. Elzy and Mr. Arbogast wanted financial support from the industry, and they got it. The Digital Citizen Project, as Illinois State calls it, has benefited from considerable entertainment-industry financing, including an influx ofseveral hundred thousand dollars that came shortly after the meeting. . Later, Illinois State secured promises that the information the university collects will not be used to prosecute students. ==
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Economic Study on Fair Use
An economic study released by the CCIA [Computer Communications Industry Association] recently, Fair Use in the U.S. Economy, is available on the CCIA's website at: http://www.ccianet.org/artmanager/uploads/1/FairUseStudy-Sep12.pdf Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem akeshet at imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Economic study of Fair Use: summary
Here's a very good summary I should have sent along with the link, as well as a press release from Public Knowledge: --- Full study: http://www.ccianet.org/artmanager/uploads/1/FairUseStudy-Sep12.pdf Fair Use Economy Represents One-Sixth of U.S. GDP Sep 12, 2007 WASHINGTON D.C. - Fair Use exceptions to U.S. copyright laws are responsible for more than $4.5 trillion in annual revenue for the United States, according to the findings of an unprecedented economic study released today. According to the study commissioned by the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) and conducted in accordance with a World Intellectual Property Organization methodology, companies benefiting from limitations on copyright-holders' exclusive rights, such as fair use - generate substantial revenue, employ millions of workers, and, in 2006, represented one-sixth of total U.S. GDP. The exhaustive report, released today at a briefing on Capitol Hill, quantifies for the first time ever the critical contributions of fair use to the U.S. economy. The timing proves particularly important as the debates over copyright law in the digital age move increasingly to center stage on Capitol Hill. As the report summarizes, in the past twenty years as digital technology has increased, so too has the importance of fair use. With more than $4.5 trillion in revenue generated by fair use dependent industries in 2006, a 31% increase since 2002, fair use industries are directly responsible for more than 18% of U.S. economic growth and nearly 11 million American jobs. In fact, nearly one out of every eight American jobs is in an industry that benefits from current limitations on copyright. As the United States economy becomes increasingly knowledge-based, the concept of fair use can no longer be discussed and legislated in the abstract. It is the very foundation of the digital age and a cornerstone of our economy, said Ed Black, President and CEO of CCIA. Much of the unprecedented economic growth of the past ten years can actually be credited to the doctrine of fair use, as the Internet itself depends on the ability to use content in a limited and nonlicensed manner. To stay on the edge of innovation and productivity, we must keep fair use as one of the cornerstones for creativity, innovation and, as today's study indicates, an engine for growth for our country The Fair Use exception to U.S. copyright law, as codified in Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976 states, The fair use of a copyrighted work ... is not an infringement of copyright. Fair use permits a range of activities that are critical to many high technology businesses such as search engines and software developmers. As the study indicates, however, fair use and related exceptions to copyright are crucial to non-technology industries as well, such as insurance, legal services, and newspaper publishers. The dependence of industries outside the high-tech field illustrates the crucial need for balanced copyright law. -- Mike Palmedo Research Coordinator Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property American University, Washington College of Law 4910 Massachutsetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20016 T - 202-274-4442 | F 202-274-0659 mpalmedo at wcl.american.edu For immediate release September 12, 2007 Public Knowledge Praises Results of CCIA Economic Study on Fair Use The Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) today released the first major study showing that the sectors of the economy that depend on the fair use of copyrighted material make a significant contribution to the U.S. economy. The study is at http://www.ccianet.org. The following statement is attributed to Gigi B. Sohn, president and co-founder of Public Knowledge: CCIA should be congratulated for sponsoring this significant project. For years, the copyright industries have made their case for restricting the rights of consumers based on the argument that their industry makes a significant contribution to the economy that could be jeopardized by fair use rights. The results are telling. While the content industries claim employment of 11.3 million workers in 2005, the CCIA study found industries depending on fair use employed 17.3 million people in 2006. While the copyright industries claim to have generated $1.3 trillion (or 11.2% of Gross Domestic Product), the CCIA study found that fair-use industries generated $2.2 trillion in 2006. This report should guide policymakers and others who want to tilt further the copyright laws away from a reasonable balance between creators on the one hand and consumers and innovators on the other. The report presents a clear case that the harm to the economy could be more significant than previously thought by following a radical content industry policy that diminishes legitimate lawful use of copyrighted material.
[MCN-L] New York Times To Close TimesSelect
New York Times To Close TimesSelect Effective Midnight Tuesday; Will Open Last 20 Years Of Archives As an ex-pat whose survival and sanity are directly dependent upon full, free access to the New York Times, I can only squeal, Yes! The economics of full, free search have triumphed. http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-new-york-times-to-close-timesselect-effective-wednesday/ http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/business/media/18times.html?_r=1hporef=slogin Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem akeshet at imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
[MCN-L] :-)
The latest weighty and important headline to catch the discerning eye of technocognoscenti: The Smiley Face Turns 25! http://slashdot.org/articles/07/09/18/2313232.shtml ...and for a change, perusing the comments section proved a worthwhile: Today's Headline - New Hieroglyph Discovered in Egyptian Pyramid And in recent new today a new Hieroglyph has been discovered with the Great Pyramid of Giza. The symbol appears to consist of two vertically adjacent circles and a single curve segment whose curvature is oriented such that the 2 circles appear to be near the center of the circle that would be formed were the curve's slope extended out. Our man on the scene has provided us with a crude sketch of this Hieroglyph, whose meaning is unknown but which is suspected to be related to one of the primary emotions humans have experienced since the dawn of time. : ) Note how the segment appears to be a piece of a general circle center on the 2 dots. Why a segment of a circle was chosen, ^ Rather than the full circle itself, and why it is centered on the dots, is currently unknown Also Note how the two circles are placed one directly over the other. Most other Hieroglyphs have utilized slight angles, generally sloping inwards, so this discovery may help understand a great many things that are currently unknown about Egyptian society This has been Faux News' Archeology Department. Stay tuned for the weather. (posted by Jarjarthejedi (996957) .bookreader13. .at. .cox.net.
[MCN-L] XML meets Emoticon
In my haste to get the news flash out, I failed to notice the Slashdot comment most obviously appropriate for the MCN constituency: The emoticon is dead... long live XML! Thankfully, we no longer need to use this outdated technology of emoticons to denote humorous sentiments in email and online postings. Some have historically proposed the use of a sarcasm tag littered among ordinary text to convey the sarcastic emotion more accurately. I propose going one step further, and am proposing the Humour-XML standard, which will provide a much richer way to fully denote sentiments on the web. For instance, consider the sarcastic exprssion: I'll get right on that ;-) Even in this simple expression, the smiley face does not convey enough information to the reader to properly discern the mood of the poster. It is left ambiguous whether the poster is completely sarcastic, and will not get right on that, or if the poster was merely in a humorous mood and implying that they will get right on that in a cheerful way. This failure to communicate is costing the American economy untold billions in lost productivity, rivaling that of sick days and movie piracy. The following is a rough draft of an XML standard I am proposing to completely eliminate our dependence on this obsolete form of communication. I propose a full XML schema devoted to conveying emotion in email, web postings, and Usenet flame messages. For instance, the previous message would be written in Humour-XML as: ?xml version=1.0? posting message mood=sarcastic level=highly I'll get right on that smiley deprecated=yes symbol=;-) / /message /posting The message now contains no ambiguities ? the reader understands that the poster is highly sarcastic , and does not actually intend to get right on that The Humour-XML schema provides numerous benefits to users such as: enhanced text-to-speech renderings of postings (the speaker's voice could convey emotion, etc.), backwards compatibility with obsolete emoticons, UTF-8 support, building the Semantic Web from the ground up, and other benefits too numerous to enumerate here. Without extolling the virtues of this fantastic language too greatly, I'll touch on one more gold mine of usability: using XSLT [wikipedia.org] to transfrom Humour-XML to other forms, such as emoticon-text or even SVG graphics. For instance, we can define an XSLT stylesheet like so: ?xml version=1.0 ? xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl=http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform; version=1.0 xsl:output method=xml indent=yes/ xsl:template match=posting emoticon_text xsl:apply-templates/ /emoticon_text /xsl:template xsl:template match=message xsl:copy xsl:apply-templates /xsl:copy /xsl:template xsl:template match=message xsl:text xsl:value-of select=symbol / /xsl:text /xsl:template /xsl:stylesheet The example XSLT spreadsheet provided here should provide posters eager to try this amazing technology a head-start. I am in the process of carefully constructing a DTD for Humour-XML, as well as several more very useful XSLT stylesheets. I hereby disclaim all patents on said technology, and promise that Humour-XML is free for the world to use royalty-free, forever. by schmiddy (599730) `moc.liamg' `ta' `yddimhcs' on Tuesday September 18, @08:59PM (#20662575) (http://slashdot.org/) http://slashdot.org/articles/07/09/18/2313232.shtml
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Christoph Büchel vs Mass MoCA
Moral rights case of interest: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/22/arts/design/22moca.html A federal judge ruled yesterday that the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art has the right to display an immense unfinished installation by Christoph B?chel, a Swiss artist whose relationship with the museum fell apart early this year, leading to a bitter public battle over control of the work and over artists' rights in general. The judge, Michael A. Ponsor, in Federal District Court in Springfield, Mass., said that the museum's display of the work would not, as Mr. B?chel argued, violate the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990, which provides that an artist has the right to prevent the use of his or her name as the author of the work of visual art in the event of a distortion, mutilation, or other modification of the work. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem akeshet at imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Fw: Costs of Copyright Confusion - American Univ. TODAY
For those of you lucky enough to be in the DC area - today! (Yes, this arrived only today.) Amalyah Keshet TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2007 The Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media Literacy Education Join us on the campus of American University in Washington DC where we release the report of our research on copyright, fair use and media literacy education. * * * * * * * * * * * Confused about copyright? You are not alone. Media literacy educators rely on the ability to use copyrighted materials in their teaching. But ignorance about copyright (and particularly a lack of awareness of the fair use provision) is interfering with the ability to teach important critical thinking and communication skills to promote digital learning. Please join Professors Renee Hobbs of Temple University, Peter Jaszi of the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property at American University Washington College of Law and Pat Aufderheide of the Center for Social Media in the School of Communication at American University on Tuesday, September 25, for the release of their report, The Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media Literacy. The event starts at 2pm, followed by a reception. Participants include will include high school teachers affected by copyright regulations, representatives from the media literacy movement, and leading legal scholars in the area of copyright, fair use, and education. Panelists will explore such issues as: a.. What do teachers know (and do not know) about copyright? b.. How does copyright confusion limit the quality of student learning? c.. What are effective solutions to this problem? Who: Pat Aufderheide will moderate the event. A panel of scholars, including Hobbs, Jaszi, and Kenneth Crews, a legal scholar at Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis and author of Copyright Law for Librarians and Educators, will discuss the findings of the report. Following the panel, the following people will discuss the meaning of the report for their organizations and work: a.. Dale Allender, Director, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)-West, the leading professional membership organization for English language arts educators. b.. Shay Taylor, media teacher at Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, Maryland. c.. Karen Zill, on the board of directors of the Alliance for a Media Literate America (AMLA), the national membership organization for media literacy We look forward to seeing you there and chatting with you at the reception! Where: American University, Washington College of Law, Room 603 4801 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington DC Driving Directions and Parking information available at: http://www.wcl.american.edu/direction/driving.cfm When: Tuesday, September 25, 2:00 p.m. Reception to follow. The event will be webcast at http://www.wcl.american.edu/go/medialit Registration is appreciated to assist us estimate attendance for purposes of ordering refreshments, but is not required to attend. To register, visit, http://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/cle_form.cfm or email: pijip at wcl.american.edu
[MCN-L] Fw: In The News
