LIS5411 - Introduction to Information Policy

Welcome to the Course!

This front page - in Canvas - is the primary source of material for this course; everything you need for the course will be available here. Many links go through http://jrm4.com (including a mirror of this page for backup and emergency purposes),

The course will be administered through Zoom, link forthcoming. There will be groupwork during most classtimes, but not the first day.

Contacting me should be done through regular email, at jmarks@fsu.edu ( It is my informed opinion that "Canvas Conversations" should be avoided by all, standard email much better respects autonomy and privacy.)

Note: I'm also a big fan of Discord. It is in no way required, but I will make my semi-private (non-profit) Discord server available to you all, with a channel dedicated to this class. You may use this for class-wide discussions, as well as a meeting point if you'd like to use Discord instead of the Zoom rooms.

Feel free to peruse the older readings (available at the jrm4.com mirror of the site if you can't see them here, check to the side or below if you're on your phone once you've clicked through - - https://jrm4.com/FSU_Courses/LIS5411.html Though, note, the readings and course arc may change drastically, given that the real world of information and tech policy has some *very* interesting upcoming matters to deal with.

+Syllabus

Week 13 - Access and E-Government

https://graydon2.dreamwidth.org/193447.html

Interesting contrarian perspective: https://www.osnews.com/story/6282/the-command-line-the-best-newbie-interface/

Accessibility
http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/6164/4898

https://www.vox.com/recode/22351108/dark-patterns-ui-web-design-privacy

https://fabrity.com/blog/ux-ui/voice-user-interfaces-the-future-of-ui/

https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/dark-patterns-new-frontier-privacy-regulation-2021-07-29/

State of things
https://www.state.gov/m/irm/rls/115901.htm
https://blog.law.cornell.edu/voxpop/2011/02/03/pacer-recap-and-the-movement-to-free-american-case-law/

http://myfloridalegal.com/pages.nsf/Main/DC0B20B7DC22B7418525791B006A54E[[http://myfloridalegal.com/pages.nsf/Main/DC0B20B7DC22B7418525791B006A54E4|4]]
https://www.good.is/articles/florida-man-sunshine-laws-transparency

ALA Policy (review)
http://www.ala.org/asgcla/resources/libraryservices

https://www.siteimprove.com/glossary/ada-compliance/

https://www.startribune.com/lawsuits-targeting-company-websites-for-ada-violations-on-the-rise-visual-hearing-accessible/600275196/

Week 12 - A.I. / FAI III

Older Material contd
https://slate.com/technology/2023/01/streaming-libraries-dvds-blu-rays.html

https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/28/23617624/pluto-tv-dmca-mpa-github-playlists

https://www.eff.org/wp/unfiltered-how-youtubes-content-id-discourages-fair-use-and-dictates-what-we-see-online

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-internet-archive-provides-a-model-of-free-knowledge-for-all/ar-BB1iJ2c9

AI et al

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-does-file-compression-work/

So. I couldn't find a solid, but simple, explanation of image compression. So I just asked ChatGPT to explain it to a highschooler.
Image Compression, by ChatGPT

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-conversational-ais-like-chatgpt-work-ivan-voras/

https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/24/everything-not-mandatory/#is-prohibited

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/04/stable-diffusion-copyright-lawsuits-could-be-a-legal-earthquake-for-ai/

https://web.archive.org/web/20240117023143/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/01/22/who-owns-this-sentence-a-history-of-copyrights-and-wrongs-david-bellos-alexandre-montagu-book-review