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Wednesday, February 02, 2005 |
Teaching Still Legal (Donna Wentworth).
Michael Madison's two cents on the Virginia teacher threatened for planning to show "Eyes on the Prize" to students:
Does anyone actually read the Copyright Act? Take a look at section 110, subparagraph (1). Teachers who show copyrighted films to their students in class are not infringing anyone's copyrights. Period. No permission or license is necessary, and fair use is irrelevant.
Via Siva, the cited section:
§ 110. Limitations on exclusive rights: Exemption of certain performances and displays
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106, the following are not infringements of copyright:
(1) performance or display of a work by instructors or pupils in the course of face-to-face teaching activities of a nonprofit educational institution, in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction, unless, in the case of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, the performance, or the display of individual images, is given by means of a copy that was not lawfully made under this title, and that the person responsible for the performance knew or had reason to believe was not lawfully made;
[Copyfight]
3:34:56 PM 
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Local church shows SpongeBob solidarity. Although he lives in a pineapple under the sea, SpongeBob SquarePants is making headlines above sea level. Evangelical United Church of Christ, 204 E Lockwood Ave., in Webster Groves, welcomed SpongeBob in its Jan. 30 service embracing diversity. Some 200 people who attended the 8:30 or 11 a. ...[The Journal]
3:30:13 PM
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- Database Fights Diploma Mills. The Department of Education launches an online database of accredited schools to help fight dodgy online institutions. By Ryan Singel.
- Building the Fun Bomb. South Park and The Daily Show made them No. 1 with the PlayStation generation. But seriously, how do you top Jon Stewart? Inside Comedy Central's R & D lab.
[Wired News]
3:23:27 PM
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Microsoft Windows Really Crappy Edition.
UPDATED A few years ago, when ordered by a judge to remove Internet Explorer from the Windows operating system, Microsoft offered as one option an operating system that wouldn't work. I called this "compliance with a raised middle finger." Now, ordered by the European Union to sell a version of Windows with Media Player removed, Microsoft proposed to name the OS "Windows XP Reduced Media Edition," another example of the company's tendency to give the finger to government whenever the mood strikes. (This latest insult-the-judge move is even more puzzling given that the EU didn't tell our favorite monopolist to sell the "reduced" version at a lower price, which means that PC makers are hardly likely to opt for a version that has less software at the same price.) Anyway, Microsoft agreed to rename (eWeek) the non-Media Player version after the EU protested. But this leaves open the issue of what the actual name should be. The title of this posting offers one suggestion. Here are some other possibilities, all showing due appreciation for Microsoft's rare combination of arrogance, paranoia and predatory skill.
Windows Government Censored Version
Windows We Should Be Able to Bundle A Roast Beef Sandwich With the OS If We Want To Edition
Windows Don't Blame Us For Your Security Problems Edition
Windows Until We Become Part of Your Taxes Edition You get the general idea. But Microsoft needs your ideas, too. Post them below. Let's work together to assist a poor helpless giant.
UPDATE: As usual, someone has thought about this before I did. See this funny posting by Rex Hammock.
[Dan Gillmor on Grassroots Journalism, Etc.]
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