More good stuff from the Center for Intellectual Property, UMUC. Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net Please consider the environment before printing this email -- Blog: US copyright official loves DMCA but admits she's not tech savvy. AfterDawn.com, September 18, 2007. http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11154.cfm After reading statements made by U.S. Register of Copyrights Marybeth Peters it shouldn't surprise anyone to find out that she's a self described luddite who doesn't even have a computer at home. Short of being in a coma since the law went into effect in 1998, that's the only explanation for saying I think it did what it was supposed to do, which is what she recently told an audience at the Future of Music Policy Summit. - Blog: Values of Fair Use. By Carlos Ovalle, Collectanea Blog, September 18, 2007. http://tinyurl.com/2a7pms Georgia earlier reported on the CCIA study describing the economic value of fair use. That study and responses to that study have shed light on a few areas. - Times to Stop Charging for Parts of Its Web Site. By Richard Perez-Pena, New York Times, September 18, 2007. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/business/media/18times.html The New York Times will stop charging for access to parts of its Web site, effective at midnight tonight. In addition to opening the entire site to all readers, The Times will also make available its archives from 1987 to the present without charge, as well as those from 1851 to 1922, which are in the public domain. There will be charges for some material from the period 1923 to 1986, and some will be free. - Blog: Debating the Future of Music. By Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post, September 18, 2007. http://tinyurl.com/29lu6q I spent most of Monday in an auditorium at George Washington University, attending the Future of Music Coalition's annual policy summit. This gathering is meant to give musicians--as opposed to the recording industry at large--a chance to mull over the state of the business. - Nintendo Sues Korean Web Sites Over Copyright. The Korea Times, September 17, 2007. http://tinyurl.com/3xx8mt The Korean unit of Japan's game console maker Nintendo Co. said Monday that it has taken a legal action against those who allegedly violated its copyright for game software through Internet Web sites in South Korea. Nintendo Korea said that it filed a suit with the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in Seoul against an unidentified number of users who it claims uploaded copied Nintendo software on peer-to-peer file-sharing or Webhard sites. - Blog: This just in... Libraries and library organizations ask Copyright Office to free the registration database. By Georgia Harper, Collectanea Blog, September 17, 2007. http://tinyurl.com/27a452 Peter Brantley and Carl Malamud have just asked the Copyright Office to make its retrospective database of registrations of copyright freely available to the public. - A call for Net neutrality debate in U.K. By David Meyer, CNET News.com, September 17, 2007. http://www.news.com/2100-1028_3-6208405.html The time has come for the United Kingdom to join the growing debate surrounding Net neutrality, the president of the British Computer Society told ZDNet UK. Professor Nigel Shadbolt said late last week that, because so much of the Internet's content is derived from the U.S., the U.K. and Europe would be affected by any Net neutrality-related decisions made across the Atlantic. - Ad-supported music site SpiralFrog launches Monday, offers free music and video downloads. SiliconValley.com/Associated Press, September 17, 2007. http://tinyurl.com/yqwkpm SpiralFrog.com, an ad-supported Web site that allows visitors to download music and videos free of charge, was scheduled to launch Monday in the U.S. and Canada after months of beta testing. The music service, which has arranged to pay record companies a cut of its advertising revenue, aims to lure music fans who normally flock to online file-swapping networks to share and download music for free. The recording industry has sued thousands of computer users for doing so in recent years. - VW 'Nazi' Subpoena Points Up YouTube Privacy Risks. By David Kravets, Wired.com, September 17, 2007. http://tinyurl.com/2uw9vm A legal spat between YouTube and Volkswagen is throwing light on the increasing copyright surveillance of social networking sites. Volkswagen has filed a subpoena seeking the identity of a YouTube user who posted a Nazi-themed parody of a recent VW Golf commercial. Volkswagen's move underscores the privacy risks to a blossoming community of users on sites like YouTube and Yahoo Video, and social-networking sites like Facebook and MySpace. - CRIA about-face on iPod levies tied to concerns over
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Digital 'Fair Use' Bill Introduced In Congress
More from the Washington Post on the Fair Use bill: Digital 'Fair Use' Bill Introduced In Congress By Frank Ahrens, Washington Post, February 27, 2007 http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/02/digital_fair_use_bill_introduc.html?nav=rss_blog Today, Reps. Rich Boucher (D-Va.) and John Dolittle (R-Calif.) introduced what they call the Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship (or FAIR USE) Act they say will make it easier for digital media consumers to use the content they buy. I have to confess that I was struck by the clumsiness of the name of the bill -- until it dawned on me that FAIR USE is -- you guessed it -- its acronym. There are probably congressional staff who sit around making up these names, and that thought alone is depressing. Amalyah Keshet
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Copyright Utopia- UMUC Copyright Symposium, May 21-23, 2007
The Center for Intellectual Property at UMUC would greatly appreciate your posting the message below to your listserv or promoting this opportunity within your networks. Thank you. [Please excuse the inevitable duplication of this notice.] What are Steve Jobs, Al Gore, Mark Cuban, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, all discussing in the news? Copyright! Come and join the Center for Intellectual Property as we discuss the future of copyright. Copyright Utopia: Alternative Visions, Methods Policies May 21-23, 2007 UMUC Inn Conference Center, Adelphi, Maryland http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium/ Will the efforts of organizations like Creative Commons create a more effective and efficient method for managing copyrighted works? Is licensing the only alternative to copyright? Should alternative methods work within the current legal structure? What would your copyright utopia look like?... Will your copyright future be Orwellian, live within the copyright Matrix, or be a Brave New World? This year's symposium promises to be very thought provoking. Join noted scholars and practitioners as they discuss the current state of copyright nationally and internationally. The Pre-Conferences will include: Copyright 101 Kenneth Crews, Professor, Associate Dean and Director, Copyright Management Center, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). A refresher class for those who want a solid overview of the issues or a basic introduction to the topic for those who may be new to the field. Topics covered: basic definitions and concepts; legislative framework; guidelines; ownership, access, and use. E-Reserves Policy and Implementation Donna Ferullo, Director, University Copyright Office, Purdue University. An opportunity for everyone to probe more deeply into the complex questions of ownership, access, and use that surround the growing movement to digitize and make available ever increasing amounts of content. Full Agenda: http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium/agenda.shtml Additional panelist presenters: http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium/speakers.shtml Registration Form: https://nighthawk.umuc.edu/CIPReg.nsf/Application?OpenForm Register today to take advantage of the early bird rates before it is too late! See the site for logistics specials from our travel partners. Interested in winning a free registration lodging for the 2007 symposium? Consider entering our first contest, (c)Utopia Imagine That! For contest details please see http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium/contest. -- Olga Francois, Assistant Director Center for Intellectual Property University of Maryland University College 3501 University Blvd. East, PGM3-780 Adelphi, MD 20783 Phone: 240-582-2803 Fax: 240-582-2961 http://www.umuc.edu/cip/
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Boucher-Dolittle Fair Use Act introduced (HR 1201)
From the Surprise! Surprise! department: RIAA slams FAIR USE Act http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070228-8948.html Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG - Original Message - From: David Green davidgr...@knowledgeculture.com To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu; CIP-L at LISTSERV.COLLEGEART.ORG Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 5:26 PM Subject: [MCN-L] Boucher-Dolittle Fair Use Act introduced (HR 1201) From the digital-copyright list, citation of a Washington Post report on the Boucher-Dolittle Fair Use Act or HR 1201 the Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship Act, designed to remedy some of the excesses of the DMCA. Some see this as a watered-down version of Boucher's earlier DMCRA that failed due to vociferous opposition by the content industry. See especially he ars technica piece at http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070227-8934.html Begin forwarded message: From: Olga Francois OFrancois at umuc.edu Date: February 28, 2007 9:31:52 AM EST To: digital-copyright at lists.umuc.edu Subject: In The News -- Digital 'Fair Use' Bill Introduced In Congress By Frank Ahrens, Washington Post, February 27, 2007 http://blog.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2007/02/ digital_fair_use_bill_in troduc.html?nav=rss_blog Today, Reps. Rich Boucher (D-Va.) and John Dolittle (R-Calif.) introduced what they call the Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship (or FAIR USE) Act they say will make it easier for digital media consumers to use the content they buy. David Green Knowledge Culture 203.345.3228 www.knowledgeculture.com davidgreen at knowledgeculture.com ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
[MCN-L] Creative Commons
Is anyone out there using Creative Commons licenses for museum or archive images? If so, which version(s) of the licenses are you using? And are you finding it to be useful? Many thanks for anything you might be willing to share on this subject. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem akeshet at imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
[MCN-L] WebWise 2007 proceedings available
And there are podcasts for us outcasts. Also available via the July 2007 issue of First Monday (volume 12, number 7) at http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue12_7/ Amalyah Keshet At 23:14 10/07/2007, you wrote: For those of you who missed the WebWise 2007 conference on Stewardship in the Digital Age: Managing Museum and Library Collections for Preservation and Use held in Washington, DC February 28 - March 2, 2007 Conference proceedings are now available online at http://www.imls.gov/pdf/WebWiseProceedings2007.pdf. -- Diane M. Zorich Information Management Services for Cultural Organizations 113 Gallup Road Princeton, NJ 08542 USA Voice: 609-252-1606 Fax: 609-252-1607 Email: dzorich at mindspring.com ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem www.imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP special interest group www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Economist calculates optimum term of copyright: 14years (from BoingBoing)
Economist calculates optimum term of copyright: 14 years Rufus Pollock, a PhD candidate in economics at Cambridge University, has just released Forever Minus a Day? Some Theory and Empirics of Optimal Copyright, a brilliant new paper on the economically optimal term of copyright. He's presenting it in Berlin this week, but it's already online. Here's the abstract: The optimal level for copyright has been a matter for extensive debate over the last decade. This paper contributes several new results on this issue divided into two parts. In the first, a parsimonious theoretical model is used to prove several novel propositions about the optimal level of protection. Specifically, we demonstrate that (a) optimal copyright falls as the costs of production go down (for example as a result of digitization) and that (b) the optimal level of copyright will, in general, fall over time. The second part of the paper focuses on the specific case of copyright term. Using a simple model we characterise optimal term as a function of a few key parameters. We estimate this function using a combination of new and existing data on recordings and books and find an optimal term of around fourteen years. This is substantially shorter than any current copyright term and implies that existing copyright terms are too long. posted by Cory Doctorow on July 12, 2007, 07:22 AM http://www.boingboing.net/2007/07/12/economist_calculates.html And a link to the full paper: http://www.rufuspollock.org/archives/198 Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem akeshet at imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
[MCN-L] IP SIG: LACMA's Magritte exhibit: This is not fair use
Richard: At first glance, the article contains quite a few mistakes regarding legal issues. Example: When we absolve curators of responsibility for defending our fair use rights... Well, we do NOT have a fair use right to photograph, without the artist's permission, works protected by copyright -- wherever they are displayed -- except for certain very limited purposes, and property, privacy, and contract law may indeed preempt that. Only a court of law can determine whether the purpose of the photography was fair use or not. (And it could be argued that a curator's repsonsibility is to keep his or her museum away from courts of law.) Yes, that's the problem with the fair use concept as currently expressed in the US copyright code, but that's another article altogether -- one that should be written by someone who does their legal research a lot better. While I sympathize with the fair use spirit of the article, one has to get one's facts right in order to make a decent argument for ...anything. I'm off to London for a museums copyright conference at the National Gallery: Connecting Culture and Commerce: Getting the Right Balance http://www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk/mcg2007/index.htm, organized by Simon Tanner and Naomi Korn and sponsored by the Museums Copyright Group. I hope to meet MCN IP colleages there -- yes? -- and I promise to report back to the MCN constituency. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem akeshet at imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net - Original Message - From: Richard Urban rjur...@uiuc.edu To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 2:58 AM Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: LACMA's Magritte exhibit: This is not fair use LACMA's Magritte exhibit: This is not fair use http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/21/lacmas_magritte_exhi.html Anyone from LACMA have a comment? ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
[MCN-L] Fw: virtual worlds summit
