Dear friends,
If you're a (c) geek and want to polish your knowledge of current copyright
law (primarily US and Internet-related), or develop ways to improve it:
there is a great online course from the copyright team at Harvard offered
each year via EdX.
They limit total class size to maintain a pretty intense collaboration
between students and CAs: so they have applications for participating in
the sections. Details below.
SJ
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*The application for the CopyrightX online sections will run from Oct. 15 -
Dec. 15. See **CopyrightX:Sections <http://copyx.org/sections/>** for
details.*
CopyrightX <http://copyx.org/> is a networked course that explores the
current law of copyright; the impact of that law on art, entertainment, and
industry; and the ongoing debates concerning how the law should be
reformed. Through a combination of recorded lectures
<http://copyx.org/lectures/>, assigned readings
<http://copyx.org/reading-materials/>, weekly seminars, live interactive
webcasts <http://copyx.org/events/>, and online discussions, participants
in the course examine and assess the ways in which the copyright system
seeks to stimulate and regulate creative expression.
In 2013, HarvardX, Harvard Law School, and the Berkman Center for Internet
& Society launched an experiment in distance education- CopyrightX, the
first free and open distance learning course on law. After two successful
offerings, CopyrightX is an experiment no longer. Under the leadership of
Professor William Fisher <http://tfisher.org/>, who created and directs the
course, CopyrightX will be offered for a third time from January to May
2015.
Three types of courses make up the CopyrightX Community:
- a residential course <http://copyx.org/courses/harvard-law-school/> on
Copyright Law, taught by Prof. Fisher to approximately 100 Harvard Law
School students;
- an online course divided into sections <http://copyx.org/sections/> of
25 students, each section taught by a Harvard Teaching Fellow;
- a set of affiliated courses <http://copyx.org/affiliates/> based in
countries other than the United States, each taught by an expert in
copyright law.
Participation in the online sections is free and is open to anyone at least
13 years of age, but enrollment is limited. *Admission to the online
sections will be administered through an open application process that
opens on October 15 and closes on December 15. We welcome applicants from
all countries, lawyers and non-lawyers alike.* For details, see
CopyrightX:Sections <http://copyx.org/sections/>. (The criteria for
admission to each of the affiliated courses are set by the course's
instructor. Students who will enroll in the affiliated courses may not
apply to the online sections.)
Hi Boston Wikimedians!
I'll be visiting from California, meeting with some colleagues to talk
about the future of Wikipedia and things like leadership development, and
organizational engagement. We're having an open invite/informal
get-together Tuesday evening in Washington Square in Brookline. I hope some
of you can join us and share your thoughts, talk about your
Wikipedia-related projects, etc. Here's the info page on meetup.com:
http://www.meetup.com/wikipedia-5/events/212445292/
-Pete
p.s. I'm also hoping to attend one of the Wikipedia Loves Libraries events
put together by Amanda Rust, a former student of mine in the Writing
Wikipedia Articles course. She already announced them here -- but here's a
reminder! See here for details:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Boston#Upcoming
--
Pete Forsyth
Principal, Wiki Strategies
Wikipedia user Peteforsyth