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Tag Archives: SOPA
U.S. Copyright Infringement – U.S. Strikes in New Zealand
On Friday January 20, two helicopters and “76 police staff, including armed offenders squad members” raided the home of Kim Dotcom north of Auckland, New Zealand. He was sought by the U.S. for copyright infringement and racketeering under an indictment … Continue reading
Posted in Higher Education, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!)
Tagged Copyright, Megaupload, New Zealand, SOPA, United States copyright law
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The Tide is Turning – SOPA May Not Make It Out of Committee
Over the past few days, there have been three significant developments that indicate the tide is turning on SOPA (and the Senate version, PIPA). As I have written previously, SOPA poses a threat to open education and educational technology in … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Guest Bloggers, Higher Education, Notable Posts, Openness
Tagged Delta Initiative, Educational technology, Phil Hill, publishers, SOPA
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Educational Publishers Appear to be Supporting SOPA
UPDATE 12/23: Per the House Judiciary Committee, it is now confirmed that these companies are on the record supporting SOPA and the Protect IP companion legislation. Yesterday the House Judiciary Committee began the process of marking up the Stop Online Piracy … Continue reading
Regulatory Barriers to Innovation for Ed Tech and Open Education
Over the past few weeks there has been a significant backlash growing against SOPA (the anti-piracy bills introduced in Congress) – read here or here for background. The biggest change since the bills were introduced is that big technology vendors … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Guest Bloggers, Higher Education, LMOS, Notable Posts, Openness
Tagged Educational technology, Gainful Employment, open education, Phil Hill, SOPA, State Authorization, Swikis
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How Georgia Tech Has Shown the Perils of SOPA
This has been a tough week for open education, at least in higher education. First came the news that Georgia Tech has taken down a 14-year-old student wiki site that allowed discussions and collaboration across courses and across semesters. Next … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Guest Bloggers, Higher Education, Notable Posts, Openness, Tools, Toys, and Technology (Oh my!)
Tagged FERPA, higher education, Phil Hill, SOPA, Swikis
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