LIS5411 - Introduction to Information Policy
Welcome to the Course!
This website (and not Canvas) is the primary location for information on the course. Most of the course, and anything suitable for public viewing will be available here.
That being said, Canvas will be used for announcements and assignments, and some discussions (i.e. anything that is private or semi-private.)
Collaborate CLASSIC will likely be used for our class sessions, so please make sure you are able to access that. (Despite "Classic" being slightly worse for broadcasting, Ultra, so far, has been effectively unusable for groupwork. This class has heavy group work and light broadcasting requirements, so Classic it is, for now. We will discuss in class.)
There are no readings or requirements for the first class, just show up. The link is forthcoming, but you can get set up here: https://help.blackboard.com/Collaborate/v12/Participant/Get_Started
See you in class!
Unit III - Technology, Regulation, and Access
Week 8 - Regulating the Net
https://graydon2.dreamwidth.org/193447.html
http://sixrevisions.com/resources/the-history-of-the-internet-in-a-nutshell/
DIY? Mesh, et al
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37974267
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/how-a-diy-network-plans-to-subvert-time-warner-cables-nyc-internet-monopoly
The net; today:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/14/dennis-cooper-google-censorship-dc-blog
https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/09/a-decentralized-web-would-give-power-back-to-the-people-online/
https://backchannel.com/the-end-of-the-internet-dream-ba060b17da61#.y01ca2r1d
Net Neutrality Today
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/12/ajit-pai-fcc-net-neutrality-open-internet
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/43a5kg/80-percent-net-neutrality-comments-bots-astroturfing
Week 7 - Origins of Regulation
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=965860
http://som.csudh.edu/fac/lpress/471/hout/telecomHistory/
FCC
https://www.ntia.doc.gov/legacy/osmhome/roosa4.html
http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/piac/novmtg/pubint.htm
http://chnm.gmu.edu/exploring/20thcentury/regulatingtelevision/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_the_Bell_System
Unit II - Freely Available information
Week 6 - Responses in IP
Note: Again, lots of topics, we may not get to all of them, but some you might find interesting for paper topics.
Alternate Modes
COMPULSORY LICENSING?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_licensing
https://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/music-copyright-compulsory-cover-license.html
Orphan Works
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan_work
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2008/10/orphan-works-copyright-reform-fails-in-wake-of-bailout-bid/
Piracy?
https://gizmodo.com/the-eu-suppressed-a-300-page-study-that-found-piracy-do-1818629537
DMCA (as a model for prediction of consequences)
https://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/files/dmcapdf.pdf (skim for pertinent info)
https://www.wired.com/2008/10/ten-years-later/
https://www.eff.org/files/2014/09/16/unintendedconsequences2014.pdf
GNU GPL
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
https://opensource.com/article/17/9/open-source-licensing
https://qz.com/981029/a-federal-court-has-ruled-that-an-open-source-license-is-an-enforceable-contract/
https://library.osu.edu/blogs/copyright/2015/07/29/copyright-as-an-instrument-for-censorship/
For discussion:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52016PC0593&from=en
Week 5 - Problems in IP
(obviously, review last weeks' readings because we didn't get to Copyright/Patent. This looks like a lot, but most are pretty light)
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/19/an_art_history_book_minus_the_art/
http://www.lessig.org/2008/10/a-lesson-in-the-failures-of-fa/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/04/fair-use-prevails-as-supreme-court-rejects-google-books-copyright-case/
CREATOR RIGHTS?
https://harpers.org/archive/2007/02/the-ecstasy-of-influence/
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2003/06/harry_potter_and_the_international_order_of_copyright.html
MUSIC
The beginning of the end: http://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2009/biz-markie-gets-the-copyright-smackdown/
LIBRARIANSHIP?
https://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2010/01/offline-book-lending-costs-us.html
https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2016/05/31/why-sci-hub-matters/
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/04/whos-downloading-pirated-papers-everyone
MOVIES
http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/439759688/you-a-big-fan-of-aggressive-ip-enforcement-like
PATENT
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/06/federal-circuit-hits-stupid-patent-owner-fee-award
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/08/intellectual-property?fsrc=rss
wow, I'm linking to cracked:
http://www.cracked.com/pictofacts-687-12-inventions-created-by-different-people-at-same-time/
Week 4 - "Freely Available Information" - INTRO
The basics:
https://www.gameacademy.com/the-four-types-of-intellectual-property-protection/
Intellectual? Property?
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html
http://www.dklevine.com/general/intellectual/coffee.htm
TRADEMARK, (skim. You find the best stuff in the oddest places sometimes)
http://modernsociety.wikia.com/wiki/Trademark_law
PATENT
https://www.upcounsel.com/patent-law
http://goo.gl/qFVt
COPYRIGHT
http://emoglen.law.columbia.edu/my_pubs/anarchism.html
and compare and contrast with
https://web.archive.org/web/20080720143500/http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6529387.html
Browse : https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/fair-use/four-factors/
(Take special note of the "fifth" fair use factor)
https://undark.org/article/fair-use-become-unfair/
POLICY DOCUMENT - Starting "light"
https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ21.pdf
Unit I - The Toolbox
Week 2 - Economics and Law
The Econ I'm (not) talking about
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/jul/11/how-economics-became-a-religion
The net's impact
http://www.benkler.org/Benkler_Wealth_Of_Networks_Chapter_1.pdf
http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/519/440
On "Law"
http://emoglen.law.columbia.edu/LCS/waldron-cohen.pdf
https://cyber.harvard.edu/works/lessig/finalhls.pdf
Week 3 - The Law and Policy
Review the last weeks' readings on law.
Defining Information Policy - http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/jinfopoli.1.2011.0001
http://www.nap.edu/read/12687/chapter/3
http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~hal/Papers/policy/policy.html
The net
http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.html
Info Policy
http://old.law.columbia.edu/my_pubs/barbecue.html
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