AT&T to target pirated content – Los Angeles Times The motion picture industry and AT&T have agreed to start working on a method to block the transmission of copyrighted content. It’s not clear how this will technically be carried out (without degrading performance), especially within individual’s rights to privacy and free speech. This will be …
Politicos threaten schools over campus piracy | CNET News.com Another telling quote from the campus filesharing hearings (admittedly found while scanning back through old news). Feeney said[,] “Is it responsible for a Congress that wants to protect intellectual property rights to continue to fund network enhancements for universities if some of those enhancements are indirectly …
The Chronicle: Daily news: 06/06/2007 — 04: Lawmakers Encourage Colleges to Consider Using Technological Tools to Curtail Campus Piracy (requires account) Congress appears to be getting interested in the issue of campus downloading. Campus administrators appear to be pushing back, stating that technology can’t be the only answer: But Gregory A. Jackson, vice president and …
John is a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He studies the social impact of media technology law and policy, with a special emphasis on copyright. He also is an instructional technology consultant for DoIT-Academic Technology.
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