Update on the TEACH Act, web courses, current lawsuits, and resources.
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Information and guidelines from national associations, including the new guide published by the American Library Association, EDUCAUSE, and the Association for Computing Machinery, on the law passed that was passed on 11/02/02.
Colleges Proceed
with New Law, Provide Use Guidelines Chronicle.com -
3/24/03
College Media Centers Group Sees Conflict
Between Law to Limit Electronic Access and Law for Online Education Chronicle.com -
3/12/03
"You have obviously known about this situation with Joe Nievelt for quite some time," Tompkins writes. "Had you followed the previous methods established in notification of a violation, we would have shut off the student and not allowed the problem to grow to the size and scope that it is today. I am very disappointed that the RIAA.... As a fully cooperating site,we would have expected the courtesy of being notified early....instead of allowing it to get to the point of lawsuits and publicity. It has been stated by your office that this is 'a bump in the road' between the RIAA and Michigan Tech.... It is unfortunate that you choose to trivialize the problem in this manner. It is not a bump in the road for Joe Nievelt or Michigan Technological University. http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/gmsv/5559 462.htm
Each month the status of House and Senate copyright and intellectual property bills are given here.
Adopted May 15, 2002
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Kansas State University's Statement Preventing Prohibited Use of Napster, Warez, and related software was issued on May 2, 2000 by Dr. Beth Unger, Vice Provost for Academic Services and Technology.
Commercial Internet notetaking companies have been soliciting students and faculty at Kansas State University at an increased rate during recent semesters. These companies hire students to take lecture notes which are then posted on the company's Internet site. For more information on the notetaker's debate, see the October 1, 1999 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education article, which features Richard Seaton, the University Attorney for Kansas State University.
As you are preparing materials for the beginning of the semester, you may wish to include a formal statement on your syllabus regarding student note taking for subsequent posting on commercial websites. You also may wish to orally draw attention on the first day of classes to any such statements that you include in your syllabus.