Re: [DDN] Punishing Students for Extracurricular Online Activities: Crossing the Line?

2006-05-31 Thread John Mitchell
Well done, Andy. Very well done. I am reminded of the things my friends and I talked about face to face when I was in high school, whether on or off of school property. Now that a preferred mode of communication is through online fora, there is a danger that the new communications channels wil

Re: [DDN] Chile: Bachelet Digital (fwd)

2006-01-27 Thread John Mitchell
Thanks for flagging this Andy. It's an impressive initiative on the part of Chile (of which I am proud because it is my native land). I note that the initiative is not mere political spin, as Chile has made a new proposal to the WIPO Development Agenda in keeping with this policy: http://www.wipo.

Re: [DDN] Intellectual Property Rights

2005-10-13 Thread John Mitchell
On 10/13/05, Sharon V Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do believe that writers and artist should control how they work is > distributed - . . . . Congress appears to disagree. Back in 1909, when it was codifying what has come to be known as the first sale doctrine, the Judiciary Committee

Re: [DDN] Intellectual Property Rights

2005-10-13 Thread John Mitchell
It is neither unethical or illegal to "digitize" (i.e. copy) books that are protected by copyright, if done right. It has been done for over 100 years in the analog world. Example: Copyright owner authorizes printer to make 50 copies. Printer makes 65, gives 50 back to author, gets paid for makin

Re: [DDN] Spanish Language materials at midst of controversy

2005-08-10 Thread John Mitchell
Clarification: The last link you provided appears to simply contain information published by REFORMA, such as mission, goals and bylaws. (At first I thought CAIRCO was saying those things!) Perhaps you intended to link to http://www.cairco.org/library/library.html or some other URL? John -- Joh