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[ NNSquad ] Re: thoughts on copyright in the digital world
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>Message: 9 >Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:56:49 -0700 >From: Barry Gold <BarryDGold@ca.rr.com> >Subject: [ NNSquad ] thoughts on copyright in
the digital world >To: nnsquad <nnsquad@nnsquad.org> > These are just two of the areas where traditional
copyright rules don't match the realities of computer processing. I'm
sure you can think of others. Now just imagine what is coming, when students no longer
carry bags full of books, but all of their textbooks come loaded on an iPad or
their laptop? The possibilities are, well, almost endless for copying,
manipulation, distribution. 'Seton Hill
University, George Fox University and Abilene Christian University each
pre-ordered bundles of iPads — sight unseen — with plans to
experiment with how the tablet could change classroom learning. In interviews
with Wired.com just prior to the iPad’s launch last week, officials from
each university saw the iPad as having potential to render printed textbooks
obsolete.' '“Those
big, heavy textbooks that kids go around with in their backpacks are going to
be a thing of the past,” said Mary Ann Gawelek, vice president of academic
affairs at Seton Hill, which is giving iPads to its 2,100 students and 300
faculty members beginning this fall. “We think it’s leading to
something that’s going to provide a better learning environment for all
of our students. We’re hoping that faculty will be able to use more of a
variety of textbooks because textbooks will be a little bit less
expensive.”' 'One hitch in
the universities’ plans is that Apple has not inked deals with any
textbook publishers to bring their offerings to the iPad’s iBooks store.
So far Apple and publishers have only formed partnerships around e-books for
fiction and nonfiction titles, like those available for the Kindle.' 'For
textbooks, students can currently access about 10,000 e-textbooks through a
third-party company called CourseSmart, which includes titles from the five
biggest textbook publishers. CourseSmart is a subscription-based service that
charges a fee for students to access e-textbooks of their choice for a limited
time. The company has already announced an iPad app…' http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/04/ipad-textbooks/ >(+) According to GameStation, 88% of users don't even
skim the EULAs. I have a ritual whenever I install a new Windows machine.
When I get to the EULA, I simple chant "Yes, Bill Gates may have my
firstborn", and I click continue, without bothering to read the EULA. 'On April Fool's day, the online game store
Gamestation.co.uk added language to its clickthrough license that asked
customers to surrender their immortal souls, though it offered a checkbox to
opt out if you wanted to keep yours. 7,500 customers did not check the box.' http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/16/video-game-shoppers.html Ron. Ronald D. Edge Director of Information Services Indiana University Athletics 1001 East 17th St Bloomington , IN 47408 812-855-9010 edge@indiana.edu "You've got to be very
careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get
there." “When you come to
the fork in the road, take it” --Yogi Berra |