Thread:Closing Reflection (4)

RE: "Fortunately, in a digital world, Creative Commons provides..."


 * Wayne, I think your wording revision takes care of the issue. I've revised as you suggested.

RE: "Copyright law was expressly introduced to limit the rights of the controllers and distributors of knowledge. Yet, these controllers are successfully turning a “copy” right into a property right. The traditional rights of learning institutions are being taken away. The balance for researchers should be restored. Research and learning must be allowed the broad interpretation that was intended in the original laws."


 * I do think a micro-blog reflection would be better than telling people prescriptively what to think about this. I checked and there are only 2 other micro-blog reflections in "Copyright for Educators" so adding one more doesn't seem like overload.


 * What about moving the paragraph in question to a direct quote by Rory McGreal (from my reading, he is the author), conclude with the bit about Creative Commons and then ask people what they think about copy right using the micro-blog reflection standard--I've put in some questions, please help improve them:


 * Template
 * Share with us your thoughts about the development of copyright. (Post your contribution on image:Identica_Icon.png identi.ca and include the hash tag "#OCL4Ed" in your post, for example: "In my opinion .... #OCL4Ed."):
 * Do you believe the right of an author to "own" his/her creative work is a property right?
 * Should the rights of authors to "own" their creative works supercede that of research and learning, especially in light of the internet's broad use as an educational tool?
 * another question here?

Thoughts?