Of probable interest to the virtual insurrectionists among us: there was a one day summit at the hewlett foundation on virtual worlds for insurrection and revolution in education. other participants included fed. of amer. scientists, kauffman foundation, mellon foundation, nsf, nasa, darpa, isi, and many other notables. From the live blogging secretary - http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/08/virtual_worlds.html Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem akeshet at imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
[MCN-L] IP SIG: new Berman anti-piracy bill coming
FYI. Emphasis of the scary parts is mine. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem akeshet at imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net Lawmaker proposes piracy warning By DAVE MCNARY, BEN FRITZ A leading lawmaker will propose federal legislation requiring telcos and cable operators to send Internet subscribers a warning letter if they access pirated content. Rep. Howard Berman (D-Los Angeles) disclosed Thursday at a U.S. Chamber of Commerce antipiracy panel in Hollywood that he'll introduce the legislation as early as next month. If enacted, it would mark a significant change in federal law by making Internet service providers responsible for piracy on their networks, not just those who download or share the content. Berman, speaking at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, indicated that under the legislation there would be a phase-in period for ISPs to notify subscribers. Initially, it would be a voluntary program, he added. Berman indicated he'd introduce the bill with Rep. John Conyers (D- Mich.) through the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property. Berman, a 13-term member of Congress whose district includes Hollywood, said the legislation will be part of a broader bill to strengthen anticounterfeiting efforts. It will require that federal agents enforce intellectual property violations by Internet service providers, mandate interagency cooperation and initiate the use of international attaches to provide information. Thursday's panel culminated four days of events in Los Angeles designed to raise awareness of and build support for anti-piracy efforts. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Los Angeles) cited a recent study by the Los Angeles Economic Development Corp. showing that piracy causes $5.2 billion in annual economic losses -- over half of that to the motion picture business. The Chamber also sponsored an event at the Chinese Theater to demonstrate infrared technology employed to spot illegal camcording in theaters. Andrews Intl. VP Andrew Lamprey said studios are currently using his firm's security services on as many as 300 screenings per week. Read the full article at: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117970777.html ___
[MCN-L] interesting facebook response
The best part appears at the very end of Janine Carmona's plea for freedom from corporate advertising: Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. Amalyah Keshet - Original Message - From: Nina Simon To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 11:54 PM Subject: [MCN-L] interesting facebook response Folks, I know there's been discussion here about museums' use of facebook and the rule that institutions are not allowed to have generic institutional facebook pages ala MySpace. I received this email via a creativity listserv and found it interesting, both because a. it sounds like Facebook may be loosening its restrictions and b. at least one Facebook user isn't happy about it. Nina Simon www.museumtwo.com Begin forwarded message: From: Janine Carmona punkquaker at yahoo.com Date: August 29, 2007 11:02:02 AM PDT To: idc at mailman.thing.net Subject: [iDC] My Facebook Note RE WalMart's Ad on Facebook Hello! Matt Waxman suggested I forward my note to this address. Use it well. -Janine Facebook Needs to Get its Priorites Straight By Janine Carmona 5:48pm Wednesday, Aug 22 This is a letter to my fellow students and users of Facebook. I was alarmed today when I came across a group on Facebook sponsored by WalMart trying to sell me crap for my dorm room. This is the first such blatantly corporate advertisements on Facebook I have run across. No matter what you think of WalMart as a company (and there are many who think that their business practices are disgusting and harmful: http://walmartwatch.com/) you should note that Facebook is a social networking site that defines itself as a place for people to connect with those who live and work around them. This does not include faceless advertisers. The WalMart group is not a person to network with, to share stories and pictures with or to talk to- it is a portal to get us to buy stuff. WalMart doesn't have a face to book and neither do any of the other corporations that get advertising time from Facebook. I am tired of corporations invading one of the only Internet spaces left that are not simply trying to get their hands on my money. In lieu of noting this Facebook should use these simple guidelines to keep me from deleting my account and moving over to the myriad of social networking sites that have not sold out: 1. Corporations are not individuals, they cannot network and should not have access to the human beings who use Facebook, their contact information, or their time. 2. Facebook should seriously consider the human rights and business practices of a potential advertiser. At least post a warning that there have been problems with these instead of bowing down to whoever has the money. It's a bit demeaning, no? 3. I'm not saying individuals who like WalMart should have no say here, hell, -actual- users should make all the I Love WalMart groups they want. Let's just make sure the people making groups are actually people, shall we? Free speech is fine, but money should not be able to buy the free speech of a human being. Otherwise, those with the most money would have the most free speech, and that wouldn't be fair to the rest of us would it? See? 3 practical and simple steps to making me a happy Facebook consumer. If you agree with me, perhaps you should share this note, send the practical steps to the Facebook team, or go to the Walmart group and post a comment on the page-there's already some fascinating discussion there. All my love to the users of Facebook and the employees of WalMart everywhere-may you soon make a decent wage. Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. ___ iDC -- mailing list of the Institute for Distributed Creativity (distributedcreativity.org) iDC at mailman.thing.net https://mailman.thing.net/mailman/listinfo/idc List Archive: http://mailman.thing.net/pipermail/idc/ iDC Photo Stream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/idcnetwork/ RSS feed: http://rss.gmane.org/gmane.culture.media.idc iDC Chat on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2457237647 Share relevant URLs on Del.icio.us by adding the tag iDCref ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Judge Kozinski Sept. 21 Lecture onFair Use + webcast
Since 6 pm Washington DC time is 2 am on this side of the world... I checked out their webcast site www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/webcast.cfm . Fortunately, webcasts are saved and available later. I just accessed Pamela Samuelson's 2005 lecture two days ago. (Had to use IE - didn't work on Firefox.) Amalyah - Original Message - From: Newman, Alan a-new...@nga.gov To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 6:28 PM Subject: Re: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Judge Kozinski Sept. 21 Lecture onFair Use + webcast Amalyah, Is it possible you or some other kind soul could make an MP3 and post it to the MCN site? I'd love to have it but I'm indisposed. Many thanks, Alan On 9/11/06 5:31 AM, Amalyah Keshet akeshet at imj.org.il wrote: Yet another recommendation. Seems like this webcast is a must: I've actually seen him lecture on fair use before. He is indeed quite a character; extraordinarily brilliant, but also one of the funniest and most entertaining speakers around. -Tyler Ochoa (speaker, MCN 2006 Pasadena) Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG (annual meeting MCN 2006, Pasadena, Friday 12:00-1:30!) - Original Message - From: Perian Sully psully at magnes.org To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 5:56 PM Subject: Re: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Judge Kozinski Sept. 21 Lecture on Fair Use + webcast Thanks for forwarding this, Amalyah. I've been following Judge Kozinski's career for a while now. He's definitely a character!! It'll be interesting to see what he has to say on the topic. Perian Sully Collection Database and Records Administrator Judah L. Magnes Museum Berkeley, CA Amalyah Keshet wrote: For colleagues in the Wash. DC area, or by webcast: American University Washington College of Law's Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property Presents The Second Annual Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Dunner, LLP Distinguished Lecture on Intellectual Property The Honorable Alex Kozinski Judge, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Fair Use Revisited DATE, TIME, LOCATION September 21, 2006 Reception ~ 5:00 PM | Lecture ~ 6:00 PM Washington College of Law, 4801 Mass Ave NW | Room 603 REGISTRATION Email: iplecture at wcl.american.edu Phone: 202-274-4148 www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/Kozinski.cfm WEBCAST We will be providing a streaming and on demand webcast of the lecture for those who are unable to make it to Washington. The webcast will be available at www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/webcast.cfm. ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Recent U.S. Cases on Fair Use
Exploring my ridiculously large file of Interesting - I'll get to that later e-mail messages, I ran across this one, below. Interesting indeed for IP SIG and all Fair Use fans out there. Old news, perhaps, but better late than never. Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG - For people interested in fair use issues, two recent and important cases are worth reading. The first is Bill Graham Archives v. Dorling Kindersley Limited, which the Second Circuit decided on May 9, 2006: http://www.copybites.com/2006/05/second_circuit_.html In that case, the Second Circuit found that the use of reduced images in a biographical work constituted transformative fair use. Relying in part on Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corp., the Second Circuit rejected arguments that the use of the reduced size images required additional commentary and criticism beyond their placement in a biographical timeline. In addition, they declined to consider the market for the transformative use of these images as relevant to fourth factor analysis, where the only relevant market harm to consider according to the court was harm to traditional non-transformative uses. The other case of interest is Wall Data Incorporated v. Los Angeles County Sheriff?s Department, which the Ninth Circuit decided on May 17, 2006: http://www.copybites.com/2006/05/ninth_circuit_s.html Here, the Ninth Circuit found the defendants liable for copyright infringement. The essential point of condemnation was the defendant?s unauthorized duplication of computer software to achieve the same purpose as provided in their software licenses. Of particular interest is the Ninth Circuit?s point of view on heightened vulnerability of computer software to illegal copying, which indicates that this court is less likely to grant fair use rights over computer software relative to other types of protected works such as books or photographs. While the breadth of the opinion's discussion on this heightened fair use standard is limited to computer software, one could see it as potentially signaling the appeals court's future approach to fair use exceptions over protected digital content in general. Also, the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed it's position that licensees of copyrighted works cannot seek protection under Section 117(a)'s essential step exception to Section 106 exclusive rights. -- Cory Hojka Editor of Copybites: A Copyright Law Blog http://www.copybites.com
[MCN-L] IP SIG reorganizes itself as the Judge Kozinski Fan Club
Perian: Thanks for the links. I've just wasted a marvelous half hour (lunch! lunch hour!) reading this stuff - and surfing along to other tempting links like http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/15/politics/16text-blogs.html?ex=1158379200en=e6676d7af917367cei=5070 and http://underneaththeirrobes.blogs.com/ (Don't remember how I got there, but I did.) Ah, yes: http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/articles/051121ta_talk_toobin These gentlemen are my kind of guys. Think Kozinski would agree to be keynote speaker at next year's MCN meeting? :o) Amalyah Keshet - Original Message - From: Perian Sully To: akeshet at imj.org.il Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 5:38 PM Subject: Re: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Judge Kozinski Sept. 21 Lecture onFair Use + webcast If you're interested in some of his decisions (if only from an entertainment standpoint), the unofficial fan site offers several opinions: http://notabug.com/kozinski/ I have to say that Mattel v. MCA Records (24 July 2003) (http://notabug.com/kozinski/mattel_v_mca )is something of a sidesplitter (or maybe I'm just a nerd): KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge: If this were a sci-fi melodrama, it might be called Speech- Zilla meets Trademark Kong. I Barbie was born in Germany in the 1950s as an adult collector's item. Over the years, Mattel transformed her from a doll that resembled a German street walker, as she originally appeared, into a glamorous, long-legged blonde. Barbie has been labeled both the ideal American woman and a bimbo. She has survived attacks both psychic (from feminists critical of her fictitious figure) and physical (more than 500 professional makeovers). She remains a symbol of American girlhood, a public figure who graces the aisles of toy stores throughout the country and beyond. With Barbie, Mattel created not just a toy but a cultural icon. (etc.) Amalyah Keshet wrote: Yet another recommendation. Seems like this webcast is a must: I've actually seen him lecture on fair use before. He is indeed quite a character; extraordinarily brilliant, but also one of the funniest and most entertaining speakers around. -Tyler Ochoa (speaker, MCN 2006 Pasadena) Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG (annual meeting MCN 2006, Pasadena, Friday 12:00-1:30!) - Original Message - From: Perian Sully psu...@magnes.org To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 5:56 PM Subject: Re: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Judge Kozinski Sept. 21 Lecture on Fair Use + webcast Thanks for forwarding this, Amalyah. I've been following Judge Kozinski's career for a while now. He's definitely a character!! It'll be interesting to see what he has to say on the topic. Perian Sully Collection Database and Records Administrator Judah L. Magnes Museum Berkeley, CA Amalyah Keshet wrote: For colleagues in the Wash. DC area, or by webcast: American University Washington College of Law's Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property Presents The Second Annual Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett Dunner, LLP Distinguished Lecture on Intellectual Property The Honorable Alex Kozinski Judge, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Fair Use Revisited DATE, TIME, LOCATION September 21, 2006 Reception ~ 5:00 PM | Lecture ~ 6:00 PM Washington College of Law, 4801 Mass Ave NW | Room 603 REGISTRATION Email: iplecture at wcl.american.edu Phone: 202-274-4148 www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/Kozinski.cfm WEBCAST We will be providing a streaming and on demand webcast of the lecture for those who are unable to make it to Washington. The webcast will be available at www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/webcast.cfm. ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l -- Perian Sully Collection Database and Records Administrator Judah L. Magnes Museum 2911 Russell St. Berkeley, CA 94705 510-549-6950 x 335
