Word: copyright
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...encouragement of learning,” read the original copyright statute, signed into law by George Washington in 1790. The Constitution stated the act’s single purpose: “to promote the progress of science and useful arts.” Copyright was a deal between individuals and society—authors got just enough monopoly rights to incentivize them to benefit society through their creativity...
With digital copies cheap and perfect today, copyright law has been rewritten to amplify the power of parties already powerful enough to use it against the weak. This year at Harvard provided varied examples of the anti-educational misuse of copyright...
...Coop asked a student to leave the store in September because he was writing down information about textbook names and prices. The Coop claimed that the information was its “intellectual property.” That’s a real stretch, but judicial practice in copyright cases is unpredictable these days. Few students would have the nerve and the resources to stand on principle in federal court...
...would take action against colleges that do not sufficiently reduce such downloading. With such legislation, the states—and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which some fear will lobby for similar laws in other states—are seeking to outsource the work of enforcing copyright laws to colleges. Ensuring that networks are free of music sharing requires a massive investment in monitoring information and analyzing data flows to make sure that no copyrighted material is being transferred. Such monitoring could cost colleges millions of dollars, according to some critics. Universities should not have to serve...
Adapted from CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT I FORGOT: THE GOOD NEWS FROM the FRONT LINES OF MEMORY RESEARCH by Sue Halpern. Copyright 2008 by Sue Halpern. Published by Harmony Books, a division of Random House...