http://colinrhinesmith.com/fairuse A Directed Study at Emerson College Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:48:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was just watching a video at MIT World, titled "Copyright, Fair Use, and the Cultural Commons," from MIT 5 earlier this year. After watching, "Documentary Filmmakers' Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use," played during the panel, I thought how powerful it would be to build a code of ... http://colinrhinesmith.com/fairuse/2007/12/01/towards-developing-a-practice-among-educators-for-opening-access/ Following on the release of their 2005 "Documentary Filmmakers' Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use," the Center for Social Media and the Washington College of Law at American University teamed up with Temple University's Media Education Lab to present a new report this fall on "The Cost of Copyright ... http://colinrhinesmith.com/fairuse/2007/11/12/how-copyright-confusion-impacts-media-literacy/ Admittedly, through my employment at Berkman Center for Internet & Society, I've learned a great deal from the people and projects concerned with many of the complex challenges facing teachers and students in the digital age. However, I did not think that I would have the opportunity, one year later, ... http://colinrhinesmith.com/fairuse/2007/11/04/the-digital-learning-challenge-paths-towards-reform/ This week, I reviewed two articles on the TEACH Act: "New Copyright Law for Distance Education: The Meaning and Importance of the TEACH Act" (PDF) by Kenneth D. Crews and a background paper prepared by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, titled "The TEACH Act: The Impact of Copyright ... http://colinrhinesmith.com/fairuse/2007/10/24/the-teach-act-and-classroom-boundaries-in-the-digital-age/ This week, I reviewed Kenneth D. Crews' "Fair-Use: Overview and Meaning for Higher Education" (last update: 2000) and a Q&A with Peter Lyman published in Educom Review, titled "Copyright and Fair Use in the Digital Age" (1995). These articles were helpful to me in moving this study closer towards the ... http://colinrhinesmith.com/fairuse/2007/10/18/copyright-fair-use-and-education-in-the-digital-age/ This past week, I read a number of articles on copyright and fair use from the U.S. Copyright Office, Stanford University Libraries, Reference & User Services Quarterly and the University of Texas. The purpose of this section is to provide an overview of fair use guidelines in order to move ... http://colinrhinesmith.com/fairuse/2007/10/15/whats-fair-about-fair-use/ Moving away from my philosophical inquiry into the meaning of fairness, I am now turning my attention to 20th century communications law and policymaking. I'm beginning to take a look at what the Federal Communications Commission, our three branches of government, broadcasters, legal scholars, and activists (for and against the ... http://colinrhinesmith.com/fairuse/2007/10/03/what-was-fair-about-the-fairness-doctrine/ In this space, I hope to extract some key concepts from John Rawls' "Justice as Fairness" (snapshot above from JSTOR) that might later be applied towards reaching a definition, and measurement, of fairness in the digital age. Rawls approaches a definition of justice by first looking at what equality means and ... http://colinrhinesmith.com/fairuse/2007/10/01/rawls-on-fairness-and-fair-play/ Up until now, I've been a bit confused about how best to approach the meaning of fairness in a thoughtful enough way to help inform this project. Again, this study is a further investigation into copyright law and its impact on the ability of teachers and students to share access ... http://colinrhinesmith.com/fairuse/2007/09/30/john-rawls-fairness-and-networked-tools/ In Book IX of The Republic, Socrates deliberates with Glaucon on the virtues of man and State. After both agree that the rule of the king is "the very best" and the rule of the tyrant is "the very worst," Socrates adds "There can be no mistake, I said, as to ... http://colinrhinesmith.com/fairuse/2007/09/20/fairness-in-platos-republic/