[MCN-L] Google and MCN 2006 Pasadena
I want to extend a personal invitiation to everyone to attend what promises to be a very timely session at this year's MCN conference in Pasadena. It's one of the last sessions of the conference, and I think it will send us home with a lot to think about in terms of the cultural environment in which we live and work. Searching for Fair Use: How Google's Copyright Battles Will Affect Access to Assets Saturday Nov. 11, 10:30 Sponsored by MCN's IP SIG Participants: Tyler Ochoa, Santa Clara University; Jonathan Band, policybandwidth.com; and Guy Pessach, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Yale Information Society Project.Moderator: Amalyah Keshet, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem The cultural heritage constituency has been or should be following with interest Google's current copyright battles. The outcome of these controversies and court cases will clearly have an impact on how we will provide and access digital assets in cultural heritage institutions in the future. Google Print, Google Library, Google Search, the Perfect 10 v. Google Inc. thumbnail images case, as well as other similar cases and the issues behind them will all be explored by a panel of user-friendly legal experts. Roundtable discussion will be encouraged. For those of you who want to do a little reading before the session, here's a start: COPYRIGHT JUNGLE By Siva Vaidhyanathan Columbia Journalism Review, September / October 2006 http://www.cjr.org/issues/2006/5/Vaidhyanathan.asp See you there. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Chair, MCN IP SIG
[MCN-L] IP SIG: British Library calls for a serious updating of current copyright law
Try putting this one on a bumper sticker: Unless there is a serious updating of copyright law ...the law becomes an ass. Strong words, and timely. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Chair, MCN IP SIG -- The British Library has called for a serious updating of current copyright law to unambiguously include digital content and take technological advances into account. In a manifesto released on Monday at the Labor Party Conference in Manchester, the United Kingdom's national library warned that the country's traditional copyright law needs to be extended to fully recognize digital content. Unless there is a serious updating of copyright law to recognize the changing technological environment, the law becomes an ass, Lynne Brindley, chief executive of the British Library, told ZDNet UK. Digital rights management (DRM) technologies and licensing agreements currently can impose restrictions on copying content that go beyond the requirements of copyright law. This needs legal clarification, according to the British Library. http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-6119043.html
[MCN-L] MCN-L List Administration
Rousing cheers, indeed, all around. Thanks, guys. Go, MCN! Amalyah Keshet At 21:56 27/06/2006, you wrote: Dear MCN-L Subscribers: Please join me in a rousing cheer for hours of hard work and dedication on the part of Rob Lancefield, Web Committee Chair; Richard Urban, MCN-L Manager; Committee member Christina DePaolo, Web Editor Margaret Kendrick, the folks at Mediatrope; and all those who helped test, re-test, and test again. We're back! Marla Misunas Collections Information Manager Collections Information and Access San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 415-357-4186 (voice) Check out SFMOMA Collections Online www.sfmoma.org _ President, Museum Computer Network http://www.mcn.edu -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Urban Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 12:48 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] MCN-L List Administration Dear MCN-L Subscribers: In light of the recent challenges with MCN-L we have created a more robust management structure for the list. In addition to the web- based management console that allows you to change personal settings, I will have been appointed by the board as the official MCN-L List Manager.I'm here to answer any questions you may have about setting your subscription options, posting to the list or any general technical support questions related to MCN-L. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or comments about the new MCN-L infrastructure. I share Marla's enthusiasm in welcoming you back and look forward to the return of the informative conversations about museum technologies. Richard Urban MCN Board MCN-L List Manager rjurban at uiuc.edu http://www.mcn.edu ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The information contained in this electronic mail message (including any attachments) is confidential information that may be covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 USC Sections 2510-2521, intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above, and may be privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify me and delete the original message. Thank you ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Microsoft and Creative Commons - good news for a change
No, this is not from The Onion, it's for real. Do a double-take, and read: Software giant Microsoft said it will offer a free tool for Office users to embed Creative Commons copyright options in Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents. The unsupported tool permits content to be licensed from within the Office suite of applications. Created in 2001 by Stanford Law School professor Lawrence Lessig, Creative Commons offers licenses enabling artists to retain a copyright but restrict distribution, such as whether a work can be used commercially or modified. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/26/arts/26crea.html?_r=1oref=sloginhttp://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/26/arts/26crea.html?_r=1oref=slogin See also: http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3615131http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3615131 http://www.opendemocracy.net/arts-commons/tales_3668.jsp And: In a world where copyright often runs amok like a hyperactive eight-year-old who has just ingested a giant bag of MMs, Creative Commons reclines coolly on a beach chair, sipping a lemonade. The licensing tool gives copyright holders a high degree of flexibility over how their works are used and licensed once they are released. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060621-7099.htmlhttp://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060621-7099.html And now for something totally different: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/22/microsoft_creative_commons/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/22/microsoft_creative_commons/ Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Tel +972-2-670-8874 Fax +972-2-670-8064
[MCN-L] Fwd: folksonomy article
Thanks for forwarding this. Good article. Amalyah Keshet At 20:33 17/11/2006, you wrote: Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 09:41:44 -0800 Sender: Visual Resources Association VRA-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU From: Jeanette Mills jcmills at U.WASHINGTON.EDU Subject: folksonomy article To: VRA-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Hello everyone -- Considering the recent discussions of folksonomy, I thought this article in the most recent issue of D-Lib might be of interest. I don't think it's been mentioned yet. Beneath the Metadata: Some Philosophical Problems with Folksonomy Elaine Peterson, Montana State University http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november06/peterson/11peterson.html Jeanette = Jeanette C. Mills, MA + MLIS Director of Visual Services Newsletter Editor School of Art, University of Washington jcmills at u dot washington dot edu 206-543-0649 = -- Diane M. Zorich 113 Gallup Road Princeton, NJ 08542 USA Voice: 609-252-1606 Fax: 609-252-1607 Email: dzorich at mindspring.com Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Tel +972-2-670-8874 Fax +972-2-670-8064
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Copyright: The Only Certainty is Uncertainty” February 15, 2007
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 10:15:54 -0500 From: Deidre Hoguet dhoguet at metro.org Subject: RE: Museum IP UPDIG Conferences Sender: musip at yahoogroups.com Hello, I would like to add that the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) will host a symposium titled ?Copyright: The Only Certainty is Uncertainty? on February 15, 2007 at the Baruch College Conference Center in New York City. This day-long event will address numerous copyright concerns in libraries, especially in relation to digitization. Of particular interest to the museum IP community may be the second panel session ?Public Domain: To ? Or Not To ??? I am pasting the symposium agenda below. Deidre Hoguet Program Coordinator Metropolitan New York Library Council 57 East 11th Street New York, NY 10003-4605 ph: 212-228-2320 ext. 22 fax: 212-228-2598 dhoguet at metro.org http://www.metro.orgwww.metro.org COPYRIGHT: THE ONLY CERTAINTY IS UNCERTAINTY Metropolitan New York Library Council February 15, 2007, 9:00 am ? 5:00 pm Held at Baruch College Conference Center KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: * James Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian of Columbia University Libraries * Siva Vaidhyanathan, Associate Professor of Culture and Communication at New York University PANEL SESSIONS: * How Copyright Law Curtails Access and What That Means For Libraries Panelists will consider various topics on how existing copyright law curtails access and the implications it may have for libraries. Topics may include Orphan Works, Document Delivery in Libraries, E-Reserves, and Section 512 of the DMCA (Safe Harbor Provision). Panelists: Peter Hirtle, Intellectual Property Officer, Cornell University Maria Pallante-Hyun, Associate General Counsel, Guggenheim Museum Laura Quilter, Associate Counsel for the Brennan Center, New York University School of Law * Public Domain: To ? Or Not To ?? Panelists will tackle the complicated issue of libraries, archives, and museums that assert copyright over digital reproductions of public domain materials. Panelists: Susan Chun, General Manager for Collections Information Planning, Metropolitan Museum of Art Kenneth Hamma, Executive Director, Digital Policy Initiatives, J. Paul Getty Trust Jason Mazzone, Assistant Professor, Brooklyn Law School James Shulman, Executive Director, ARTstor. BREAKOUT SESSIONS: * Copyright 101: A crash course introduction to copyright law for librarians taught by Peter Hirtle, Intellectual Property Officer, Cornell University * Creative Commons 101: An introduction to Creative Commons as an alternative to traditional copyright and licensing schemes presented by Fred Benenson, Creative Commons Fellow and founder of Free Culture @ NYU. To register for this event, visit our website at http://www.metro.orgwww.metro.org -Original Message- From: musip at yahoogroups.com [mailto:musip at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of amalyah keshet Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 5:24 AM To: musip at yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Museum IP UPDIG Conferences John: A list of sources for copyright / Rights Reproductions information can be found on the MCN website - go to www.mcn.edu/groups/index.asp?subkey=100 . You'll especially want to visit this source listed there: http://www.panix.com/%7Esquigle/rarin/01rcsite.htmlRights and Reproductions Information Network (R.A.R.I.N.) . We haven't had a Rights Reproductions workshop at MCN for several years, but feel free to propose one for 2007! If there's enough interest, we'll put one together. In the meantime, don't forget that if you have specific questions, just ask here or on the MCN listserv (sign up on the MCN website). The collective wisdom of everyone on these lists is priceless. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem www.imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net At 22:30 16/11/2006, you wrote: Greetings all, I just came back from the Museum Computer Network conference in Pasadena and wanted to share a valuable new resource with all of you. A group of imaging professionals has come up with a website and downloadable PDF guide which outlines some basic digital image standards. The website is: www.updig.org (The Universal Photographic Digital Imaging Guidelines) Also, being new to the Rights and Reproductions arena I wanted to see if people could suggest some good conferences or workshops that one could attend as related to Rights and Reproductions issues/information. Any resources you may have would be welcome. Thanks, John ff. * John ffrench Associate Director Visual Resources Department Yale University Art Gallery tel. 203.432.8051 fax. 203.432.9369 mailto:john.ffrench at yale.edujohn.ffrench at yale.edu http://artgallery.yale.edu
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Gowers Review of Intellectual Property
://response.pure360.com/_act/link.php?mId=A81856037057326141686tId=867 846 Printed copies are available from Jo Blore: mailto:j.blore at britac.ac.ukj.blore at britac.ac.uk /020 7969 5225. 3. For further media enquires relating to the Academy Review please contact Michael Reade, External Relations Department mailto:m.reade at britac.ac.ukm.reade at britac.ac.uk mailto: m.reade at britac.ac.uk or telephone 020 7969 5263. 4. The report of the Gowers Review is available from http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/gowers_review_intellectualhttp://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/gowers_review_intellectual _property/gowersreview_index.cfm http://response.pure360.com/_act/link.php?mId=A81856037057326141686tId=867 847 5. The British Academy is the National Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Established by Royal Charter in 1902, the British Academy is an independent learned society promoting the humanities and social sciences. It is composed of Fellows elected in recognition of their distinction as scholars in the humanities and social sciences. 6. Further details about the British Academy may be found at: http://www.britac.ac.ukhttp://www.britac.ac.uk http://response.pure360.com/_act/link.php?mId=A81856037057326141686tId=867 848 The British Academy 10 Carlton House London SW1Y 5AH Tel: 020 7969 5200 Fax: 020 7969 5300 Web: http://response.pure360.com/_act/link.php?mId=A81856037057326141686tId=867http://response.pure360.com/_act/link.php?mId=A81856037057326141686tId=867 849 www.britac.ac.uk Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem www.imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP special interest group www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
[MCN-L] IP SIG, et al.: Happy Public Domain Day
It seems that yesterday was Public Domain Day: http://www.copyrightwatch.ca/ It's January 1st, the day on which the calendar rolls over, and with it, hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of books, articles, photographs, works of art, unpublished documents, and other works, in all areas of human endeavour, fall out of copyright to become the common cultural property of all citizens of a given country...
