TIE 2007 P2
Welcome to Part Two of the TIE presentation. This part relates to the issue of Net Neutrality. Net Neutrality is described by Wikipedia as “… a broadband network free of restrictions on the kinds of equipment attached and the modes of communication allowed would be considered neutral …” Why is this important? For one, telcos were paid to provide broadband access in the 1990’s. That network was never completed. Now they want to be paid again to live up to their earlier promises. Secondly, if there are additional fees to access broadband networks, publication becomes limited to those who can afford to pay. In other words, only those who can afford to pay (have revenue generated by their content) will drive, while the rest of us will walk.
Background information
- Bill Moyers PBS series Moyers on America: The Net @ Risk (total viewing time 86:43) http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonamerica/net/index.html
- Four Eyed Monster: “Human Lobotomy” (total viewing time 10:26) http://foureyedmonsters.com/neutrality/
- O’Reilly Network - “Web 2.0 Podcast: A Debate on Net Neutrality” Available as a transcript, podcast, or video (total viewing time 32:20) http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2007/01/10/web-20-net-neutrality.html
What you can do
- SaveTheInternet.com includes many resources http://www.savetheinternet.com/
- SaveTheInternet.com’s map to contact your senators http://www.savetheinternet.com/=senatemap
- CrunchGear’s Help Key: The Essential Guide to Piracy - find out what to avoid http://crunchgear.com/2007/05/14/help-key-the-essential-guide-to-piracy/
- CNET’s map of municipal broadband and wireless projects http://news.com.com/Municipal+broadband+and+wireless+projects+map/2009-1034_3-5690287.html
Copyright information
- Stanford Center for Internet and Society “A Fair(y) Use Tale” (total viewing time 10:13) http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/documentary-film-program/film/a-fair-y-use-tale
- Lawrence Lessig’s OSCON 2004 presentation on the history of copyright law http://lessig.org/freeculture/free.html
- Slashdot - The Case for Perpetual Copyright - a review of a New York Times article by Mark Halprin http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/20/189233
- NCCC Association of Distance Learning Educators “Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines” http://www.nccei.org/blackboard/copyright.html
- Creative Commons - a fair version of copyrights http://creativecommons.org/
- EFF - Electronic Frontier Foundation - Defending Freedom in the Digital World http://www.eff.org/
- American University Center for Social Media Fair Use resources http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/fair_use
- The Educator’s Guide to Copyright and Fair Use from Technology & Learning - the Resource for Education Technology Leaders http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright.php
- Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines - PDF chart of guidelines for teachers from Technology & Learning - the Resource for Education Technology Leaders http://www.techlearning.com/techlearning/pdf/db_area/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright_chart.pdf
- OttoBib - free automatic bibliographic generator for MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian using ISBN numbers http://www.ottobib.com/
- Citation Machine is an interactive web tool designed to assist high school, college, and university students, their teachers, and independent researchers in their effort to respect other people’s intellectual properties. http://citationmachine.net/
Thanks, what a great presentation and I have tons to look at!
Matthew,
Excellent presentation! Thanks for sharing the wealth of free Internet resources with us.
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