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'''Notes for [[soctech seminar]] planning, Spring 2005'''
 
'''Notes for [[soctech seminar]] planning, Spring 2005'''
  
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'''Ebooks'''
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'''Ebooks: Reading, Copyright, and Digital Rights'''
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The goal of this seminar is to provide a forum for discussing
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copyright and DRM as applied to ebooks.
  
 
==Schedule details==
 
==Schedule details==
 
week-by-week breakdown
 
week-by-week breakdown
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===Week 1: tech intro: thinking about computer security===
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FRAMEWORK SESSIONS:
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*Presenter: Keunwoo
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===Week 1: Intro===
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*Discussion leader: Joshua?
 
*Topics:
 
*Topics:
 
**What is this course about, and why are we here?
 
**What is this course about, and why are we here?
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**basic definitions, discussion of what attendees want out of class
 
*Post-reading: Lessig, ''Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace'', ch. 7
 
*Post-reading: Lessig, ''Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace'', ch. 7
  
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===Week 2: tech intro: software quality and security===
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===Week 2: Nature of Digital Documents===
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*Presenter: Keunwoo
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*Discussion leader: Joshua?
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*Topics: what is software quality? how do people measure it? how does this apply to security?
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*Topics:
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*Reading:  
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**basics of manufacture and distribution
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**featuring codecs, The Internet, Copyright, Licensing, and DRM
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**as distribution costs approach zero, what happens to production?
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===Week 3. Copyright of digital documents===
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*Discussion leader: law person?
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*Topics:
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**Nothing new, but harder to enforce... or is it?
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**Is there any need for a public domain if I can access anything for a nickel?
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**Clinton whitepaper, Berne, WIPO
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**Celestial Jukebox
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===Week 4. Licensing of digital documents===
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*Discussion leader: law person? (Bob Gomulkiewicz? Stuart Sutton?)
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*Topics:
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**It ain't copyright, but contract law!
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**The DMCA: DRM enforcement with no (legal) exceptions for the public
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**Dude, where's my 200 years of fair use caselaw?
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**Licenses that "guarantee your freedom to share and change" (Free
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software and the Creative Commons)
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THEME DAYS:
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===Week 5. "Can I check out this eBook?" in the library===
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*Discussion leader: Joshua? Guest?
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*Topics:
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**complicated and expensive reading devices
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**potentially crippling legal problems
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[http://www.kcls.org/ebooks/ebook.cfm]
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===Week 6. Scholarly publishing===
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*Discussion leader:
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*Topics:
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**do universities already pay production costs?
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**who needs pretty magazines when we've got [arxiv.org] (do the humanities)?
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*Tech Transfer and others might be interested
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===Week 7. DRM Technology===
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*Discussion leader: CSE person?
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*Topics:
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**what exactly are "effective technological measures"?
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**Is the DCMA a problem for research?
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===Week 8. Preservation===
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*Discussion leader: CSE person?
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*Topics:
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**will those created today be around in 100 years?
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**if so, how about reading those bits as an ebook?
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===Week 9. Digital documents in international development===
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*Discussion leader: CSE person?
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*Topics:
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**Kahle's bookmobile, Million Book Project and others
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===Week 10. Accessibility===
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*Discussion leader: CSE person?
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*Topics:
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**how much access should laws mandate?
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**something like NLS for the Blind and Physically Handicapped?
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[http://www.loc.gov/nls/]
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**This might be a good place to look at the regulatory approaches we are seeing now:  Gramm-Leach-Bliley, FDA Regs 21 CFR Part-11, Sarbanes-Oxley section 404, HIPAA, FDA requirements for medical device software validation [http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/comp/guidance/938.html].
 
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See also [http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/consumer/geninfo.html General info on FDA regulation of medical devices] for a summary of device classification and the FDA certification process.
 