[MCN-L] IP SIG: update on orphan works (Kahle v. Gonzales)
Appeals Court Shoots Down Copyright Challenge: The case impacts how out-of-print and orphaned works may, or may not, be viewed online. By Thomas Claburn, InformationWeek, Jan 23, 2007 http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196903040 The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected an effort by online archivists to challenge the federal law that automatically extends copyright protection for out-of-print and orphaned works. - Blog: Appeals court rejects challenge to opt-out copyright By Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 1/25/2007 http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070125-8704.html On Monday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals threw out the case of Kahle v. Gonzales, which sought to challenge the U.S.'s change from an opt-in copyright system to an opt-out system between 1976 and 1992. The ruling was a setback for those seeking to free works that are no longer commercially valuable from the grips of copyright law. - Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem akeshet at imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
[MCN-L] Univ of Arizona SIRLS DigIn Certificate
Apologies for cross posting, etc. - Original Message - The University of Arizona School of Information Resources and Library Science and The University of Arizona Office of Continuing Education and Academic Outreach are now accepting applications from students interested in a new post-baccalaureate certificate program in Digital Information Management (DigIn). DigIn will provide hands-on experience and focused instruction for people seeking new careers in or improving their skills and knowledge of digital archives, digital libraries, digital document repositories and other kinds of digital collections. The explosion of digital information and the growth of on-line digital resources has led to a shortage of individuals with an understanding of the disciplines of libraries, document management and archives who also have the technical knowledge and skills needed to create, manage and support digital information collections. The six-course, 18-credit hour graduate program will provide both new students and working professionals with a balanced mix of content that includes practical applied technology skills along with a foundation in the theory and practice of building and maintaining today?s digital collections. Certificate holders will be well positioned for careers in libraries, archives, local, state and federal government and the private sector. All coursework is online, so students will not need to take time off work or travel for courses. The program may be completed in 18-30 months and starts each summer with two required courses, Introduction to Applied Technology and Introduction to Digital Collections. The certificate program has been developed in cooperation with The Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. Major funding for program development comes from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which has also provided funding for a limited number of scholarships. For more information and to apply, visit the University of Arizona Office of Continuing Education and Academic Outreach website at http://ceao.arizona.edu/dist/sirls_welcome.html. The deadline for scholarship applications and admission to the program starting this summer is March 1, 2007. Bruce Fulton, MLS Communications and Outreach Librarian School of Information Resources and Library Science 1515 E First Street Tucson, AZ 85719 Main Office: 520-621-3565 Direct: 520-626-4631 Fax: 520-621-3279 Email: bfulton at email.arizona.edu http://www.sir.arizona.edu
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Why Your e-Books Are Not Yours
From Slashdot: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/22/2150244from=rss ...when you buy content for Amazon's Kindle or the Sony Reader, are you buying a crippled license to intellectual property when you download, or are you buying a book? If the latter, then the first sale doctrine, which lets you hawk your old Harry Potter hardcovers on eBay, would apply. Some law students at Columbia took a swing at the question and Gizmodo reprints the surprisingly readable legal summary. Short answer: those restrictive licenses may very well be legal, and even if you had rights under the first sale doctrine, you might only be able to resell or give away your Kindle -- not a copy of the work. The article on Gizmodo: http://gizmodo.com/369235/amazon-kindle-and-sony-reader-locked-up-why-your-books-are-no-longer-yours Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem akeshet at imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
[MCN-L] Fw: Mellon Awards for Technology Collaboration competition
== Deadline Approaching: 2008 Mellon Awards for Technology Collaboration The deadline for nominations for the 2008 Mellon Awards for Technology Collaboration (MATC Awards) is April 14, 2008. The MATC Awards consist of up to ten $50,000 or $100,000 prizes, which a receiving institution can use in a variety of ways to continue its technology leadership. The awards honor not-for-profit institutions that have demonstrated exemplary leadership in the development of open source software for one or more of the constituencies served by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: the arts and humanities in higher education; research libraries, museums; performing arts organizations; and conservation biology. Awardees are selected by a distinguished committee of technology leaders, including Mitchell Baker, Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, John Seely Brown, Vint Cerf, John Gage, and Tim O?Reilly. Previous winners include higher education institutions, libraries, and museums from North America, Europe, and Asia. An online nomination form and more information may be found at http://matc.mellon.org. The nominations are public: the community is invited to visit the site and comment.
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Op-Ed on Israeli Fair Use Provision
MCN conference regulars will remember speaker Jonathan Band. Below, a nice piece he wrote on Fair Use. Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net -- Below is a link to an op-ed piece I wrote for the Jerusalem Post in support of the fair use provision in the new Israeli Copyright Law. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1206446110027pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Jonathan Band PLLC policybandwidth 21 Dupont Circle NW 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20036 voice: 202-296-5675 fax: 202-872-0884 email: jband at policybandwidth.com web: www.policybandwidth.com
[MCN-L] Fw: Software for testing ISPs
From Fred von Lohmann at Electronic Freedom Foundation http://www.eff.org/ http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/03/keeping-isps-honest - Original Message - Software for Keeping ISPs Honest Posted by Peter Eckersley Yesterday's announcement of a d?tente between Comcast and BitTorrent was great news. Unfortunately, the general problem of ISPs doing strange things to Internet traffic without telling their customers is likely to continue in the future. EFF and many other organizations are working on software to test ISPs for unusual (mis)behavior. In this detailed post, we have a round-up of the tools that are out there right now, and others that are in development... The Backstory When you sign up for an Internet connection, you expect it to actually be an Internet connection. You expect that you can run whatever applications and protocols you choose over the link, or indeed that you can write your own software and run that. There is a disturbing trend, however, of ISPs stepping in to meddle with your communications, deciding that some applications and protocols are more suitable than others. Or deciding that they can inject advertisements into your queries for domain names, or your browser's exchangeswith web sites. Or deciding that encrypted traffic should be throttled across the board. Whatever you may think about the merits of these practices, we think it's obvious that consumers have a right to know what they're paying for. Only then can they exert pressure on an ISP tochange its ways, or vote with their wallets and take their business elsewhere. As we argued in a recent submission to the FCC, ISPs should (at a minimum) disclose the nature of their network management practices. But disclosure will never be enough. Internet users need to be able to test networks themselves to make sure that packets and web pages arrive as they were sent, to make sure that DNS queries are correctly answered, and that ISPs comply with the Internet's standards. That needs to happen around the whole planet. There are lots of approaches to ISP testing Before we start talking about all the tools that are popping up for ISP testing, it's worth noting that there are a lot of different ways to test a network, with many different pros and cons. For instance, the software may: ? Actively send synthetic, pre-determined test traffic, or passively observe the way the network treats natural traffic; ? If the traffic is synthetic, the testing software may try to cope with the complex variation in operating systems and network environments, or try to simplify things by creating or insisting on a known test environment; ? Passive testing systems may focus on one or a small number of protocols, or they may try to test for interference in any protocol that is present; ? The software may (1) be unilateral, just trying to detect interference or delay by examining what's happening on a single computer's network connection, or (2) be multi-party, synchronizing and comparing records from computers that are talking to each other, or (3) be in between, only having authoritative records from one end but possessing special knowledge about how the other end will behave; ? Non-unilateral testing systems may rely on a central server, or they may just try to coordinate records in a peer-to-peer fashion; ? Software may operate at the packet level, measuring integrity, latency and reliability on a per-packet basis, or it may operate at a higher level, confirming (for example) that web pages arrive intact or that a link is running at a certain speed, without worrying about any of the individual packets. It's a good idea for the Internet community to be pursuing most of these different possibilities, because they're all useful in different situations, and we don't yet know which techniques will prove to be the most important. Existing and soon-to-be-released tools and data Last year, EFF released a simple utility called pcapdiff (many thanks to the people who've sent us patches and bug reports; we'll be releasing version 0.2 shortly). EFF is also working on a much more elaborate tool for testing ISPs, which will be called Switzerland. More on that below. An Italian group has developed an ISO CD image that can be used to test an Internet connection (the CD uses pcapdiff, too!). It's called The Gemini Project. Deploying a whole temporary operating system on a CD is a great example of the simplify the test environment approach we described above. Vuze, the company formed around the Azureus BitTorrent client, has released a plugin that counts the number of RST packets sent to your BT client. These statistics are interesting, but remember that there are legitimate RST packets, and the presence of TCP RSTs isn't evidence that they were spoofed by an intermediary. The problem of ISPs making arrangements with advertisers to inject extra ads and tracking mechanisms into web pages prompted researchers at the University of Washington and
[MCN-L] Security Lapse Exposes Personal Facebook Photos
Susan: Neo-Luddism wasn't what I was getting at, of course, but perhaps you're not far off. Seems there is a real and present danger in the use of anything with a router attached to it -- including the supermarket! Unauthorized software that was secretly installed on servers in Hannaford Bros. supermarkets across the Northeast and in Florida enabled the massive data breach that compromised up to 4.2 million credit and debit cards, the company said. The Scarborough, Maine-based grocer confirmed a report in The Boston Globe that it told Massachusetts regulators about the link between the breach and the illicit programs, known as malware. ... The breach has prompted concern in the industry because it appeared to be the first large-scale theft of credit and debit card numbers while the information was in transit. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-28-malware-supermarket_N.htm Amalyah - Original Message - From: Susan Hazan sha...@netvision.net.il To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 7:39 PM Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Security Lapse Exposes Personal Facebook Photos Any chance these constant headlines about Facebook privacy problems are trying to ...tell us something? Yes ... that the Internet, social networks, instant messaging systems and email clients tend to mess things up, let in spam, and Trojan horses, grant access to files that are not are not rightfully yours while silo-ing off others for no appropriate reason ... I would recommend shunning anything that has a modem or router attached to it or, just to be sure, steer clear away from anything that needs electricity to turn itself on ... Susan
[MCN-L] Fw: '08 Symposium Perspectives on Copyright, U of Md
