[ECP] Edupage, November 27, 2006

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TOP STORIES FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2006
  Publishers Criticize Professors for Copyright Violations
  YouTube Stunt Backfires on Students
  Dodging the Censors

PUBLISHERS CRITICIZE PROFESSORS FOR COPYRIGHT VIOLATIONS
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) is calling on colleges and
universities to take steps to address what they see as rampant
copyright abuse by faculty. According to the AAP, faculty who post
protected content online for use in their courses cost the publishing
industry at least $20 million each year in lost revenues. Before the
advent of online reserves, faculty would often place hard-copy
materials in the library for students to view. That practice has been
largely replaced by making digital copies of course materials available
online. The publishing industry objects, saying faculty who do this go
beyond the scope of fair use. Allan Adler, vice president for legal and
governmental affairs with AAP, said, "We can't compete with free." The
organization pointed to a recent agreement with Cornell University in
which the institution works to educate faculty on appropriate uses of
copyrighted material and on best practices to avoid infringing uses.
The AAP hopes that other institutions will implement programs similar
to the one Cornell has adopted.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/aup.html


YOUTUBE STUNT BACKFIRES ON STUDENTS
Two teenage students in Gatineau, Quebec, found themselves in hot water
after a classroom stunt involving YouTube. The two students, and a
third who has not been identified, intentionally aggravated a teacher
to the point that he lost his temper. Meanwhile, the students
videotaped the incident and then posted the footage on YouTube.
According to the school district, the teacher involved is highly
respected, both by his peers and his students, and has been teaching
for more than 30 years. He has taken voluntary sick leave, and the
district said he may choose not to return to the classroom. Jocelyn
Blondin, president of the school board, noted that it was other
students at the school who notified school officials about the video's
being on YouTube, saying, "Other students in the school know he's a
good teacher." Similar instances have occurred at other schools, and
officials in Gatineau are deciding what punishment they will administer
and what steps they might take to prevent such actions in the future,
including a temporary ban on all electronic devices in the school.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/newteacherdisci.html

DODGING THE CENSORS
Researchers at the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto have
developed software that they hope will allow Internet users in nations
that practice censorship to have full access to the Web. Available as
of December 1, the software, called psiphon, operates using social
networking principles. Users in countries without censorship will
download the application, which allows their computers to function as
proxies. Users in countries with government censors can then access the
Internet through the psiphon software, sidestepping Internet filters.
The software merely indicates that a user is connected to another
machine, without divulging details about that machine or what Web pages
are visited. Ronald Deibert, director of the Citizen Lab, said psiphon
is an effort to counterbalance what he called the militarization of
Internet censorship, restoring free access to online resources.
Officials from the Citizen Lab cautioned, however, that use of psiphon
could constitute a criminal offense in some countries and advised
potential users to understand the risks.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/searchcountry.html

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