August 27, 2003
Back and Brown
Back for now. I hope to catch up over the next week, but things are going to be a bit busy over the next 3 weeks or so as I see family and return to school.
Speaking of which, Brown has updated its computer use policies. As you might remember, Brown received many DMCA notices last year and warned its students about its copyright infringement policy. The new policy is superior to Harvard’s, though it seems a bit harsh. I am still troubled by the requirement of removing files from student’s computers. That might make sense if a file were downloaded, but uploaded files might have been acquired legally.
I hope other schools mimic Brown’s fair use faq (more succinct than Stanford’s) and its explanation of copyright infringement.
Filed by Derek Slater at 5:16 pm under General news
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