[ccccip] Top IP Events of 2007?

[Clancy Ratliff]

You got it, Traci. Thanks for volunteering.



On Jan 5, 2008 10:27 AM,  <pipkinta at jmu.edu> wrote:
> Hi Clancy (and all),
>
> I'd be most happy to take that one -- since I've got students who were active in that suit.
>
> Traci
>
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 18:12:52 -0600
> >From: "Clancy Ratliff" <culturecat at gmail.com>
> >Subject: Re: [ccccip] Top IP Events of 2007?
>
> >To: "CCCC IP Caucus" <discuss at ccccip.org>
> >
> >Sheesh, everyone, this one has got to be the biggest oversight ever,
> >and I am going to be SHOCKED if one of you doesn't leap on it: McLean
> >High School students file suit against turnitin.com (happened in March
> >2007):
> >
> >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/28/AR2007032802038.html
> >
> >http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/1968/high-school-students-take-on-turnitin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On Jan 4, 2008 1:40 PM, Jeff Galin <Jgalin at fau.edu> wrote:
> >> Clancy,
> >>         I have been away during this conversation.  There is a case that has
> >> now been settled that may get appealed further but that warrants some
> >> attention.  It is Bosch v. Ball-Kell.  IN a nutshell, this case pitted one
> >> untenured professor against another and a university Dean for taking and
> >> using the first professor's course materials.  A long and divisive
> >> relationship resulted in Bosch resigning her position as M2 Director of
> >> Pathology at a medical school branch campus.  She was replaced by someone
> >> who had previously not been given tenure in the same department.  Ball-Kell
> >> used materials that were became copyrighted by Bosch.  After over a year of
> >> wrangling, Bosch left the university for another school.  The case went to
> >> court, and the jury ruled that even though Bosch was found to own two of the
> >> three sets of material in question (should have been all three), the use of
> >> her materials were fair use.  $500,000 and court fees of over 250,000 later,
> >> Bosch had no right to protect her own teaching materials.
> >>         This case has interesting ramifications for use and ownership of
> >> teaching materials, irrespective of a university's Intellectual Property
> >> policies.
> >>         I can probably work on this one if you all think it is worth the
> >> time.
> >> Cheers,
> >> jrg
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: discuss-bounces at ccccip.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ccccip.org] On
> >> Behalf Of Clancy Ratliff
> >> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 4:26 PM
> >> To: CCCC IP Caucus
> >> Subject: Re: [ccccip] Top IP Events of 2007?
> >>
> >> It's yours, Laurie! Thanks a lot for volunteering. So this leaves:
> >>
> >> "Anti-P2P Bill Makes it Past the House with No Problems"
> >> "Creative Commons / Science Commons Open Data license"
> >> "NIH Open Access mandate"
> >> "Open Yale Courses"
> >> "'Recut, Reframe, Recycle' report"
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jan 3, 2008 3:18 PM, Cubbison, Laurie B <lcubbiso at radford.edu> wrote:
> >> > I'd like to claim #7 on remixing, as that's been a topic of interest to me
> >> for some time.
> >> >
> >> > Laurie Cubbison
> >> > GTF Mentoring Program Coordinator
> >> > Radford University
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: discuss-bounces at ccccip.org on behalf of Clancy Ratliff
> >> >
> >> > Sent: Thu 1/3/2008 4:06 PM
> >> > To: CCCC IP Caucus
> >> > Subject: Re: [ccccip] Top IP Events of 2007?
> >> >
> >> > Okay, everyone, here's what we've got (#2 and #3 go to Martine and
> >> > Kim, respectively). Other topics anyone wants to claim?
