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===Week 1: Intro===
 
===Week 1: Intro===
*Discussion leader: Joshua?
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*Discussion leader: Joshua
 
*Topics:
 
*Topics:
**What is this course about, and why are we here?
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**What is this course about and not about, and why are we here?
**basic definitions, discussion of what attendees want out of class
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**basic definitions,  
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**what attendees want out of the class
 
*Post-Reading:
 
*Post-Reading:
 
**David Levy "A Bit of Digital History" Scrolling Forward p. 137-157 (20 pages)
 
**David Levy "A Bit of Digital History" Scrolling Forward p. 137-157 (20 pages)
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===Week 2: The Basic Framework===
 
===Week 2: The Basic Framework===
*Discussion leader: Joshua?
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*Read, prior to class:
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**Christopher Dreher [http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/12/03/prices/print.html "Why do books cost so much?"] Salon.com (3 pages)
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**Marshall Poe [http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/07-02/poe.html “Note to Self: Print Monograph Dead; Invent New Publishing Model”] Journal of Electronic Publishing 7, December 2001 (5 pages)
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*Discussion leader: Joshua
 
*Topics:
 
*Topics:
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**iSchool basics for CSE and Law people
 
**basics of manufacture and distribution
 
**basics of manufacture and distribution
 
**featuring codecs, The Internet, Copyright, Licensing, and DRM
 
**featuring codecs, The Internet, Copyright, Licensing, and DRM
 
**as distribution costs approach zero, what happens to production?
 
**as distribution costs approach zero, what happens to production?
*Readings:
 
**Christopher Dreher [http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/12/03/prices/print.html "Why do books cost so much?"] Salon.com (3 pages)
 
**Marshall Poe [http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/07-02/poe.html “Note to Self: Print Monograph Dead; Invent New Publishing Model”] Journal of Electronic Publishing 7, December 2001 (5 pages)
 
  
 
===Week 3. Copyright of digital documents===
 
===Week 3. Copyright of digital documents===
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*Read, prior to class:
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**Peter Givler [http://aaupnet.org/aboutup/copyright.html "Copyright: It's for the public good"] Association of American University Presses (3 pages)
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**[http://creativecommons.org/about/history "Some Rights Reserved": Building a Layer of Reasonable Copyright] (1 page)
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**[http://press.oreilly.com/pub/pr/1042 O'Reilly First to Adopt Founders' Copyright] (3 pages)
 
*Discussion leader: Ben
 
*Discussion leader: Ben
 
*Topics:
 
*Topics:
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**[http://www.copyright.gov/ US Copyright Office]
 
**[http://www.copyright.gov/ US Copyright Office]
 
**[http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/guides/copyright.html UW COPYRIGHT INFORMATION FOR EDUCATORS]
 
**[http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/guides/copyright.html UW COPYRIGHT INFORMATION FOR EDUCATORS]
*Readings:
 
**Peter Givler [http://aaupnet.org/aboutup/copyright.html "Copyright: It's for the public good"] Association of American University Presses (3 pages)
 
**[http://creativecommons.org/about/history "Some Rights Reserved": Building a Layer of Reasonable Copyright] (1 page)
 
**[http://press.oreilly.com/pub/pr/1042 O'Reilly First to Adopt Founders' Copyright] (3 pages)
 
  
 
===Week 4. Licensing of digital documents===
 
===Week 4. Licensing of digital documents===
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*Read, prior to class:
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**[http://www.lib.washington.edu/cms/usageguidelines.html UW Libraries Electronic Resource Usage Rights and Restrictions] (1 page)
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**Creative Commons [http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/ "Choosing a License"] (2 pages)
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**Creative Commons [http://creativecommons.org/about/history "Some Rights Reserved": Building a Layer of Reasonable Copyright] (1 page)
 
*Discussion leader: law person? (Bob Gomulkiewicz? Stuart Sutton?)
 
*Discussion leader: law person? (Bob Gomulkiewicz? Stuart Sutton?)
 
*Topics:
 
*Topics:
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**Dude, where's my 200 years of fair use caselaw?
 
**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)
 
**Licenses that "guarantee your freedom to share and change" (Free software and the Creative Commons)
*Readings:
 
**[http://www.lib.washington.edu/cms/usageguidelines.html UW Libraries Electronic Resource Usage Rights and Restrictions] (1 page)
 
**Creative Commons [http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/ "Choosing a License"] (2 pages)
 
**Creative Commons [http://creativecommons.org/about/history "Some Rights Reserved": Building a Layer of Reasonable Copyright] (1 page)
 
  
 
===Week 5. In Libraries: "Can I check out this eBook?"===
 
===Week 5. In Libraries: "Can I check out this eBook?"===
*Discussion leader: Joshua? Guest?
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*Read, prior to class:
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**David Kirkpatrick [http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/17/technology/17LIBR.html?pagewanted=print "Battle Over Access to Online Books"] New York Times June 17, 2002
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**[http://www.kcls.org/ebooks/ebook.cfm KCLS eBooks]
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**[http://www.lib.washington.edu/ebooks/ UW Libraries NetLibrary FAQ]
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*Discussion leader: Guest?
 
