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Professors who are fighting to claim copyright for their lectures and other course materials online could be unintentionally chipping away at the notion of academic freedom, says Corynne McSherry, a third-year student at Stanford Law School.
Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives are considering having the government establish a “child-friendly” internet domain, because the international body that governs domain names has refused to create a suffix for child-appropriate content.
Warnings about a continuing “digital divide” could be doing more harm than good to African-Americans and other minority groups, portraying them as technophobic charity cases who lack the desire to adopt new technologies on their own. That’s the conclusion some scholars are reaching as they study issues of race and technology.
House lawmakers are considering having the government establish a kid-friendly Internet domain because the international body that governs domain names has refused to create a suffix for child-appropriate content.
Testimony of Nancy J. Victory Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Telecommunications and Information before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet on H.R. 2417, the “Dot Kids Name Act of 2001” November 1, 2001 Chairman Upton, I would like to thank you and the members of the Subcommittee for inviting […]
The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today announced the award of $42.8 million in Technology Opportunities Program (TOP) grants to 74 non-profit organizations, including state and local governments, across the country and in Puerto Rico. TOP grants, matched by $46.7 million in contributions from the private sector and state and local organizations, […]
DeCSS, the code used to descramble DVDs, cannot be barred from publication, a California appeals court ruled Thursday. The code, whose initials stand for De-Contents Scramble System, the name of the encryption mechanism used to keep the contents of DVDs from being copied, had been barred from publication as part of a case brought by […]
The research library and higher education communities are faced with the challenge of trying to influence legislative action that is favorable to research institutions in a rapidly changing political environment. As a result, coalition building has become a crucial element of the Federal Relations and Information Policy program.
It has been two weeks of international politicking without bitterness since the 31st General Session of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) began in Paris, France. Bukola Olatunji, who is covering the event, which rounds off on Saturday, reports.
The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today announced an agreement with EDUCAUSE to manage the .edu top level domain space. EDUCAUSE is a non-profit association representing the technology needs of the higher education community. EDUCAUSE and the Department of Commerce entered into a five-year cooperative agreement under which EDUCAUSE will provide policy […]