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Kahle v. Gonzales II
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comments in the previous post: jh asks: "yep re opt in v opt out, but also now covers use/access v copy/distribute,also now covers resale of information where it didnt before, second hand books offline. now used against users of information, was more traditionally about competing publications. What are the contours specifically?" A hard question, potentially, though I don't think it would be much trouble in practice. The test is "traditional contours of copyright protection" and Eldred itself i From
Lessig Blog on November 24, 2006 at 8:38 p.m..
More bad karma: When Web 2.0 meets lawyers 1.0
A bit ago I wrote (
here and
here) about a difference between true and fake sharing, pointing out that
YouTube, rightful darling of the Internet moment, was a fake sharer. I hadn't realized then just how seriously they took this limit: Read
here as TechCrunch describes the notice and takedown they received for some code that allows you to From
Lessig Blog on November 24, 2006 at 8:38 p.m..
The sound of searching sound: OWL
This is easily the coolest technology I've seen in years: Go to the Creative Commons
search page. Click on the
OWL Music Search tab. (Depending upon the browser, you might need to run a fake search to get it to come alive -- we're working on this, but just type anything in the search bar). You'll then see OWL's Music Search interface. Drop an MP3 on OWL. It will analyze it and show you similar sounding Creative Commons licensed music. You select the part of the song you want to match; From
Lessig Blog on November 24, 2006 at 8:38 p.m..
"only if the word 'no-brainer' appears in it somewhere": RIP Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman was a hero of mine when I was growing up. I devoured his (non-technical) work as a teen, and watched his "Free to Choose" every time I could (the days before Tivo). No doubt the highpoint of the Eldred v. Ashcroft case was when I learned Friedman would sign our "
Economists' Brief": As it was reported to me, when asked, he responded: "Only if the world 'no brainer' appears in it somewhere." A reasonable man, he signed even though we couldn't fit that word in. His i From
Lessig Blog on November 24, 2006 at 8:38 p.m..
Welcome to the 21st Century, Kramer
There are few moments that crystallize as well just how the 21st Century could be different:
Watch (if you have the stomach for it) Michael Richards, aka "Kramer" from "Seinfeld" lose it in a career-destroying way. It's time to re-read David Brin's fantastic book,
The Transparent Society, for it has a salience today that would have been missed when i From
Lessig Blog on November 24, 2006 at 8:38 p.m..
More on the transparent society
(But first, yes, I am so sorry about the aol-crap player. I posted the last post as I was rushing out, and didn't realize the proprietary junk till I got home to show my wife on her computer. It is one of the very great things about the real video services out there -- YouTube, etc. -- that they embarrass the creaking 20th century giants (AOL, e.g.) by showing them that you can run a video service that any computer can run, without the insanely badly-coded platform specific proprietary stuff that marked video 1.0. ) Yesterday was a real transparent society day in my house. My kid's From
Lessig Blog on November 24, 2006 at 8:38 p.m..
Is he a racist?
I love examples where ontology is necessarily trumped by epistemology. The Richards case is one of those. On Letterman, Richards says he's not a racist. Is that possibly true? Well sure. He's a brilliant stream of consciousness comic. That requires constantly putting your head into the heads of the audience, and tweaking it. He blows his top, and then begins to watch himself and the scene through the eyes of the audience. He sees them see him and his targets -- two African Americans. He then gives voice to what at least some in the audience are likely -- he believes -- to believe: From
Lessig Blog on November 24, 2006 at 8:38 p.m..
Values education report
The Values Education Good Practice Schools Project ? Stage 1 report was released by the Minister for Education, Science and Training, the Hon Julie Bishop MP. The report outlines the involvement and the findings of 26 clusters of schools from across Australia in projects that exemplify good practice in values education. The report is available from the values education website at http://www.valueseducation.edu.au From
EdNA Online on November 24, 2006 at 8:37 p.m..
Global Summit 2006 Communique
The Global Summit 2006: Technology Connected Futures was hosted by education.au in Sydney in October 2006. There were 240 delegates from 11 countries, representing all education and training sectors and industry. The communique informs readers of the significant findings that emerged from a large group of national and international education experts who discussed education and the use of technology to benefit teaching and learning. From
EdNA Online on November 24, 2006 at 8:37 p.m..
Wollongong is Commonwealth University of the Year
The University of Wollongong (UOW) has won the Times Higher Education Supplement inaugural award as 'Commonwealth University of the Year'. The announcement was made at a glittering awards night ceremony held in London recently. UOW was the only short-listed Australian university for the award which is focused on how universities achieved community engagement. From
EdNA Online on November 24, 2006 at 8:37 p.m..