> >> >
> >> > I'd like this to go live no later than mid-March. This way we can
> >> > promote it on the all the professional listservs and use it to drum up
> >> > caucus attendance at the conference.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > 1.  The story: "Anti-P2P Bill Makes it Past the House with No Problems"
> >> >
> >> > C/Net news reports that ( http://www.news.com/2100-1028_3-6218834.html )
> >> >
> >> > "In the House Education and Labor Committee's mammoth College
> >> > Opportunity and Affordability Act (PDF) lies a tiny section, which
> >> > dictates universities that participate in federal financial aid
> >> > programs 'shall' devise plans for 'alternative' offerings to unlawful
> >> > downloading, such as subscription-based services, or 'technology-based
> >> > deterrents to prevent such illegal activity.' The committee
> >> > unanimously approved the bill Thursday."
> >> >
> >> > 2. The report  "The Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media Literacy"
> >> (MARTINE)
> >> >
> >> > According to a report written by Renee Hobbs, Peter Jaszi & Pat
> >> > Aufderheide released (September 2007):
> >> >
> >> > "The Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media Literacy, based on scores
> >> > of longform interviews with teachers, shows that the fundamental goals
> >> > of media literacy education-to cultivate critical thinking and
> >> > expression about media and its social role-are compromised by
> >> > unnecessary copyright restrictions. As a result of poor guidance,
> >> > counterproductive guidelines, and fear, teachers use less effective
> >> > teaching techniques, teach and transmit erroneous copyright
> >> > information, fail to share innovative instructional approaches, and do
> >> > not take advantage of new digital platforms."
> >> >
> >> > 3. The OLPC XO laptops (KIM) - built just about entirely out of open
> >> > intellectual
> >> > property (from the lowest level BIOS bits all the way up through the
> >> > software stack to the UI) - seem like an obvious target to me.
> >> >
> >> > 4. The Creative Commons / Science Commons Open Data license that
> >> > came out late in the year:
> >> >
> >> > http://sciencecommons.org/projects/publishing/open-access-data-protocol/
> >> >
> >> > 5. The NIH Open Access mandate, signed December 26, that makes
> >> > anything the NIH funds OA either immediately or within 12 months (if you
> >> > gotta embargo it, for some reason, you may only do so for 12 months).
> >> > [And, well, there's a good bit of communication / CMC / 'interesting'
> >> > research funded by NIH.  Not always immediately obvious to us what those
> >> > things are, but...]
> >> >
> >> > 6. The release of Open Yale Courses:
> >> >
> >> > http://open.yale.edu/courses/
> >> > http://www.yale.edu/opa/newsr/07-12-11-00.all.html
> >> > http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7895
> >> >
> >> > 7. "Recut, Reframe, Recycle"
> >> >
> >> http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/publications/recut_reframe_rec
> >> ycle/
> >> >
> >> > "When college kids make mashups of Hollywood movies, are they
> >> > violating the law? Not necessarily, according to the latest study on
> >> > copyright and creativity from the Center and American University's
> >> > Washington College of Law."
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Jan 3, 2008 2:51 PM, Gainer, Kim D <kgainer at radford.edu> wrote:
> >> > > I would be interested in writing about the OLPC XO laptops.  Also, last
> >> year there were a couple of blogswarming episodes that forced companies to
> >> backpedal after sending cease and desist letters to bloggers who had made
> >> arguably fair use of sources.  Would this phenomena of bloggers mobilizing
> >> to push back at attempts to limit use of sources be a topic of interest in
> >> this forum?
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > -----Original Message-----
> >> > > From: discuss-bounces at ccccip.org on behalf of Clancy Ratliff
> >> > > Sent: Thu 1/3/2008 3:39 PM
> >> > > To: Karen Lunsford
> >> > > Cc: discuss at ccccip.org
> >> > > Subject: Re: [ccccip] Top IP Events of 2007?
> >> > >
> >> > > Oh, there are all kinds of places we can cross-publish it: Kairosnews,
> >> > > ccccip.org, MediaCommons, and Academic Commons, just to name a few. We
> >> > > can submit a link to the publication to Boing Boing's "Suggest a Link"
> >> > > form, too. We could also ask about the possibility of publishing it in
> >> > > Computers and Composition Online's professional development section or
> >> > > reviews section (as a year-in-review retrospective kind of thing).
> >> > >
> >> > > Do any of you want to go ahead and claim one of these topics to write
> >> about?
