Legal Position

Week 7 Discussion With the development of ICTs, new laws have come about that will change the way consumers use digital content. Legal scholars have criticized the new copyright laws and put forth a number of reasons why these should be changed. To prepare for this Discussion, read the following articles: Intellectual Property and the Digital Economy: Why the Anti-Circumvention Regulations Need to Be Revised http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~pam/papers/Samuelson.pdf Mapping the Digital Public Domain: Threats and Opportunities http://www.law.duke.edu/shell/cite.pl?66+Law+&+Contemp.+Probs.+147+(WinterSpring+2003) Unintended Consequences: Ten Years under the DMCA http://www.eff.org/wp/unintended-consequences-ten-years-under-dmca Discussion Prompt: Discuss how recent changes in laws, such as the passing of the DMCA, affect your media consumption. To participate in the Discussion, respond to the Discussion Prompt by Day 2. Then, read a selection of your colleagues’ postings. Finally, respond to at least two classmates by Day 5 in one or more of the following ways: Ask a probing question. Share an insight from having read your colleague’s posting. Offer and support an opinion. Validate an idea with your own experience. Make a suggestion. Expand on two of your colleagues’ postings. Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights you have gained as a result of the comments your colleagues made.