Patrick McKendry is new Chair of the National Quality Council
Mr McKendry, currently executive director of the National Retail Association, is a nationally recognised leader in the area of industry training through his development of policy for the retail industry and his role as the industry's national advocate on major policy issues such as industrial relations, vocational and technical education, trade practices, competition policy and skills needs. DEST Media release, 17 November 2006 From
EdNA Online on November 24, 2006 at 8:37 p.m..
Principals furious Technology School of the Future scrapped
Outcry is growing over reports that South Australia's world renowned centre for innovation and training for ICT in education, Technology School Of the Future (TSOF) is to be closed. As well as significant research and professional development activity, TSoF provides a physical base for school groups to visit for programs such as robotics or digital electronics. South Australian Primary Principals Association president Glyn O?Brien explained that "the centre was set up to give kids the really cutting edge technology and amazing computer programs - the sort of things primary schools can&apo From
EdNA Online on November 24, 2006 at 8:37 p.m..
Mike Seyfang - CreativeCommonsDRM - Stephen Downes gets us talking - Learning with the Fang
Mike Seyfang (and no doubt more than a few others) disagrees with my use of the 'non-commercial' caluse in my Creative Commons license because (as I've said) "you have to let go of trying to control future use of your digital (learning object) content... so that it can be re-mixed and passed forward". The reason I use the non-commercial license is that I believe that allowing commercial use will reduce and restrict future use. In other words, I believe that the non-commercial license is the most open. Why? Because when commercial use is allowed, then companies can From
OLDaily on November 24, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..
Various authors - OCW MetaMod for Moodle - Meta Solutions
Useful. The developers write, "OCW MetaMod for Moodle provides instructors and designers with the ability to mark individual resources or activities within a Moodle course as 'private' (only visible for registered students) or "shared" (allowing anonymous guest viewing). Additionally, the OCW MetaMod for Moodle provides for tagging of resources and activities as either Copyrighted (C) or Creative Commons license/Copyright cleared (CC)." [
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Comment From OLDaily on November 24, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..
Jennifer Granick - Second Life Will Save Copyright - Wired News
Second Life does the wrong thing, and declares Copybot to be a violation of its terms of service (now there's some creative reading). This Wired article praises the company's attempts to create a user-created copyright realm. Without 'enforcement' by Second Life, however, such attempts are polite fictions. The people in Second Life will learn - copyrights are government interventions in the marketplace intended to favour the publishers. Which makes the question of 'balanced' copyright legislation all the more complex, because it requires a look at other< From
OLDaily on November 24, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..
James M. O'Neill - Professors Get 'F' in Copyright Protection Knowledge - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
A very one-sided article that signifies its bias in the first sentence. The article, quoting industry sources, attacks the professors' posting of chapters of books online under fair use provisions. "It [the doctrine of fair use] can be interpreted differently by different courts under the same circumstances." Well, yes. But the main thing is: "'"We can't compete with free,' says Allan Adler, vice president for legal and governmental affairs with the Washington-based publishers group, whose members include McGraw-Hill Cos. and Pearson Plc." So what the publishers are doing i From
OLDaily on November 24, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..
Alexa Joyce - Passively Multiplayer Online Games for Schools? - eLearning across the globe
Kind of the way I think about this stuff: why can't the whole thing be a game? "While he goes about his day's surfing, blogging, chatting, tagging, gaming, posting, uploading, downloading, Justin wants to experience the same visible sense of goal-oriented progress he gets in World of Warcraft when he looks at his screens and sees exactly what level his activities have earned him." Links to
Howard Rheingold's summary and video of Justin Hall's
OLDaily on November 24, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..
Various authors - E-Learning Concepts and Techniques - Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
I had a nice time reading this 11-chapter online book this morning instead of doing my work like I'm supposed to. As the site says, "E-Learning Concepts and Techniques is a collaborative e-book project by Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania's Department of Instructional Technology students and guest authors." The result is a quite acceptable introductory level text that not only covers the basics of traditional instructional design but also manages to incorporate mor contemporary approaches, from Siemens on learning design to the use of games in e-learning delivery. If you need an From
OLDaily on November 24, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..
