Tag Archives: copyright

Over the weekend, the New York Times had an op-ed piece by Lawerence Lessig on the ever more interesting topic of copyright law. He pointed out something that I did not know. The Supreme Court has deferred to the Congress … Continue reading →

  Here is an interesting videocast from Cranky Geeks http://www.crankygeeks.com/2006/07/cranky_geeks_special_the_dmca.html Lawerence Lessig talks about the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) and how it is possibly one of the worst laws on the books.  As he explains, we are losing more … Continue reading →

If you haven’t watched/listened to Lawerence Lessig, here is a presentation that is worth your time. http://randomfoo.net/oscon/2002/lessig/free_culture.swf  (Flash) http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/policy/2002/08/15/lessig.html  (HTML) The presentation can be summed up in the refrain of a song that he wrote for the presentation. Creativity and … Continue reading →

http://www.mediawiki.org A lot of my students are using WikiPedia as a resource.  That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but many of them do not understand exactly why it could be problematic.  I feel the best way to understand how a … Continue reading →