And a slightly different point of view:
"For the third year in a row, software companies are supplying schools with
materials that promote their antipiracy position on
copyright law. But for the first time this year, the library association is
presenting its own material, hoping to give kids a more
balanced view of copyright law."
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,64543,00.html
And
"Much of American society may have never known, and our legislators don't seem to
want to remember, that copyright was a policy
balancing innovation between incentive and public domain," she says. "Copyright, in
its American origins, was tied to a robust
democratic republic. Now it seems to be locked in a debate about property in the
way that we think about physical property." Tracy
B. Mitrano, Cornell University's Computer Policy and Law Program
(http://www.nyu.edu/classes/siva/archives/000230.html#more )
And relating to political discourse _ Copyrighting the President_ by Lawrence Lessig
(http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.08/view.html?pg=5)
And several issues about technology and copyright, including whether it is legal to
fast forward or skip commercials on recorded
media:
"Several lobbying camps from different industries and ideologies are joining forces
to fight an overhaul of copyright law, which
they say would radically shift in favor of Hollywood and the record companies and
which Congress might try to push through during a
lame-duck session that begins this week." Wired News, Nov 16
(http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,65704,00.html?tw=wn_5polihead) about
HR2391
(http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.02391:)
Robert Eiffert, Librarian
Pacific Middle School, Vancouver WA
Pac.egreen.wednet.edu/library
Beiffert at egreen wednet edu
beiffert.net
> -----Original Message-----
Susan Uthoff wrote:
>
> I don't remember seeing this article come through before. It's
> discussing new efforts to enforce copyright law.
>
> Move over, terrorism. Attorney General John Ashcroft pledges to make fighting
>piracy a top priority
> for the Justice Department. By Katie Dean.
>
> http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,65331,00.html?tw=wn_story_mailer
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