“Copyright,” an experimental course to be taught by Harvard Law School professor William W. Fisher, III, will test the effectiveness of integrating teaching materials and technologies on the edX website. The course will look into extant copyright law and the debates surrounding its reform.
via EdX Announces Spring 2013 Courses | News | The Harvard Crimson.
In addition, “Copyright” will be taught by William Fisher III, WilmerHale Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Harvard Law School, and director, Berkman Center for Internet & Society.
“Copyright,” which will explore the law of copyright and the ongoing debates concerning how that law might be reformed, will be offered as an experimental course, exploring different combinations and uses of teaching materials, educational technologies, and the edX platform. Enrollment is limited, based on the belief that high-quality legal education depends, at least in part, on supervised small-group discussions of difficult issues.
“They’d say, look, it’s extremely expensive to build the hardware, lay down the wires, dig up the dirt required to provide high speed Internet access to Americans,” says Susan Crawford, a Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School who argues the phone companies say they have caps so they can pay back all the money they pour into building the net. “We can only do that if we have enough money coming in to fund our operations.”
via Instagram’s privacy backlash, and the dirty secret of data caps | Marketplace.org.