8th Annual Symposium Copyright Monopoly: Playing the innovation game May 28-30, 2008 in Metro Washington, D.C. http://www.umuc.edu/CIP2008/ Since 2001, the Center for Intellectual Property (CIP) has provided premier conferences focusing on the intersection of copyright, technological innovation, and higher education. In its Eighth Annual Symposium, the CIP continues its tradition of convening a rich conversation on copyright policy that includes voices from higher education, business and industry, law, policy, government, and nonprofit sectors, and that also spans the spectrum of opinion and perspective. Join the CIP May 28-30 to hear and interact with--all in one place-- these outstanding scholars and practitioners of copyright in the digital arena. From Higher Education: * James Boyle (Duke University School of Law and the Center for the Study of the Public Domain) [Keynote]; * Georgia Harper (University of Texas at Austin Libraries) [Keynote]; * Laura Gasaway (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill) [Pre-Conference]; * ...and others. From the Non-Profit and Policy Sectors: * Gigi Sohn (Public Knowledge) [Keynote]; * Julia Blixrud (Scholarly Publishing Academic Resources Coalition); * William Carney (Online Computer Library Center); * Karla Hahn (Association for Research Libraries); * ...plus many more. From Business, Industry, and Government: * Arnold Lutzker (Lutzker Lutzker, LLP) [Pre-Conference]; * Drew Zuretti (Copyright Clearance Center) [Pre-Conference]; * Oliver Metzger (U.S. Copyright Office); * Jon Orwant (Google, Inc.). For all the details on the 2008 symposium, see http://www.umuc.edu/CIP2008, or you can register today by visiting http://tinyurl.com/ypg33b. This three-day symposium includes keynote addresses, pre-conference seminars, panel presentations, roundtable discussions, as well as multiple opportunities for networking with professionals from across the country. And because the CIP is a higher education nonprofit organization, we understand the need for reasonably priced programming, and we are committed each year to providing hundreds of conferees the opportunity to engage with valuable content at an exceptionally affordable price. Again, full details may be found at http://www.umuc.edu/CIP2008, and registration is available at http://tinyurl.com/ypg33b. -- Olga Francois, Assistant Director Center for Intellectual Property University of Maryland University College 3501 University Blvd. East, PGM3-780 Adelphi, MD 20783 Phone: 240-582-2803 Fax: 240-582-2961 http://www.umuc.edu/CIP2008/
[MCN-L] Fw: Digitization Expo at TLA, April 15th at the Dallas Convention Center,
For any Dallasonians (is that a word?) on the list: - Original Message - From: Danielle Plumer dplu...@tsl.state.tx.us Please join us for a special one day event, the Digitization Expo 2008 at the Texas Library Association's Annual Convention. Everyone is welcome to attend, and the cost is just $15 at the door. Are you interested in digitization, but don't know where to start? Do you want to learn more? This is a wonderful opportunity to find the answers you've been looking for. Visit the Digitization Expo to learn from practitioners, talk with vendors, and see live demonstrations of equipment and software. From digital cameras to high end scanners, you can see it all here! When? Tuesday, April 15, 2008 9 am - 4:30 pm Where? Dallas Convention Center, corner of Young and Griffin, Ballroom A, 3 Who? Anyone interested in digitization, you do not need to be a TLA member. What? From digital cameras to high end scanners, you can see it all here! How? $15 at the door of the ballroom. Preliminary List of Vendors - Innovative Interfaces, Inc. - Backstage Library Works - Archetype Digital Imaging Alliance - Zytron Imaging - Amigos Library Services - IImage Retrieval - Safe Sound - Texas State Library and Archives Commission - Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative - Portal to Texas History Speakers - Mike Miller, Austin History Center - Danielle Cunniff Plumer, TSLAC - Geneva Henry, Rice University - Susan Clarke, Stephen F. Austin University - Laura Zavala Garcia and Alex Hatley, Corpus Christi Public Library - Mark Phillips, University of North Texas - George Blood, Safe Sound Events The University of Texas' chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology will demonstrate open-source software including Open Collection, Greenstone, Fedora, DSpace, and more. Poster sessions, on display all day, and live discussion 3 - 4:30 pm.
[MCN-L] Fw:Midwest CONTENTdm Users Group 4/29-4/30
And now for any Indianapolitans on the list: - Original Message - Join us at Indiana University?Purdue University Indianapolis for the third meeting of the Midwest CONTENTdm Users Group. The meeting begins at 1:30 pm ET on Tuesday, April 29. The Registration Deadline is April 15. The program includes: a.. CONTENTdm: Future Directions by Claire Cocco, CONTENTdm Product Manager b.. Carpe CONTENTdm, by Glee Willis, University of Nevada, Reno c.. Metadata Interoperability and CONTENTdm, by Amy Jackson and Myung-Ja Han, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign d.. Adapting CONTENTdm for a Non-Image Database by Sherrie Kline Smith, Kansas City Public Library Building Regional Collaborations, Art Collections in CONTENTdm, Managing Historic Maps, Web Templates and Interface Customization, Textile Collections in CONTENTdm, are among other program topics. For the complete program, click here: http://www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/mug/ Register today at http://www.incolsa.net/training/contentdm2008 The $70 registration fee covers the cost of lunch and refreshments during the two-day meeting. Registration is being managed by INCOLSA. Workshop is full: A pre-conference workshop is slated for Tuesday, April 29, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon EST. From Spoken Word to Digital File: Make Oral Histories Available in CONTENTdm is being presented by staff at Ball State University. A separate fee of $25 covers the workshop cost. Registration is available at INCOLSA: http://www.incolsa.net/WebCal/eventreg.html?EventID=2806CALid=5668 Registration Deadline is April 15. Need more information? Please contact Carl Snow at Purdue University at 765-494-2764 or at csnow at purdue.edu _ Janet M. Carleton - carleton at ohio.edu - 740.597.2527 Digital Initiatives Coordinator / Subject Specialist for Women's Gender Studies Alden 235A, Ohio University Libraries, Athens, Ohio http://www.library.ohiou.edu/
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Public Knowledge Slams New Intellectual Property Legislation
For immediate release April 1, 2008 Public Knowledge Slams New Intellectual Property Legislation The following statement is attributed to Gigi B. Sohn, president and co-founder of Public Knowledge: ?Earlier today, we were made aware of a new piece of intellectual property legislation, S. 4108. This bill is a tragedy wrapped in a travesty. It is also a travesty wrapped in a tragedy. ?Under this bill, new government agencies, including a Department of Intellectual Property Security, would be created and given extraordinary powers. Copyright protection would be extended to new types of works and with even longer terms of protection in force. In particular, the fashion industry will say, ?Bravo? to this bill. New software schemes would be mandated and new powers would be granted to private industry. Rights of the public would be curtailed drastically indefinitely, forever. ?Anyone would have to be a fool to vote for this bill.? The full text of the bill is here: http://www.publicknowledge.org/pdf/110-s4108-20080401.pdf Public Knowledge is a Washington, D.C.-based public interest group working to defend citizens? rights in the emerging digital culture. More information available is available at: http://www.publicknowledge.org -- Art Brodsky Communications Director Public Knowledge (202) 518-0020 ext 103 (o) (301) 908-7715 (c) 1875 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Suite 650 Washington, D.C. 20009 www.publicknowledge.org
[MCN-L] E-books in museums
Greg: We're doing a QR code thing in our latest contemporary art exhibition, Magic Lantern http://www.imj.org.il/exhibitions/presentation/exhibit.asp?id=768 Will brag about it to whoever is interested, next week in Atlanta. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Chair, MCN IP SIG - Original Message - From: Greg Albers galb...@holartbooks.com Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2011 17:22 Subject: [MCN-L] E-books in museums To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Hi All, A couple weeks ago, I gave a presentation at the Books in Browsers publishing conference. Making a larger point about e-books' inherent instantaneity and everywhere-ness, I proposed giving museum visitors e-books downloads directly from artworks in galleries, with the help of a QR code and a smartphone. Someone who saw the presentation pointed me to MoMA's Talk To Me as a current example of a museum exhibition connecting rich digital content of all sorts directly to physical objects and places. I know of a few other tangential examples, but I'm wondering if anyone else out there is doing anything specifically with in-museum e-books at all? I'd love to hear about it if you are. Or, if you'll be in Atlanta next week and can chat in person, that would be great as well, I'll be there leading a workshop ... on e-books. Thanks! Greg And here's the presentation, in two flavors: video: http://bit.ly/sFRpxv e-book: http://bit.ly/bib11artbk -- Greg Albers Hol Art Books www.holartbooks.com 520) 331-2780 twitter: @holartbooks ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
[MCN-L] Calling all cataloguing nerds
I'm not a cataloging nerd (although I've been called worse names), but I tend to look at it this way: what is the basic (physical, if possible) thing that's being catalogued? Its manifestations or uses or projections or permutations or interpretations may be many and varied, but the thing catalogued is a CD or a DVD or a hard disk or a website sitting on a specific server, or some such ...thing, even if the work is digital. It's where the work lives. Or think of it this way: if the work is ever stolen and you need to report it to the police, what would you want to recover? The manifestation? The projection? No -- you'd want the thing that embodies the work and makes it manifestable or projectable. That's the work that's in the collection. The rest belongs in the Description field. You say you are acquiring edition 1/4 of the work. That's pretty concrete right there. That definition would replace the former, temporary catalog record, I would think -- that old record is now exhibition history or even provenance. And the permitted manifestations would, again, appear in the Description field, or some other free text field. Now all the real catalogers out there can take apart everything I've just written. Amalyah Keshet - Original Message - From: Real, Will re...@carnegiemuseums.org Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 16:28 Subject: [MCN-L] Calling all cataloguing nerds To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu If any of you are involved in complex cataloguing questions, especially for contemporary art, and enjoy puzzling over them for inordinate amounts of time, here is a conundrum for you. How would you approach a situation like this? The artist created a work specifically for a temporary exhibition. The original work was projected video imagery on the fa?ades of the museum building. We created a full catalogue record in our collections system for this work. Subsequently the artist created a derivative version of the piece to be offered for sale through the artist's gallery, in an edition of 4. The museum is acquiring edition 1/4 this work. It consists of the same imagery as the original, but it has been re-edited, has acquired a sound track, and is designed primarily as an indoors single-channel video projection. However, in our museum's case, the artist is permitting the work to be shown again as an outside projection on the museum fa?ades exactly as the original work was, as well as indoors as a single-channel projection. It may also be significant that the original work was created under severe time constraints and the artist viewed it more or less as a work in progress. But it had to be shown in the exhibition in an unfinished state because the artist simply ran out of time. Essentially our options are 1) create a separate catalogue record for the new derivative work, or 2) treat both the original projection and the derivative piece as two manifestations of a single work (loosely following FRBR concepts). I suppose a broader question is, do any of you follow FRBR concepts when cataloguing works of this nature? If this is too esoteric for the list, feel free to respond off-list. Thanks, Will Real Carnegie Museum of Art ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
[MCN-L] Google Book Settlement: Business Trumps Fair Use
Remember Don't be evil? By settling a lawsuit with book authors and publishers this week, Google http://www.pcworld.com/tags/Google+Inc..html is looking out for itself and has avoided fighting for and possibly establishing a positive legal precedent for copyright fair use on the Internet... As an academic and a fair use advocate, I was somewhat disappointed the case got settled. I had been hoping to see it as a test of the boundaries of fair use, as a chance for the court to describe more specifically the scope of fair use here, said Wendy Seltzer, a fellow at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society http://www.pcworld.com/tags/Berkman+Centre+for+Internet+%26+Society.html... Google has quite effectively solidified with this settlement its position as a leading search company and effectively excluded lots of others from following in its footsteps. A court judgement in favor of fair use would have let anyone else go in and make similar fair uses, Seltzer said. This settlement sets a pretty high fee on making those uses. In other words, Google saw the opportunity to settle in these terms as a key move for its business strategy, one valuable enough to sacrifice a greater good for Internet companies everywhere. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/153085/in_google_book_settlement_business_trumps_ideals.html
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Creative Commons: letter from Renata Avila, CC Guatemala project lead
