EDUPAGE> Edupage, December 17, 2003
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TOP STORIES FOR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2003
Federal Anti-Spam Bill Goes on the Books
Europe Passes U.S. in File Sharing
Play it Anywhere, No Copying Allowed
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SURA Wins High-Speed Deal with AT&T
College Considers Stricter Copyright Rules for Coursepacks
FEDERAL ANTI-SPAM BILL GOES ON THE BOOKS
President Bush has signed the first federal legislation designed to
limit the amount of spam, marking the end of several years of
unsuccessful attempts by Congress to agree on how to approach the
problem. The new law, which goes into effect January 1, sets several
requirements for commercial e-mail, including opt-out provisions and
valid postal addresses. It also prohibits misleading subject lines or
fraudulent return addresses. Violators face fines as well as prison
terms. In addition, the law authorizes the Federal Trade Commission to
investigate establishing a "do not spam" registry. Critics complained
that the law sets requirements that, if met, will grant marketers
protection as having sent "legal" spam. Detractors also are unhappy
that the federal legislation supercedes state anti-spam laws, many of
which are tougher than the federal law.
New York Times, 16 December 2003 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/17/technology/17spam.html
EUROPE PASSES U.S. IN FILE SHARING
According to research firm Nielsen//NetRatings, file sharing among
European users has passed that of users in the United States. Kazaa is
the most popular file-sharing service worldwide, and use of Kazaa is
seen by many as a reasonable barometer of file-trading activity.
Nielsen//NetRatings data indicate that in October, Europe accounted for
9.35 million users of Kazaa software or visitors to the Kazaa Web site,
compared to 8.24 million in the United States. Kazaa activity among
U.S. users had previously been as high as 16 million, but file trading
has dropped significantly in the wake of lawsuits filed against
individual file sharers by the Recording Industry Association of
America. European users do not face the same types of legal threats for
file trading as do U.S. users, and Nielsen//NetRatings analyst Tom
Ewing suggested that in the absence of such a threat, Europe is
unlikely to see a similar decline in the number of file sharers.
Houston Chronicle, 16 December 2003
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/2297926
PLAY IT ANYWHERE, NO COPYING ALLOWED
Philips Electronics is proposing a new copyright-protection technology
that has no restrictions on which devices are compatible for playing
but prevents all copying. Computer users frequently complain about the
various formats of digital rights management (DRM) applications used to
protect copyrights. The varying formats mean that not all playback
devices can play all digital content. Under the new approach,
Intertrust, a company owned jointly by Philips and Sony, will develop
DRM technology that allows copy-protected songs to be played on any
digital media player but prevents any digital content from being
copied. An official from Philips said eliminating the hodgepodge of DRM
formats will be a welcome change to consumers and also to manufacturers
of consumer electronics. The company expects to make the new technology
available within six months.
Wired News, 16 December 2003
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,61625,00.html
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SURA WINS HIGH-SPEED DEAL WITH AT&T
The Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) has announced
a 10-year deal with AT&T to provide fiber-optic network access to
SURA's more than 60 member institutions. The network will consist of
8,000 miles of fiber--connecting western Texas with Florida and
Virginia and points in between--that is already in place but lacks
final components to be operational. The institutions that will have
access will pay for the final work to make the network live. The
network will provide vastly faster connections among the institutions
than is available on the commercial Internet. Andrew A. Sorensen,
president of the University of South Carolina at Columbia and one of
the key figures in brokering the deal, said SURA institutions plan to
use the new network for projects involving grid computing. AT&T expects
to benefit from the arrangement by being part of work done to optimize
the performance of such a network and by having early access to
developments for it.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 17 December 2003 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2003/12/2003121701n.htm
COLLEGE CONSIDERS STRICTER COPYRIGHT RULES FOR COURSEPACKS
Officials at Ithaca College are considering implementing a new
copyright policy covering materials included in coursepacks, used to
complement or, in some cases, replace other texts in many courses. The
policy would require faculty to obtain permission from copyright
holders for any material they include in coursepacks and would limit
the amount of any single work that could be included in a coursepack.
According to Nancy Pringle, vice president and college counsel, the
goal of the policy, a final version of which is expected by next fall,
is to educate faculty, staff, and students about copyright and ensure
that the campus operates "within the parameters of the law." Some
faculty noted that fair use provisions of copyright law already permit
using small portions of copyrighted work for academic, noncommercial
uses without obtaining prior approval from copyright holders. Concerns
have also been raised over the time required of faculty to obtain such
permissions and the potential that fees paid to the copyright holders
could drive up the cost of coursepacks.
The Ithacan, 11 December 2003
http://www.ithaca.edu/ithacan/articles/0312/11/news/1college_to_a.htm
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