*Topics:
 
*Topics:
 
**complicated and expensive reading devices
 
**complicated and expensive reading devices
 
**potentially crippling legal problems
 
**potentially crippling legal problems
*Readings:
 
**David Kirkpatrick [http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/17/technology/17LIBR.html?pagewanted=print "Battle Over Access to Online Books"] New York Times June 17, 2002
 
**[http://www.kcls.org/ebooks/ebook.cfm KCLS eBooks]
 
**[http://www.lib.washington.edu/ebooks/ UW Libraries NetLibrary FAQ]
 
  
 
===Week 6. Scholarly publishing===
 
===Week 6. Scholarly publishing===
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*Read, prior to class:
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**Marshall Poe [http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/07-02/poe.html “Note to Self: Print Monograph Dead; Invent New Publishing Model”] J. of Electronic Publishing, December 2001 (5 pages)
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**Colin Steele [http://eprints.anu.edu.au/documents/disk0/00/00/10/32/ "Phoenix Rising: New Models for the Research Monograph?"]  Learned Publishing, April 2003 (12 pages)
 
*Discussion leader:  
 
*Discussion leader:  
 
*Topics:
 
*Topics:
 
**Do universities already pay production costs?
 
**Do universities already pay production costs?
 
**Who needs pretty magazines when we've got [http://arxiv.org arXiv.org] (do the humanities)?
 
**Who needs pretty magazines when we've got [http://arxiv.org arXiv.org] (do the humanities)?
*Readings:
 
**Marshall Poe [http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/07-02/poe.html “Note to Self: Print Monograph Dead; Invent New Publishing Model”] J. of Electronic Publishing, December 2001 (5 pages)
 
**Colin Steele [http://eprints.anu.edu.au/documents/disk0/00/00/10/32/ "Phoenix Rising: New Models for the Research Monograph?"]  Learned Publishing, April 2003 (12 pages)
 
  
 
===Week 7. DRM Technology===
 
===Week 7. DRM Technology===
*Discussion leader: CSE person?
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*Read, prior to class:  
*Topics:
 
**what exactly are "effective technological measures"?
 
**Is the DCMA a problem for research?
 
*Readings:
 
 
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Rights_Management "Digital rights management"] from Wikipedia (currently 7 pages)
 
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Rights_Management "Digital rights management"] from Wikipedia (currently 7 pages)
 
**[http://www.kyz.uklinux.net/convlit.php "Converting .LIT files for fun and profit"] (3 pages)
 
**[http://www.kyz.uklinux.net/convlit.php "Converting .LIT files for fun and profit"] (3 pages)
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*Optional Recommended Reading:
 
*Optional Recommended Reading:
 
**John Walker [http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/digital-imprimatur/ The Digital Imprimatur] (currently 53 pages, but many sections can be skipped)
 
**John Walker [http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/digital-imprimatur/ The Digital Imprimatur] (currently 53 pages, but many sections can be skipped)
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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?
  
 
===Week 8. Preservation===
 
===Week 8. Preservation===
*Discussion leader: CSE person?
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*Read, prior to class:  
*Topics:
 
**will those created today be around in 100 years?
 
**if so, how about reading those bits as an ebook?
 
*Readings:
 
 
**[http://www.rlg.org/preserv/diginews/v7_n2_feature3.html Emulation and BBC Domesday] (7 pages)
 
**[http://www.rlg.org/preserv/diginews/v7_n2_feature3.html Emulation and BBC Domesday] (7 pages)
 
**[http://www.suzannekeene.info/conserve/digipres/tech.htm Technical Obsolescene] (1 page)
 
**[http://www.suzannekeene.info/conserve/digipres/tech.htm Technical Obsolescene] (1 page)
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*Optional Recommended Reading:
 
*Optional Recommended Reading:
 
**[http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub114/approaches.html Organizational Approaches to Preserving Digital Content] CLIR (6 pages)
 
**[http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub114/approaches.html Organizational Approaches to Preserving Digital Content] CLIR (6 pages)
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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?
  
