[Air-L] time out please

[Conor Schaefer]

Cheers, Ed. This was an extremely interesting thread overall, and this 
post tops it off for me. The anecdotal stuff placed some things in 
better perspective for me.

I look forward to more posts by you in the future!

Conor

Ed Lamoureux wrote:
>> Sorry folks. I've been overly involved in this one.  I'm sorry if  
>> I've taxed your patience.
>>
>> The positions I've taken today have sounded very "establishment."  
>> My actual belief system is somewhat contrary to some of what I've  
>> noted.
>> In general,  this new media  climate is REALLY challenging for IP  
>> law. I teach about it all the time, usually AGAINST the current  
>> regime.
>>
>> "WE the people" have NOT been adequately represented by our elected  
>> officials in these matters. They've given over law making, for 100  
>> years, to industry legal beagles.  So now that the law has to apply  
>> to everyman, it can't cause it was written by and for the big  
>> content industries.
>> And the law changes real slow. And the last time it changed (DMCA)  
>> it headed further against users. We have no IP law for new media  
>> users.
>>
>> However, we DO have a lot of IP law that IS still in place and DOES  
>> get applied, everyday. Just because many ignore it does NOT make it  
>> irrelevant.  And of course, US IP law does not in every place apply.
>>
>> In general what I believe about data collection is that informed  
>> consent is pretty darned important and that, generally speaking,  
>> human subjects should be protected as thoroughly as we can. Having  
>> said that, I've both done a lot of field research and I'm real  
>> clear about the various nuances of public/private & permissions. I  
>> did my dissertation using a recording walkman, set on record in  
>> full view, without any permissions, in retail shops, among random  
>> and anonymous subjects who were totally unaware they were research  
>> subjects. That work would be illegal today and I wouldn't be able  
>> to get the permission of the stores--I did then. It was legal 25  
>> years ago in the states in which I did the work . . . so I  
>> understand both sides of the fence. I tend, now, to be a bit more  
>> conservative about such matters than I was in my graduate school days.
>>
>> the nature of the internet certainly complicates all of these  
>> matters tremendously.
>>
>> I need to stop harping now. ... please understand if I don't answer  
>> your worthy questions past this post. . .  my hands hurt.  I  
>> continue to monitor the list of esteemed colleagues, in who almost  
>> every case know WAY more than do I about internet research, with  
>> interest and respect.
>>
>> peace
>>
>> ed
>>
>>
>>     
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