Original Message Subject:[cc-commonerletter] Commoner Letter #2 - Renata Avila, CC Guatemala project lead Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:47:21 -0800 From: Melissa Reeder meli...@creativecommons.org To our community - we are honored and proud to present the second letter in this year's Commoner Letter series, written by CC Guatemala Project Lead, Renata Avila. In addition to her passionate work heading off the successful launch last month of Creative Commons licenses in Guatemala, Renata is also a human rights lawyer and a frequent author for Global Voices Online, an international citizen journalism project. As you will see in this letter, some of CC's most inspiring stories come from our international community; they help remind us why CC and the Commons are vital and how they have the power to effect positive change in ways that may never have seemed possible. == Dear Commoner, The Creative Commons enables us to connect with people from other cultures, share ideas, and solve problems together. It is a tool that gives voice to creativity, and allows us to share symbolic space within society, charting alternative routes to inclusion across the continents, in all languages. My country, Guatemala, is an amazing place where indigenous communities and Spanish speakers share a diverse cultural space. The diversity extends from the culture to the landscapes, right down to the way we communicate. There are 22 indigenous languages in active use by Guatemalan communities across mountains, two oceans, and 33 volcanoes. Sadly, our country was affected profoundly by more than 30 years of civil strife until the mid-90s, and is only now emerging from a long period of violence and racism, exclusion and social disparity. Poverty in Guatemala is high and deep, and the country has remarkably unequal distributions of income, resources and opportunities. In my work as a human rights lawyer, I have experienced in a very personal way that the potential of our cultural commons and national heritage is disconnected and unrealized. Each of our indigenous communities treasures a legacy of scientific and technical knowledge, artistic and aesthetic values of their own, but they need the tools to open their culture to others and share both ways. We need to find ways to overcome linguistic, technical and social barriers, and build connections with Spanish-speakers completely disconnected from their reality. To create a common culture is a challenge and a necessity to improve living conditions and assure peace. As in many other developing countries, basic necessities such as food, potable water and medical care certainly have priority. But how can we communicate to the world that we are in fact a rich country, in the sense of how we create and preserve culture? How do we connect different visions of the world within the same country? I decided to spearhead the launch of Creative Commons Licenses in Guatemala as a tool to help connect our cultural commons. Now the Guatemalan Ministry of Education is using cc for a Schools of the Future project with books and materials with Creative Commons licenses to help breach the digital divide. One of the most prestigious universities in the country, Franscisco Marroqu?n University, have released their online educational resources to the Commons too. Internationalization and localization of the Creative Commons licenses is more than just a technical, legal process. It enables creative, verbal and nonverbal forms of expression as a vehicle to share and learn from one another. Through human connections we can discover treasures that reshape our understanding of concepts like development, wealth and others. We can begin to cross the mental and geographic borders that divide us. As an author for Global Voices Online, one of the most successful examples of global cultural exchange using Creative Commons licenses; and as a lawyer dealing with the complexities of multilingual, developing countries in transition to peace, I believe that open tools such as the Creative Commons are essential for creating better societies. We have a lot to learn from each other. With this letter I challenge you to allow yourself to be embraced by another world. Please support the creation of our Global Commons. === We rely on our supporters to continue our work enabling stories like those listed above. Check it out -- Donate: http://support.creativecommons.org/join CC Store: http://support.creativecommons.org/store Events: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Events ccNewsletter: http://creativecommons.org/about/newsletter Creative Commons was built with and is sustained by the generous support of organizations including the Center for the Public Domain, the Omidyar Network, The Rockefeller Foundation, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, as well as members of the public.
[MCN-L] Nobel Prize Winning Economist Explains How IP Rights Are Part Of The Globalization Problem
Interesting transcript of a talk by Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz on Making Globalization Work http://www.cceia.org/resources/transcripts/5397.html. http://www.cceia.org/resources/transcripts/5397.html Via techdirt http://techdirt.com/articles/20080421/024049903.shtml http://techdirt.com/articles/20080421/024049903.shtml We've written about Stiglitz in the past, for his explanation of how patents often do more harm than good economically. In this speech, which is covering a much broader topic (globalization), he makes a few really good points about why what politicians put in place as globalization isn't matching what economists say should happen in a globalized economy... In particular, he points out how this is done with intellectual property. This is something we noted last year when we couldn't understand why a free trade agreement would guarantee monopolies on intellectual property. That seemed like the opposite of free trade. As Stiglitz notes: /The Uruguay Round TRIPs Agreement, which is Trade-Related Intellectual Property, has nothing to do with trade. They just put trade-related because they had to put that in there to have it in a trade agreement. That was the real ingenuity... //they wanted the trade ministers to do it because the trade ministers didn't know anything about intellectual property, and that meant they were much more vulnerable to the influences of the special interests. /
[MCN-L] Internet Archive wins against FBI
With thanks to the inimitable Peter Brantley: - Original Message - The internet archive has won a push back against a national security letter. GO BREWSTER, GO!!! http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/07/BA7C10IJ17.DTL Brewster Kahle, who runs an online library in San Francisco, was appalled when his volunteer lawyers told him in November that the FBI was demanding records of all communications with one of his patrons as part of an investigation of international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities. The FBI document, called a national security letter, told Kahle he could be prosecuted if he discussed the subject with anyone but his lawyers, and allowed him to speak with his attorneys only in person. Kahle said his Internet Archive, which has 500,000 card-holders, doesn't even keep the records the FBI was seeking. He was allowed to speak publicly Wednesday under a rare settlement in which the FBI agreed to withdraw its letter and lift the gag order. That should show other librarians, and members of the public who receive any of the nearly 50,000 national security letters the government issues each year, that you can push back on these, Kahle said.
[MCN-L] Fw: COMPUTERS, FREEDOM, AND PRIVACY: TECHNOLOGY POLICY '08
COMPUTERS, FREEDOM, AND PRIVACY: TECHNOLOGY POLICY '08 http://cfp2008.org/ 18th Annual CFP conference May 20-23, 2008 Omni Hotel New Haven, CT Conference Blog: http://cfp08.blogspot.com/ Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?id=683858084 Conference Wiki: http://cfp.wikia.com/wiki/CFP08 LinkedIn Group: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/61857/7885844E0F9D Hotel Conference Discount Deadline: May 1, 2008 Early Bird Registration: Fri., May 2, 2008 YJoLT Tech Policy Essay Contest: Mon., May 5, 2008 ABOUT CFP: TECHNOLOGY POLICY `08 What should the technology policy priorities of the next administration be? As the choice of presidential candidates becomes clearer and election year moves towards a comparison of the candidates' platforms on the issues, technology policy is increasingly relevant to the forefront of public debate. In the areas of privacy, intellectual property, cybersecurity, telecommunications, and freedom of speech, topics that were once confined to experts now appear in the mainstream of political issues. We now know that our decisions about technology policy are being made at a time as the architectures of our information and communication technologies are still being built. This year, the 18th annual Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference is focusing on those issues at the forefront of technology policy this election year. With plenary panels on the National Security State and the Next Administration and The 21st Century Panopticon? the discussions taking place look towards our present and future priorities. CFP: Technology Policy '08 is an opportunity to participate in shaping those issues being made into laws and regulations and those technological infrastructures being developed. Policies ranging from spyware and national security, to ISP filtering and patent reform, e-voting to electronic medical records, and more will be addressed by expert panels of technologists, policymakers, business leaders, and activists. The panel topics are listed below and full panel descriptions are available on the conference website at: http://www.cfp2008.org/wiki/index.php/Program. The CFP: Technology Policy `08 conversation has already begun in the virtual spaces connected to the conference. Even if you are unable to attend the conference this year, there are several opportunities to participate remotely. The guiding principles that ought to guide our policies are being debated on the conference blog. Social networking groups on Facebook and LinkedIn are providing new spaces for the CFP community to meet and discuss. The Yale Journal of Law and Technology is hosting a call for essays, on the priorities of the next administration, with more details below. We look forward to seeing you in New Haven on May 20-23. CONFERENCE PROGRAM Plenary Sessions Presidential Technology Policy: Priorities for the Next Executive The 21st Century Panopticon? The National Security State and the Next Adminstration Tutorials A Short History of Privacy Constitutional Law in Cyberspace e-Deceptive Campaign Practices: Elections 2.0 Maintaining Privacy While Accessing On-line Information Panel Sessions Activism and Education Using Social Networks Breaking the Silence: Iranians Find a Voice on the Internet Charismatic Content: Wikis, Social Networks, and the Future of User-Generated Content Filtering Out Copyright Infringement: Possibilities, Practicalities, and Legalities Filtering and Censorship in Europe Hate Speech and Oppression in Cyberspace Interoperability at the Crossroads?: The Liberal Order versus Fragmentation Law, Regulation, and Software Licensing for the Electronic Medical Record Measuring Global Threats to Internet Freedom Network Neutrality: Beyond the Slogans New Challenges for Spyware Policy Patents: The Bleeding Edge of Technology Policy Privacy, Reputation, and the Management of Online Communities Rights Responsibilities for Software Programs? States as Incubators of Change The Transparent Society: Ten Years Later Towards Trustworthy e-Voting: An Open Source Approach? CALL FOR ESSAYS Yale Journal of Law Technology Call for Essays on the Technology Policy of the New Administration. Deadline: Monday, May 5th The Yale Journal of Law Technology (YJoLT) is seeking essay-length submissions concerning the technology policy platform of the new American presidential administration. Essays selected for publication will appear in the Fall Issue of YJoLT (publication date November 2008). Ideal submissions will discuss the priorities and guiding principles that American technology policy should follow. Submissions analyzing a particular technology policy issue in depth will also be accepted. Essays of less than 5,000 words are preferred. Please submit all essays to yjolt.submissions at gmail.com. Please include the text CFP Essay in the subject line of the email. The authors of essays selected for publication will be
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Creative Commons Gets $4 Million Grant; Lessig Leaves
Creative Commons Gets $4 Million Grant; Lessig Leaves Creative Commons, the nonprofit dedicated to reforming copyright in the digital age, said it has received a $4 million grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Meanwhile, Lawrence Lessig, the organization's founder, a Stanford law professor, and a free culture advocate, is stepping down from his role as CEO of Creative Commons. http://www.news.com/8301-13577_3-9909027-36.html
[MCN-L] National Archives films to be sold on Amazon
This one nearly snuck by me unnoticed: National Archives films to be sold on Amazon for $19.99 in non-exclusive deal. http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6508029 The public will be able to purchase copies of thousands of historic films and videotapes via the Internet under an agreement the National Archives has reached with Amazon.com Inc. and one of its subsidiaries. ...The Archives will initially make its collection of Universal Newsreels, dating from 1920 to 1967, available for purchase. Thousands of other public domain and government films will be made available later, officials said. While the public can come to our College Park, Md., research room to view films and even copy them at no charge, this new program will make our holdings much more accessible to millions of people who cannot travel to the Washington, D.C. area, Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein said in a statement. ...Archives and CustomFlix officials stressed that the agreement is non-exclusive, unlike the controversial semi-exclusive deal the Smithsonian Institution recently struck with the cable television network Showtime. That deal upset filmmakers who said it was improper to require documentarians using Smithsonian materials to offer their work first to Showtime.
