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*[http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/econsec.html List of resources on economic approaches to security] | *[http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/econsec.html List of resources on economic approaches to security] |
Revision as of 22:42, 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.
Contents
- 1 Schedule details
- 1.1 Week 1: Intro
- 1.2 Week 2: Nature of Digital Documents
- 1.3 Week 3. Copyright of digital documents
- 1.4 Week 4. Licensing of digital documents
- 1.5 Week 5. "Can I check out this eBook?" in the library
- 1.6 Week 6. Scholarly publishing
- 1.7 Week 7. DRM Technology
- 1.8 Week 8. Preservation
- 1.9 Week 9. Digital documents in international development
- 1.10 Week 10. Accessibility
- 2 Past courses to mine for useful content
- 3 Floating readings
- 4 Other notes
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
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?
- Readings:
- [http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/12/03/prices/print.html Salon.com: "Why do books cost so much?"
- Poe, Marshall, “Note to Self: Print Monograph Dead; Invent New Publishing Model” Journal of Electronic Publishing 7, December 2001
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
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?
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
- List of resources on economic approaches to security
- The people named in this flyer will probably have useful papers
- A couple of Amitai Aviram's publications look interesting
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?