Cory Doctorow on general purpose computing, privacy & copyright

Cory Doctorow was interviewed by RN Future Tense on "the coming war on general purpose computing." I found his thoughts about general purpose computing to be interesting; however, my ears really perked up when he talked about privacy and then about copyright. The interview is 21 minutes in length and I think you'll be pleased that you gave it a listen.

Is copyright a serious issue? (video)

Earlier this year, I was asked to do a short video on copyright (7 minutes). Since it is shareable, here it is! I talked about five different things in this video: the Internet, eBooks, digitization, databases, and research, as well as copyright clearance.

Blog post & podcast: Conversation #21: Copyright

The blog from the Center for the Advancement of Teaching at Xavier University of Louisiana has published a post and podcast with Dr. Kenneth Crews.  The 35 minute podcast is on on teaching, learning and copyright.

University of Minnesota Fair Use Checklist Tool (or Thinking Through Fair Use)

The University Libraries at the University of Minnesota have an interactive tool to help people discern whether a specific use of copyrighted material would be considered Fair Use.  This tool allows a person to think through her answers and create documentation that can be saved (actually sent to the person via email).  Th UMN web site does not keep any of the information.  This is a tool that is worth bookmarking and using!