I’m beginning my final paper for my directed study on issues related to open access to educational materials and copyright law. Here’s my working abstract:
In recent years, open access repositories have become increasingly popular tools for teaching and learning in the digital age. But copyright law remains a serious obstacle to these types of [...]

In a previous post, I mentioned a course that I was designing for the fall. At that point, the emphasis for the Directed Study included an examination of how the mission of University relates to Fair Use of digital media in education. Since then, my adviser, Eric Gordon and I decided to shift focus a [...]

Mary Wong of Franklin Pierce Law Center at Berkman Center for Internet & Society (where I work), March 20, 2007.
On Copyright & Access to Knowledge: Rights/Rhetoric, Openness/Opacity, Future/Fears
Professor Wong is working on research at the intersection of copyright policy & knowledge (Access to Knowledge or “A2K”). She says that copyright and IP law are exclusive [...]