Playing with Technology

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. ~Arthur C. Clarke

Category: Conferences

  • New way to do copyright clearance

    The CCC has a new license model in which the institution pays a yearly fee to CCC and then is surveyed for usage and the CCC distributes fees to publishers. It covers classroom use, course packs, conversion to digital, faculty-to-faculty sharing, faculty-to-student sharing. How do you collect usage information which is not able to be…

  • Some more interesting copyright stuff

    Mary Minow started off the session. She has a couple of good sites LibraryLaw and the LibraryLaw blog.Minimizing Legal Risks in Digitization Projects Copyright Some things to keep in mind: ADA, NAGPRA, HIPAA, Rights of Publicity, Deeds of Gift Privacy, Censorship, and Pornography PCLED Physical Copyright (applies to all) License (applies to signing parties) Encryption…

  • Oh my god not more copyright stuff

    Well, after a long pause, I begin the new year with the excitment that is copyright and fair use. I’m starting to think I went into the wrong profession. There is a fortune to be made in litigating all the issues surrounding copyright.Anyway, I am in Pamona (a very nice area with mountains all around)…

  • Apple Podcast event

    I attended an Apple sponsored Podcast event in Columbus last Wednesday. It ended as a convincing sales pitch for Garageband 3. The focus was on the use of Podcasts in education with a number of examples of some very cool Podcasts being produced by elementary and secondary students.Two references were given for information on Podcasting:…