Welcome, fall 2016
Readings for Wednesday:
- Your rights presented by Undergraduate Studies (will discuss attendance and copyright -- changes from last year.)
- My syllabus
- From my syllabus, browse and consider these links for discussion:
- This Wikipedia entry on the Electronic Frontier Foundation provides context.
- What is Fair Use? Again, Wikipedia is helpful.
- Creative Commons on levels of “readers” and types of licenses.
- What is the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act?
Please consider the complexity of copyright, intellectual property, and the laws as well as norms that govern uses. We will discuss this practice all year. I recommend that you browse the University policy links noted above. Further important reading for you include:
Assignment for you: Find something to enjoy about science. I recommend looking for UMSOM parady videos. Doing that will open up a wider world of how funny and clever -- and cool -- scientists are. Here are two that I particularly like:
Marybeth Shea
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