  
 
==Past courses to mine for useful content==
 
==Past courses to mine for useful content==
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*[http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/valentin/security.html security reading group, Winter 2003]
 
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*[http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/cse590nl/04au/ 590NL networking seminar: trustworthy computing, Autumn 2004]
 
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*[http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/csep590tu/CurrentQtr/ p590TU: IT & public policy), Autumn 2004]
 
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*[http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/590sy/ 590SY systems seminar], usu. at least 1-2 papers per qtr on security topics; following quarters have more than usual:
 
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**[http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/590sy/04sp/ security tools, Spring 2004]
 
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**[http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/590sy/04wi/ Winter 2004]
 
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**[http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/590sy/02sp/ security, Spring 2002]
 
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**[http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/590sy/02wi/ Winter 2002]
 
 
*[http://www.acm.org/usacm/Issues/ComputerSecurity.htm USACM public policy home page]
 
*[http://www.acm.org/usacm/Issues/ComputerSecurity.htm USACM public policy home page]
  
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==Other notes==
 
==Other notes==
  
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''Legal discussion''
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*assumptions:
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Led by Ben/lawyer in the room:
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**everyone will have at least a layman's understanding of terms
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*What is tort?
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**we can come up with one good discussable reading per session
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* Does it apply to software? Why not? 
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**a volunteer or assigned discussion facilitator for each session
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*What about in the future, as Ben said, as more devices go online?
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''How many days worth of class is this?''  
 
''How many days worth of class is this?''  
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One for technical, one for legal, one for discussion? Perhaps on the 3rd day we could assign people to think about how they would improve software security given what they learned about law and tech.
 
  
  
 
[[Category:Society and technology]]
 
[[Category:Society and technology]]

Revision as of 21:44, 26 February 2005

Notes for soctech seminar planning, Spring 2005

Ebooks: Reading, Copyright, and Digital Rights

The goal of this seminar is to provide a forum for discussing copyright and DRM as applied to ebooks.

Schedule details

week-by-week breakdown FRAMEWORK SESSIONS:

Week 1: Intro

  • Discussion leader: Joshua?
  • Topics:
    • What is this course about, and why are we here?
    • basic definitions, discussion of what attendees want out of class
  • Post-reading: Lessig, Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace, ch. 7

Week 2: Nature of Digital Documents

  • Discussion leader: Joshua?
  • Topics:
    • basics of manufacture and distribution
    • featuring codecs, The Internet, Copyright, Licensing, and DRM
    • as distribution costs approach zero, what happens to production?

Week 3. Copyright of digital documents

  • Discussion leader: law person?
  • Topics:
    • Nothing new, but harder to enforce... or is it?
    • Is there any need for a public domain if I can access anything for a nickel?
    • Clinton whitepaper, Berne, WIPO
    • Celestial Jukebox

Week 4. Licensing of digital documents

  • Discussion leader: law person? (Bob Gomulkiewicz? Stuart Sutton?)
  • Topics:
    • It ain't copyright, but contract law!
    • The DMCA: DRM enforcement with no (legal) exceptions for the public
    • Dude, where's my 200 years of fair use caselaw?
    • Licenses that "guarantee your freedom to share and change" (Free

software and the Creative Commons)

THEME DAYS:

Week 5. "Can I check out this eBook?" in the library

  • Discussion leader: Joshua? Guest?
  • Topics:
    • complicated and expensive reading devices
    • potentially crippling legal problems

[1]

Week 6. Scholarly publishing

  • Discussion leader:
  • Topics:
    • do universities already pay production costs?
    • who needs pretty magazines when we've got [arxiv.org] (do the humanities)?
  • Tech Transfer and others might be interested

Week 7. DRM Technology

  • Discussion leader: CSE person?
  • Topics:
    • what exactly are "effective technological measures"?
    • Is the DCMA a problem for research?

Week 8. Preservation

  • Discussion leader: CSE person?
  • Topics:
    • will those created today be around in 100 years?
    • if so, how about reading those bits as an ebook?

Week 9. Digital documents in international development

  • Discussion leader: CSE person?
  • Topics:
    • Kahle's bookmobile, Million Book Project and others

Week 10. Accessibility

  • Discussion leader: CSE person?
  • Topics:
    • how much access should laws mandate?
    • something like NLS for the Blind and Physically Handicapped?

[2]


Past courses to mine for useful content

Floating readings

These are readings that haven't been matched to a date yet.

Resources to mine for other readings

Other notes

  • assumptions:
    • everyone will have at least a layman's understanding of terms
    • we can come up with one good discussable reading per session
    • a volunteer or assigned discussion facilitator for each session


How many days worth of class is this?

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