> >> > >
> >> > > Clancy
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > On Jan 3, 2008 2:22 PM, Karen Lunsford <klunsford at writing.ucsb.edu>
> >> wrote:
> >> > > > Hi all,
> >> > > > Let me add that the IP Committee will definitely be sponsoring these
> >> > > > reports again on an NCTE site.  In addition, the Exec. Committee would
> >> > > > like to find ways to link directly to them on their redesigned site
> >> > > > (under construction, I understand).  Perhaps we might explore other
> >> > > > (joint?) publication possibilities to make the reports as visible as
> >> > > > possible?  All of these topics sound fabulous, and the more, the
> >> > > > merrier.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Happy new year!
> >> > > > Karen
> >> > > > --
> >> > > > Karen Lunsford, Assistant Professor of Writing
> >> > > > Mailing address:
> >> > > > Writing Program, South Hall 1520
> >> > > > University of California, Santa Barbara
> >> > > > Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3010
> >> > > > klunsford at writing.ucsb.edu
> >> > > > 805-893-8556
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Quoting Clancy Ratliff <culturecat at gmail.com>:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > > Oh, wow, you guys, these ideas are excellent. I'd say we probably
> >> have
> >> > > > > enough to go on, unless there are obvious big events we're missing
> >> --
> >> > > > > if so, please speak up.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > On Jan 2, 2008 7:17 PM,  <elw at stderr.org> wrote:
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> > I hope your holiday has been relaxing. I'm writing to see if we
> >> want to
> >> > > > >> > do a "Major Intellectual Property Developments in 2007" online
> >> > > > >> > publication similar to what was published in 2005:
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> The OLPC XO laptops - built just about entirely out of open
> >> intellectual
> >> > > > >> property (from the lowest level BIOS bits all the way up through
> >> the
> >> > > > >> software stack to the UI) - seem like an obvious target to me.
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> There's also the Creative Commons / Science Commons Open Data
> >> license that
> >> > > > >> came out late in the year:
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >>
> >> http://sciencecommons.org/projects/publishing/open-access-data-protocol/
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> These seem like straightforward, but massive changes to me.
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> There's also the NIH Open Access mandate, signed December 26, that
> >> makes
> >> > > > >> anything the NIH funds OA either immediately or within 12 months
> >> (if you
> >> > > > >> gotta embargo it, for some reason, you may only do so for 12
> >> months).
> >> > > > >> [And, well, there's a good bit of communication / CMC /
> >> 'interesting'
> >> > > > >> research funded by NIH.  Not always immediately obvious to us what
> >> those
> >> > > > >> things are, but...]
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> All three of these are more important to CCCCs folks than is
> >> immediately
> >> > > > >> obvious - being markers of the ways in which education, research,
> >> and
> >> > > > >> publishing are undergoing radical and dramatic shifts.
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >> --elijah
> >> > > > >>
> >> > > > >>
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> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > --
> >> > > > > Clancy Ratliff
> >> > > > > Assistant Professor and Director of First-Year Writing
> >> > > > > Department of English
> >> > > > > University of Louisiana at Lafayette
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> >> > >
> >> > > --
> >> > > Clancy Ratliff
> >> > > Assistant Professor and Director of First-Year Writing
> >> > > Department of English
> >> > > University of Louisiana at Lafayette
> >> > > http://culturecat.net/
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> >> > --
> >> > Clancy Ratliff
> >> > Assistant Professor and Director of First-Year Writing
> >> > Department of English
> >> > University of Louisiana at Lafayette
> >> > http://culturecat.net/
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> >> Clancy Ratliff
> >> Assistant Professor and Director of First-Year Writing
> >> Department of English
> >> University of Louisiana at Lafayette
> >> http://culturecat.net/
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> >Clancy Ratliff
> >Assistant Professor and Director of First-Year Writing
> >Department of English
> >University of Louisiana at Lafayette
> >http://culturecat.net/
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Clancy Ratliff
Assistant Professor and Director of First-Year Writing
Department of English
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
http://culturecat.net/