[MCN-L] play, the Berkeley digital media conference
People in Berkeley have all the fun. I want to make sure folks are aware of play, the Berkeley digital media conference on Saturday, October 27. If you're at all interested in digital media businesses, there's sure to be something for you. We have nine panel topics this year, along with two keynotes and an Expo full of technology to check out. http://playconference.org
[MCN-L] Magic Lantern Show
People in DC also have too much fun. Here's one for technology antiquarians: Special Event at La Maison Fran?aise Magic Lantern Show Tuesday, October 30 at 7 pm Wednesday, October 31 at 7 pm Thursday, November 1 at 7 pm Experience the 19th-century precursor to cinema. Magic Lantern shows narrate stories through projected color imagery, live music, and boisterous audience participation. Co-sponsored by The Phillips Collection, the French-American Cultural Foundation, and La Maison Fran?aise. Admission: $20 and free for Patrons and Circle members. For more information and to register, contact www.la-maison-francaise.org. La Maison Fran?aise is located at: 4101 Reservoir Road, NW Washington, DC 20007
[MCN-L] Photoshop to the rescue
And you thought Photoshop was only good for...? - Thai Police Arrest Pedophile Suspect in Unscrambled Photos Thai police have arrested a suspected Canadian pedophile following a global manhunt launched when computer experts unscrambled digital photos allegedly showing him sexually abusing young boys. Christopher Paul Neil was taken into custody in Nakhon Ratchafima, a town about 200 kilometers (130 miles) northeast of Bangkok, where he was allegedly attempting to contact underage boys, Maj. Gen. Wimol Pao-in said. Read more: http://www.gigalaw.com/news/2007/10/thai-police-arrest-pedophile-suspect-in.html (Source: CNN.com)
[MCN-L] IP SIG event at MCN Chicago 2007
Happy to announce that the IP SIG will host this special presentation at its annual meeting in Chicago. Everyone is (are?) invited: MCN Chicago 2007 Friday, 5.15pm-6.30pm IP-SIG Special Event Special presentation and discussion: The PLUS Standards With Professor Jeff Sedlik, President CEO, PLUS Coalition The PLUS Coalition is an international non-profit organization on a mission to simplify and facilitate the communication of rights information associated with images. In the Coalition, a diverse group of stakeholders and their associations across 26 countries have worked cooperatively to create PLUS, the Picture Licensing Universal System. PLUS is a comprehensive system of image licensing standards that exists as a universal language for the communication of image rights metadata. The Coalition welcomes participation by all individuals, associations and organizations engaged in creating, distributing, using and archiving images. The PLUS standards will allow museums to better manage, preserve and license images. MCN holds a seat on the PLUS Board of Directors (currently filled by Alan Newman), and all institutions are invited to participate in the PLUS Museums Committee. More at www.useplus.org http://www.useplus.org === Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem akeshet at imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
[MCN-L] Fw: International Conference on 'Building Knowledge Repositories: Cross-Sectoral Collaborations New Delhi Feb. 2008
For those interested in an excuse to travel to New Delhi: - Original Message - Subject: International Conference on 'Building Knowledge Repositories: Cross-Sectoral Collaborations New Delhi Feb. 2008 Dear All, Please check our website www.niftindia.com for details about an International Conference on 'Building Knowledge Repositories: Cross-Sectoral Collaborations' to be organised by the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) at New Delhi, India from February 7 to 9 ,2008. For any query for participation please contact the undersigned at email id : nadutta at yahoo.com Regards. Nandini Dutta Head Resource Centre National Institute of fashion technology Hauz Khas New Delhi Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem akeshet at imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP SIG www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net
[MCN-L] Fw: COURSES FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS AND LIBRARIES- London
- Original Message - Electric Lane is delivering two courses for BAPLA, one for image libraries and one for photographers. IMAGE ASSESSMENT AND WORKFLOW - Next session Feb 7 SUPPLYING DIGITAL IMAGES - IMAGE PRODUCTION FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS - 24 January IMAGE ASSESSMENT AND WORKFLOW This one day hands-on course is run by Skillset-accredited training provider Electric Lane. Focussing on work in a picture library, the aim is to understand and apply digital standards. You will learn techniques for assessing and correcting digital files, apply colour management, and improve productivity. SUPPLYING DIGITAL IMAGES - IMAGE PRODUCTION FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS This one day hands-on course run by Skillset-accredited training provider Electric Lane will help photographers supplying image libraries and publishers to meet industry technical and quality standards. Photographers will learn to process and correct digital files, apply correct colour management, and improve their own productivity. The training sessions are in Farringdon, London. Contact Christina at BAPLA (christina at bapla.org.uk) for more details and booking. Book soon as only 8 places available for this session. Costs ?200 +VAT for BAPLA members and their photographers. ?250 + VAT for non-members
[MCN-L] MPAA University 'Toolkit' Raises Privacy Concerns
MPAA University 'Toolkit' Raises Privacy Concerns http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/11/mpaa_university_toolkit_opens_1.html What we found was that depending on how a university's network is set up, installing and using the MPAA tool in its default configuration could expose to the entire Internet all of the traffic flowing across the school's network. Comment by Fred von Lohmann, EFF: Remarkably shoddy work by the MPAA folks. Reminds me of the rootkit debacle, where smart people hire clueless contractors. It also appears that distribution of the toolkit violates the GPL, and thus constitutes copyright infringement. I've notified the appropriate GPL police already.
[MCN-L] EFF Releases Reports and Software to Spot Interference with Internet Traffic
Subject: EFF Releases Reports and Software to Spot Interference with Internet Traffic Press release below, but the short version is that EFF released 3 things today: 1. a white paper detailing what we know about Comcast's interference activities; 2. a white paper describing how (technically savvy) people can replicate our tests; 3. a piece of software that makes testing a bit easier. We're considering building additional test your ISP facilities that will make the testing process easier, although it'll always require users who at least know how to configure their firewalls (i.e., I can do it, but my Dad can't). Let me know if people think that would be worthwhile. Begin forwarded message: Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release For Immediate Release: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 Contact: Fred von Lohmann Senior Intellectual Property Attorney Electronic Frontier Foundation fred at eff.org +1 415 436-9333 x123 (office), +1 415 215-6087 (cell) Peter Eckersley Staff Technologist Electronic Frontier Foundation pde at eff.org +1 415 436 9333 x131 Seth Schoen Staff Technologist Electronic Frontier Foundation seth at eff.org +1 415 436-9333 x107 EFF Releases Reports and Software to Spot Interference with Internet Traffic Technology Rights Group Addresses the Comcast Controversy San Francisco - In the wake of the detection and reporting of Comcast Corporation's controversial interference with Internet traffic, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has published a comprehensive account of Comcast's packet-forging activities and has released software and documentation instructing Internet users on how to test for packet forgery or other forms of interference by their own ISPs. Separate tests in October from EFF, the Associated Press, and others showed that Comcast was forging small parcels of digital data, known as packets, in order to interfere with its subscribers' and other Internet users' ability to use file-sharing applications, like BitTorrent and Gnutella. Despite having been confronted by this evidence, Comcast continues to issue incomplete and misleading statements about their practices and their impact on its customers. Comcast is discriminating among different kinds of Internet traffic based on the protocols being used by its customers, said EFF Senior Intellectual Property Attorney Fred von Lohmann. When confronted, Comcast has been evasive and misleading in its responses, so we decided to start gathering the facts ourselves. Protocol-specific discrimination gives ISPs a tremendous amount of power over the kinds of new applications and services that can be deployed by innovators and competitors. To the extent that practices like those employed by Comcast change the end-to-end architecture of the Internet, those practices jeopardize the Internet's vibrant innovation economy. This recent interference by Comcast in their subscribers' Internet communications is a cause for grave concern, said EFF Staff Technologist Peter Eckersley. It threatens the open Internet standards and architecture that have made the network such an engine of technical and economic innovation. In addition to an account of the results of EFF's independent testing of Comcast's packet forging activities, EFF has also issued a detailed document and software to assist other networking experts in conducting their own testing. If ISPs won't give their customers accurate information about their Internet traffic controls, we have to detect and document them for ourselves, said EFF Staff Technologist Seth Schoen. For Packet Forgery by ISPs: A Report on the Comcast Affair: http://www.eff.org/wp/packet-forgery-isps-report-comcast-affair For Detecting Packet Injection: A Guide to Packet Spoofing by ISPs http://www.eff.org/wp/detecting-packet-injection For more on EFF's research into Comcast's packet monitoring: http://www.eff.org/testyourisp For this release: http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2007/11/28 About EFF The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading civil liberties organization working to protect rights in the digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF actively encourages and challenges industry and government to support free expression and privacy online. EFF is a member-supported organization and maintains one of the most linked-to websites in the world at http://www.eff.org/
[MCN-L] [IP SIG] Orphan Works database
___ From: Small, Jennifer [mailto:jennifersmall at dwt.com] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 9:40 AM To: Misunas, Marla Subject: Fyi... New Copyright Database for Orphan Works Stanford has unveiled a new searchable database that logs the status of so-called orphan works published in the United States between 1923 and 1963. http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/media_law_prof_blog/2007/04/new_copyrig ht_d.html Database accessible at http://collections.stanford.edu/copyrightrenewals/bin/page?forward=home This is great. Indeed great, for libraries and others needing information on books published in the US between 1923 and 1963 whose copyright was renewed. (It's not really an Orphan Works database, rather a copyright renewal database.) Alas, for museums needing information on works of art, we are as usual left scratching our heads. Stanford is nevertheless to be praised for this great initiative. Perhaps we could collectively encourage Stanford to enlarge the scope of the project. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem www.imj.org.il Chair, MCN IP special interest group www.mcn.edu Blog www.musematic.net