Comments on: “The Digital Learning Challenge” http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/08/10/the-digital-learning-challenge/ Information, Law, and the Law of Information Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:08:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: John Palfrey » Blog Archive » Special Copyright Podcast http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/08/10/the-digital-learning-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-899 John Palfrey » Blog Archive » Special Copyright Podcast Thu, 19 Oct 2006 03:24:08 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/08/10/the-digital-learning-challenge/#comment-899 [...] The Berkman Center’s increasingly terrific new media production team has rolled together this special-edition podcast on copyright in the context of teaching and learning. It’s an extension of the work done on the Digital Learning Challenge, led by Prof. Terry Fisher (the first voice you hear on the podcast) and former Berkman fellow, now Prof. William McGeveran, and funded by the Mellon Foundation. The theme of uncertainty in the digital copyright realm is particularly real in the context of using works in teaching and research, despite all manner of reasons why we wouldn’t want that to be so. [...] [...] The Berkman Center’s increasingly terrific new media production team has rolled together this special-edition podcast on copyright in the context of teaching and learning. It’s an extension of the work done on the Digital Learning Challenge, led by Prof. Terry Fisher (the first voice you hear on the podcast) and former Berkman fellow, now Prof. William McGeveran, and funded by the Mellon Foundation. The theme of uncertainty in the digital copyright realm is particularly real in the context of using works in teaching and research, despite all manner of reasons why we wouldn’t want that to be so. [...]

]]> By: Info/Law » Web-Braille and Cautious Gatekeepers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/08/10/the-digital-learning-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-725 Info/Law » Web-Braille and Cautious Gatekeepers Tue, 15 Aug 2006 03:12:55 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/08/10/the-digital-learning-challenge/#comment-725 [...] One of the great things about the release of the Digital Learning white paper has been the comments that are coming in from diverse readers who heard about it from someplace online.  Case in point: Mike Duigou, who e-mailed me to say that the problems we reported sounded familiar to him from a different context: “the implications of copyright policy and DRM with regard to alternative media (braille, audio records, electronic editions, etc.) and disability.”  He continues (quoting with permission): Copyright, fair use and DRM have very important implications for the disabled and there are a number of ongoing actions and policy initiatives which are probably worth investigating. In particular your comments regarding “Undue caution by gatekeepers such as publishers or educational administrators.” could be extended to include anyone responsible for providing alternative media. [...] [...] One of the great things about the release of the Digital Learning white paper has been the comments that are coming in from diverse readers who heard about it from someplace online.  Case in point: Mike Duigou, who e-mailed me to say that the problems we reported sounded familiar to him from a different context: “the implications of copyright policy and DRM with regard to alternative media (braille, audio records, electronic editions, etc.) and disability.”  He continues (quoting with permission): Copyright, fair use and DRM have very important implications for the disabled and there are a number of ongoing actions and policy initiatives which are probably worth investigating. In particular your comments regarding “Undue caution by gatekeepers such as publishers or educational administrators.” could be extended to include anyone responsible for providing alternative media. [...]

]]> By: Info/Law » Technology for Rights Clearance and Fair Use http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/08/10/the-digital-learning-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-723 Info/Law » Technology for Rights Clearance and Fair Use Mon, 14 Aug 2006 03:45:17 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/08/10/the-digital-learning-challenge/#comment-723 [...] One of the interesting hard questions in the recent Digital Learning white paper was the tension between making it easier to get licenses for content on the one hand and promoting a robust understanding of fair use on the other hand. [...] [...] One of the interesting hard questions in the recent Digital Learning white paper was the tension between making it easier to get licenses for content on the one hand and promoting a robust understanding of fair use on the other hand. [...]

]]> By: Info/Law » A Link From BoingBoing is Worth a Thousand Words http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/08/10/the-digital-learning-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-722 Info/Law » A Link From BoingBoing is Worth a Thousand Words Mon, 14 Aug 2006 03:02:57 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/08/10/the-digital-learning-challenge/#comment-722 [...] I was so excited Friday when BoingBoing gave a great write-up and link to the new Digital Learning white paper. Obviously, if you are trying ot make your work visible to the technie world, that’s one of the best places to be. It was also a vivid personal demonstration of the well-known reach of that site, because I got e-mail from random friends sending virtual back-slaps over the mention. [...] [...] I was so excited Friday when BoingBoing gave a great write-up and link to the new Digital Learning white paper. Obviously, if you are trying ot make your work visible to the technie world, that’s one of the best places to be. It was also a vivid personal demonstration of the well-known reach of that site, because I got e-mail from random friends sending virtual back-slaps over the mention. [...]

]]> By: A Copyfighter's Musings http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/08/10/the-digital-learning-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-711 A Copyfighter's Musings Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:32:20 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/08/10/the-digital-learning-challenge/#comment-711 <strong>New Berkman WP: Educational Uses of Copyrighted Material...</strong> Bill McGeveran sez , "I am delighted to report that the Berkman Center has released the white paper on which I have been working, along with Professor Terry Fisher and a terrific team of Berkman fellows and Harvard Law students, for the last year.... New Berkman WP: Educational Uses of Copyrighted Material…

Bill McGeveran sez , “I am delighted to report that the Berkman Center has released the white paper on which I have been working, along with Professor Terry Fisher and a terrific team of Berkman fellows and Harvard Law students, for the last year….

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