15.171 digital copyright & freedom; future of the book

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       [1] From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> (39)
             Subject: Chronicle Colloquy: "Does the Digital Millennium
                     Copyright Act violate the First Amendment and the
                     academic-freedom

       [2] From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> (50)
             Subject: E-BOOKS: Article & Conference

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             Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 11:18:13 +0100
             From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org>
             Subject: Chronicle Colloquy: "Does the Digital Millennium
    Copyright Act violate the First Amendment and the academic-freedom

    NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
    News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
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    August 10, 2001

                             Chronicle of Higher Education
                             http://chronicle.com/colloquy/
           Does the Digital Millennium Copyright Act violate the First
             Amendment and the academic-freedom rights of scholars?

    A key subject for us all is addressed in the latest open forum provided by
    the Chronicle. Below is the opening question. It is framed by an article by
    Andrea L. Foster: "2 Scholars Face Off in Copyright Clash: Should we
    protect intellectual property by limiting the discussion of decryption
    research?" http://chronicle.com/free/v47/i48/48a04501.htm

    David Green
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    "Tne provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which was designed
    to update copyright law to encourage electronic commerce, makes it a crime
    to bypass an encryption device that limits access to copyrighted material,
    or to distribute decryption technology. Many computer-science professors,
    especially those who work on encryption issues, believe the provision is
    being used or could be used to limit their research and their ability to
    discuss their research with other scholars. They are calling for courts to
    throw out the law as unconstitutional. Some other scholars, however, say
    that the law is a necessary way to protect copyright in the digital age.
    Does the Digital Millennium Copyright Act violate the First Amendment and
    the academic-freedom rights of scholars?"

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    --[2]------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 11:19:15 +0100 From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> Subject: E-BOOKS: Article & Conference

    NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources from across the Community August 10, 2001

    "The Battle to Define the Future of the Book in the Digital World" by Clifford Lynch FIRST MONDAY, Volume 6, Number 6 http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_6/lynch/index.html

    NISO & NIST Announce: E-Book 2001 November 5-7, 2001: Washington DC http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/ebook2001/

    A very useful overview of contending visions of the future of the book by Clifford Lynch in a recent FIRST MONDAY, together with the announcement of a November conference on the E-Book, sponsored by The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

    David Green ===========

    >From: "Marilyn Geller" <marilyn.geller@MINDSPRING.COM> >>Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 16:15:29 -0400

    Join us November 5-7 in Washington, DC for E-Book 2001!

    If you're wondering how to incorporate E-Book technology into your life, your work, or your organization, you'll find much to think about at the 4th Electronic Book Conference. Sponsored by NISO (http://www.niso.org) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, E-Book 2001 brings together the key players in the E-Book world: the technology experts (hardware, software, DRM), the content providers (publishers and aggregators, authors and agents), and the users (educators, librarians, readers) to examine how this new technology can change the way we think about books. Conference exhibits will feature the top companies supporting E-book technologies.

    This is a conference that will expand your boundaries.

    Check out the conference web site to learn more about the program and to register: http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/ebook2001/

    If you're interested in exhibiting, get more details at: http://www.niso.org/ebook00.html or contact Jane Thomson: Telephone: 301-654-2512, email: jthomson@niso.org

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