INFOSYS 190: THE WORLD WIDE WEB AS A RESEARCH TOOL
School of Info Mgmt & Systems
Univ of California, Berkeley - Fall 1997
READINGS ON INTERNET ISSUES
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THE ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENT:
REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP:
- Intellectual property and the National Information Infrastructure: report of the Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights. September 1995.
- Executive Summary of the Report on Intellectual Property Rights
- Analysis of the NII White Paper commissioned by the American Library Association and other library groups
PROPOSED LEGISLATION RESULTING FROM WORKING GROUP WHITE PAPER:
- Legislative proposals
List and description of proposed US copyright legislation from the Digital Futures Coaltion.DISCUSSION OF THE WHITE PAPER AND ENSUING LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS:
- The Copyright Grab by Pamela Samuelson in Wired Magazine. January 1996.
- Creative Incentive Coalition site
Discussion from the viewpoint of those favoring copyright protection for intellectual property.
- House and Senate copyright bills
Discussion of proposed federal copyright legislation introduced in Congress August 1997.
- Digital Futures Coalition website
Digital copyright issues and efforts of a consortium of groups interested in equitable consideration of copyright issues in the electronic environment.
- Copyright myths clarified
Discussion of how current laws apply to the Internet
- Intellectual Property Myth
Discussion of the meaning of intellectual propery.
COPYRIGHT AND FAIR USE:
EQUITY ON THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY:
- New Universal Service policy
Information on the Federal Communication Commission guidelines for Universal Service provision under the 1996 Telecommunications Act.
- Internet Demographics Surveys
Summaries of surveys taken by Nielsen Media Research.
- Equity on the Information Superhighway: problems and possibilities
Position statement regarding access to electronic information for all citizens from the American Library Association.
- Serving the Community: a public interest vision
A position paper from Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility regarding public access to Internet resources.
- Universal access to email: feasiblity and societal implications by Robert H. Anderson and others. RAND. 1995.
Results of a study from the Rand, an institute conducting research and analysis on public policy issues.
- Universal service and the Information Superhighway
Links to discussion papers from the Benton Foundation Communications Policy Project.
- Falling through the net: a survey of the 'have nots' in rural and urban America. US Department of Commerce. 1995.
Revealing report with statistics on the racial and economic distribution of telephones, computers and modems in the United States from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration of the Commerce Dept.
PRIVACY ON THE INTERNET:
- Privacy and Civil Liberties
A position paper from Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility on privacy issues with links to related resources on: the Clipper chip, wiretapping, and organizations working in the area of insuring privacy on the Internet.
- American Civil Liberties Union: Cyberliberties
Discussion of the issues of censorship and privacy on the Net.
- Privacy and the NII: safeguarding telecommunications related personal information. U. S. Department of Commerce. 1995
A report from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration on Internet privacy.
- Electronic Mail Policy
University of California policy applying to students, staff and faculty.
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author: Charlotte Nolan - cnolan@sims.berkeley.edu -- with: Lucy Kuntz - lkuntz@sims.berkeley.edu
source: http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/courses/is190-2/f97/
date: Nov 4, 1997