I just viewed Elizabeth Stark's speech on Free Culture presented at Quinnipiac University. I wish I had watched this video (appropriately licensed under Creative Commons) earlier in the semester. It would have given me a lot of perspective as I created a LibGuide for another class regarding copyright information. (Check out "A Fair(y) Use Tale" which demonstrates, as well as teaches, the concept of Fair Use.) I found the ideals of Free Culture appealing. This is very much in line with the principles of TED, an open access knowledge sharing venue from which I have personally learned a lot
I also checked out the LibraryLaw Blog from Mary Minow, J.D., A.M.L.S. and Peter Hirtle, M.A., M.L.S.which I found to be an incredibly useful resource. It is interesting to note that the most common terms in the blog's tag cloud were "copyright" and "privacy," two issues that are very pertinent to this weeks' discussion. I was happy to see that there most recent post concerned e-books because this is certainly an issue that many librarians should be educated about. I was disappointed to note that they did not update all that frequently, but perhaps this is because libraries do not have a lot of fresh concerns dealing with legal issues. (I wish.)
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