 
===Week 9. Digital documents in international development===
 
===Week 9. Digital documents in international development===
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*Read, prior to class:
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**[http://www.dli.ernet.in/vision.html Digital Library of India Vision] (1 page)
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**[http://www.library.cmu.edu/Libraries/MBP_FAQ.html Million Book Project FAQ] (6 pages)
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**[http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,64627,00.html Rural Kids Print, Bind, and Read] (3 pages)
 
*Discussion leader: Evans school person?
 
*Discussion leader: Evans school person?
 
*Topics:
 
*Topics:
 
**Kahle's bookmobile, Million Book Project and others
 
**Kahle's bookmobile, Million Book Project and others
*Readings:
 
**[http://www.dli.ernet.in/vision.html Digital Library of India Vision] (1 page)
 
**[http://www.library.cmu.edu/Libraries/MBP_FAQ.html Million Book Project FAQ] (6 pages)
 
**[http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,64627,00.html Rural Kids Print, Bind, and Read] (3 pages)
 
  
 
===Week 10. Accessibility===
 
===Week 10. Accessibility===
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*Read, prior to class:
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**[http://www.panix.com/~kestrell/ebooks.html Ebooks and Accessibility] (7 pages, but most can be skimmed)
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**[http://www.microsoft.com/reader/info/support/faq/accessibility.asp Microsoft Reader Accessibility FAQ] (3 pages)
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**[http://www.daisy.org/publications/docs/soundproof/sound_proof_book.html The Soundproof Book] (5 pages)
 
*Discussion leader:  
 
*Discussion leader:  
 
*Topics:
 
*Topics:
 
**How much access should laws mandate?
 
**How much access should laws mandate?
 
**Do we need something like [http://www.loc.gov/nls/ NLS] when Text-to-Speech is virtually free?
 
**Do we need something like [http://www.loc.gov/nls/ NLS] when Text-to-Speech is virtually free?
*Readings:
 
**[http://www.panix.com/~kestrell/ebooks.html Ebooks and Accessibility] (7 pages, but most can be skimmed)
 
**[http://www.microsoft.com/reader/info/support/faq/accessibility.asp Microsoft Reader Accessibility FAQ] (3 pages)
 
**[http://www.daisy.org/publications/docs/soundproof/sound_proof_book.html The Soundproof Book] (5 pages)
 
  
 
==Past courses to mine for useful content==
 
==Past courses to mine for useful content==
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*Honestly, I don't particularly like the name ebooks.  For me, the term is to closely associated with a struggling publishing industry.  I think this class is more generally interested in the digital rights issues, and looking to exclude visual and audio art.  How about the term "digital word?" - David
 
*Honestly, I don't particularly like the name ebooks.  For me, the term is to closely associated with a struggling publishing industry.  I think this class is more generally interested in the digital rights issues, and looking to exclude visual and audio art.  How about the term "digital word?" - David
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*I don't like the name either, but what does "digital word" mean to anyone? We'll deal with the misconceptions in class. :) - Joshua
  
 
''How many days worth of class is this?''  
 
''How many days worth of class is this?''  

Revision as of 02:31, 27 March 2005

Notes for soctech seminar planning, Spring 2005

Ebooks: Reading, Copyright, and Digital Rights

For several millenia, books have been the primary means used in society to attempt to permanently record and hand down knowledge. By the late 20th Century, books were part of a complex system involving readers, publishers, and authors, each of whose rights were balanced by two hundred years of copyright law. The massive growth of distribution of information in digital form at the end of the 20th Century, including electronic books or "ebooks," created a new environment which challenges the existing balance.

This seminar will explore the present issues surrounding ebooks, including the implications for readers, the law, and technology. No prior background in computer science or law is required. The first weeks of the quarter will focus on a framework for discussion, followed by several theme sessions on various topics.


Schedule details

Week 1: Intro

  • Discussion leader: Joshua
  • Topics:
    • What is this course about and not about, and why are we here?
    • basic definitions,
    • what attendees want out of the class
  • Post-Reading:
    • David Levy "A Bit of Digital History" Scrolling Forward p. 137-157 (20 pages)
  • Recommended Optional Reading:

Week 2: The Basic Framework

Week 3. Copyright of digital documents

Week 4. Licensing of digital documents

Week 5. In Libraries: "Can I check out this eBook?"

Week 6. Scholarly publishing

Week 7. DRM Technology

Week 8. Preservation

Week 9. Digital documents in international development

Week 10. Accessibility

Past courses to mine for useful content

Floating readings

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

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
  • Honestly, I don't particularly like the name ebooks. For me, the term is to closely associated with a struggling publishing industry. I think this class is more generally interested in the digital rights issues, and looking to exclude visual and audio art. How about the term "digital word?" - David
  • I don't like the name either, but what does "digital word" mean to anyone? We'll deal with the misconceptions in class. :) - Joshua

How many days worth of class is this?