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What Should We Call the Net?
Lyman, Peter – Educom Review, 1999
Consideration of metaphors related to the Internet focuses on the information superhighway, virtual communities, and digital libraries. Highlights include the Digital Millenium Copyright Act of 1998; the Uniform Commercial Code; equality; privacy; communication; authorship; open software; information management; user fees; library collections; and…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Software, Electronic Libraries, Information Management
Coping with the DVD Dilemma: Region Codes and Copy Protection
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Ecke, Peter – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2005
German teachers' use of DVDs, purchased abroad, has become increasingly difficult through restrictions imposed by the motion pictures industry on DVDs, DVD-playing equipment and software. In addition, the law, in particular through the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), has imposed restrictions that negatively affect the fair use of digital…
Descriptors: Films, Teachers, Foreign Countries, Video Equipment
Freedom as in a Self-Sustainable Community: The Free Software Movement and Its Challenge to Copyright Law
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Chen, Shun-Ling – Policy Futures in Education, 2006
Copyright law, together with the market logic it carries, penetrates deeply into our daily life. The copyright regime is so restrictive that it turns a normal learning process into a series of potential copyright violations. The Free Software Movement (FSM) represents a substantial community effort to counter this trend. It seeks to supersede the…
Descriptors: Freedom, Creative Activities, Copyrights, Community Action