Wesley Fryer - Flow, Curiosity, and Engaging Education - Moving at the Speed of Creativity
Good choice of reading material: "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience" by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Good discussion, too. Some thoughts. First, 'flow' is what Papert and others today call "hard fun". Also, a lot depends on the width of the 'flow' channel. Third, the edges of the flow channel are fuzzy and variable depending on time of day, hunger, sleepiness, and more. And finally, the 'flow' channel is different for each individual student in a class, which makes designing for that channel for a class tricky, if not impossible, which is why you want to pers From
OLDaily on November 24, 2006 at 4:45 p.m..
Free as in turkeys
Pres. Bush had his photo opp with a Thanksgiving bird yesterday. Of course I'm delighted at the thought of the turkey being sent to roam a farm freely for the rest of his days...and I also like that the bird was set free. [Rim shot] I don't understand why Americans like the oddly Roman turkey-reprieve ritual. If you like seeing turkeys saved then here's a festive holiday idea for you: Don't kill one. That aside, Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. It's actually got a good heart. So, happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow citizens. Most of us have... From
Joho the Blog on November 24, 2006 at 7:49 a.m..
Thanks…
Among the many things in my life I feel incredibly thankful for, I just wanted to acknowledge how grateful I am to be a part of this most excellent community of learners. To everyone who reads, responds, and supports my learning, my most sincere appreciation and best wishes for a safe and happy Thanksgiving. technorati tags:weblogg-ed [...] From
weblogged News on November 24, 2006 at 7:48 a.m..
Rants: Saved and Charmed
Readers remember Italy's slow trains, hail software that saved their MP3s and sound off about whining gamers. From
Wired News on November 24, 2006 at 7:45 a.m..
What's Inside: Premium Unleaded
Your car runs on poison, grain alcohol -- and mothballs. Check the ingredients in your tank. By Patrick Di Justo from Wired magazine. From
Wired News on November 24, 2006 at 7:45 a.m..
Last-Minute Turkey Day Salvation
Bird still frozen? Starving guests going mental? The Geeky Gourmet serves up tips for coping with Thanksgiving nightmares. An excerpt from Take Control of Thanksgiving Dinner by Joe Kissell. From
Wired News on November 24, 2006 at 7:45 a.m..
Speaking of 24-Pound Turkeys ...
Someday soon, if the inexorable march of technology continues apace, we'll all be voting over the internet. What a perfectly depressing thought. Commentary by Tony Long. From
Wired News on November 24, 2006 at 7:45 a.m..
Game-Killing Bug Afflicts Genji
Irritation awaits in the PlayStation 3 game due to glitches and lameness that shouldn't have made it to market. In Game|Life. From
Wired News on November 24, 2006 at 7:45 a.m..
Zemble Makes Group SMS a Snap
Thanks to a clean, easy-to-use interface, a brand-new social networking site may edge out its competitors. Invite your friends to Thanksgiving dinner the easy way. In Monkey Bites. From
Wired News on November 24, 2006 at 7:45 a.m..
Best. Spaceships. Ever.
Which cinematic spaceships make filmcritic.com's list of coolest of out-of-this-world vessels? In Table of Malcontents. From
Wired News on November 24, 2006 at 7:45 a.m..
Buy the Honkin' Rig or Rent
How often do you really need that extra cargo space? Check the economics before deciding whether to spring for the SUV or rent one the few times a year you pack heavy. In Autopia. From
Wired News on November 24, 2006 at 7:45 a.m..
New Rules Allow Cell-Phone Hack
The U.S. Copyright Office says it should be legal for you to crack lockout codes that keep you from porting your cell-phone to another carrier. And retro-gamers will be able to crack copy protection on abandoned titles -- for "archival" purposes. In Gear Factor. From
Wired News on November 24, 2006 at 7:45 a.m..
A Measure of Truth
How strong is that hurricane? How deep is a coma? Humans love to parse things and here are some of the cool scales we use to codify things on the planet. By Lucas Graves from Wired magazine. From
Wired News on November 24, 2006 at 7:45 a.m..
Check Your Judgments, Eh?
A conference about identity on the internet almost succeeds in squashing the sex-positive optimism that usually permeates Sex Drive. Commentary by Regina Lynn. From
Wired News on November 24, 2006 at 7:45 a.m..
Peekaboo, I'm Spying on You
Should you train a nannycam on your babysitter? Mr. Know It All guides you through the mire of high-tech etiquette, from document shredding to the motivational possibilities of iPods. By Clive Thompson from Wired magazine. From
Wired News on November 24, 2006 at 7:45 a.m..