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Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Copyright Office. – 1997
This report gives an overview of the past and present domestic and international legal framework for database protection. It describes database industry practices in securing protection against unauthorized use and Copyright Office registration practices relating to databases. Finally, it discusses issues raised and concerns expressed in a series…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Copyrights, Databases, Fair Use (Copyrights)
Hart, Edward T. – 2002
One critical area in government campaigns to combat terrorism is the management and manipulation of information. This is information which is both produced by governments and private information that governments believe will be useful in the fight against terrorism. Governments are reviewing their information policies regarding access and privacy.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change, Federal Government, Government Publications
Young, Bob – 2002
A series of changes in intellectual property law over the last 30 years has made it more difficult for researchers, scientists, authors, and artists to cooperate and collaborate on critically important projects. At the same time, the advance of communications technologies, specifically the Internet, promises to foster an explosion in creativity,…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Copyrights, Electronic Publishing, Information Dissemination
Avgoulea, Maria; Bouras, Christos; Paraskevas, Michael; Stathakopoulos, George – 2002
An increasing number of nations connect their schools on the Internet as an acknowledgment to its extreme importance in the education area. This study points to the perils that arise from its use when the users are minors, evaluates the technologies that are currently available to address filtering issues, and outlines a proposed solution for the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Child Safety, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Policy
2000
In October, 1998, Congress enacted the Child Online Protection Act and established the Commission on Online Child Protection (COPA) to study methods to help reduce access by minors to certain sexually explicit material, defined in the statute as harmful to minors. Congress directed the Commission to evaluate the accessibility, cost, and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Child Safety, Children, Federal Legislation
2000
The appendices for the Commission on Child Online Protection (COPA) Report to Congress, October 20, 2000, include the following: Commission overview, which includes scope and timeline, original statute, amended statute, technologies and methods, and biographies of the commissioners; Commission finances; Commission meetings for the year 2000;…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Child Safety, Children, Federal Legislation
Byrne, Alex – 1999
This paper discusses the importance of intellectual freedom for libraries, librarians, and library associations. Examples of attempts at censorship in Australia are presented, including the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Online Services) Act, 1999, legislation that requires filtering of Internet content. The IFLA (International Federation of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Censorship, Federal Legislation, Foreign Countries
Barrett, Jaia, Ed.; Wetzel, Karen A., Ed. – 1999
The 129th meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) focused on anticipating the future of higher education in North America and identifying responses from research libraries that will contribute to emerging agendas for change. An opening session (convened by Nancy Cline, ARL Presiding President) began the meeting. The first session,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Change, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
National Archives and Records Administration, 2004
The Secretary amends 34 CFR part 99 to implement the Department of Education's interpretation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) identified through administrative experience as necessary for proper program operation. These final regulations provide general guidelines for accepting ''signed and dated written consent'' under…
Descriptors: Privacy, Educational Legislation, Parent Rights, Student Records
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Heron, Peter; Dugan, Robert E. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1997
This discussion of information policy focuses on library services for distance education. Topics include the logistics and management of providing library services off-site and/or responding to student requests; and meeting the needs of distance education students for information and library instruction, both students from the member institution…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Distance Education, Higher Education, Information Policy
Hodges, Marjorie W.; Worona, Steven L. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1996
Provides guidelines for the development of campus computer policies, focusing on legal issues related to adult material, harassment, privacy, commerce, and copyright. Notes that computer use policies and practices need to evolve in concert with the changing computer culture. (MDM)
Descriptors: Business, College Role, Computer Networks, Computers
Garvey, Alan – Information Management & Technology, 1997
Outlines three rules to help companies plan for and implement intranets: (1) adopt a long-term vision for corporate Intranet usage; (2) create a culture of information usage; and (3) recognize, adapt to and take advantage of the inherent qualities of electronic information. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Corporations, Information Management
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McIsaac, Marina Stock; Rowe, Jeremy – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1997
Argues that community colleges must address four major issues regarding intellectual property and the development of Internet course materials: copyright, fair use, duplication and revenue generation for print and nonprint educational materials. Suggests that intellectual property issues be viewed as a continuum from low to high levels of risk.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Copyrights, Distance Education, Educational Technology
Britz, J. J. – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1996
Assesses the impact of technology on privacy. Discusses electronic monitoring of people in the workplace; interception and reading of e-mail messages; merging of databases which contain personal information; rise in the number of hackers; and the development of software that makes the decoding of digital information virtually impossible. Presents…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software, Confidentiality, Databases
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Love, James – Journal of Government Information, 1995
Improvements in technology have increased the social and economic value of government information. This increase, combined with changes in information storage and dissemination cost, contributes to controversy over how government information should be disseminated and priced. Discussion includes economic concepts, rules and algorithms used by…
Descriptors: Change, Costs, Economic Factors, Government Publications
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