legal

=Legal & Ethical Issues in Technology=

General Information Academic Integrity Intellectual Property Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA) Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Other Legislation

Also see Plagiarism, Copyright and Fair Use, Legal & Ethical Issues in Distributed Learning,


 * GENERAL INFORMATION**

Education law is tougher on diverse schools http://www.thenotebook.org/editions/2004/winter/diverse.htm

Digital Ethics http://www.ciconline.org/digitalethics

Intellectual Freedom [|http://www.eduref.org/cgibin/print.cgi/Resources/Reference/Law/Intellectual_Freedom.html]


 * ACADEMIC INTEGRITY**

The Center for Academic Integrity http://www.academicintegrity.org/ Be careful: .com takes you to a paper mill!

USE ON SYLLABI Student Judicial Programs – very long – includes Role of Academic Responsibility http://www.sa.sc.edu/carolinacommunity/judicial.htm

//Note: Many resources about Intellectual property focus on inventions, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, etc. In addition to some sites below, information about the intellectual property rights of the writings, instructional materials, web presence, and research of educators can also be found in some of the general sites about copyright above.//
 * INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY**

Intellectual Property and Copyright: Protecting Educational Interests and Managing Changing Environments http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/html/edu9935/edu9935.html This is from the perspective of faculty and administration in higher education.

Intellectual Property and Copyright Resources http://www.nea.org/he/abouthe/intelprop.html This page is from the National Education Association. Look for the article called, “Intellectual Property Policies” which talks about the history of this issue in higher education.

Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/ “Creative Commons defines the spectrum of possibilities between full copyright — all rights reserved — and the public domain — no rights reserved. Our licenses help you keep your copyright while inviting certain uses of your work — a “some rights reserved” copyright.”

USC Office of Technology Commercialization (Intellectual Property) []

Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure - The Report of the Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/doc/ipnii/ The White House Information Infrastructure Task Force (IITF) wrote this report in 1995, but much of the information is still useful.

Overview of Intellectual Property Laws http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter1/1-c.html This is a quick summary from Stanford University.

About Intellectual Property http://www.wipo.org/about-ip/en/ This site by the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) defines the two types of intellectual property – Industrial Property and Copyright/Related Rights – and gives information about the types of items that are included in each category.

Intellectual Freedom http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi/Resources/Reference/Law/Intellectual_Freedom.html

USC - Intellectual Property Office http://www.ip.research.sc.edu/

**DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT (DCMA)**

Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 [pdf] http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

DMCA: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/woissues/copyrightb/federallegislation/dmca/dmcadigitalmillenium.cfm

Digital Millennium Copyright Act [Wikipedia] [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMCA

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/dmca1.htm This is a list of the highlights of the DCMA by the UCLA Online Institute for Cyberspace Law and Policy.

Abolish the Digital Millenium Copyright Act Petition http://www.petitiononline.com/nixdmca/petition.html This petition gives one perspective of the controversy over the DMCA

Digital Millennium Copyright Act [Google] http://www.google.com/dmca.html This is Google’s policy about how it responds to” notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act … and other applicable intellectual property laws…”

FCC Consumer Facts - Children's Internet Protection Act http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/cipa.html “The Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) is a federal law enacted by Congress in December 2000 to address concerns about access in schools and libraries to the Internet and other information. For any school or library that receives discounts for Internet access or for internal connections, CIPA imposes certain requirements.”

CIPA - Children's Internet Protection Act http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/WOissues/civilliberties/cipaweb/cipa.htm This site, by the American Library Association (ALA), has “large amounts of information for librarians with questions about implementing CIPA filtering at their libraries, scholars interested in the legislative history of CIPA, or those interested in the ALA's position on CIPA. The site is divided into three major areas, with further subdivisions within each: Advice and Resources, News and Articles, Legal History

Children's Internet Protection Act http://cipa.neric.org/ This page, by the Northeastern Regional Information Center (NERIC), has basic information and links for more information about the CIPA.

CHILDREN'S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT (COPPA)
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The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) http://epic.org/privacy/kids/

How to Comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 http://www.keytlaw.com/netlaw/coppa.htm

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act [Wikipedia] [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_Online_Privacy_Protection_Act]

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) http://www.cdt.org/legislation/105th/privacy/coppa.html

**OTHER LEGISLATION**

Unites States (Accessibility) Laws http://www.webaim.org/articles/laws/usa/

Introduction to (Accessibility) Laws Throughout the World http://www.webaim.org/articles/laws/world/

Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) http://www.disabilitytravel.com/airlines/air_carrier_act.htm This site, but Accessible Journeys, says the ACAA “prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in air travel and requires air carriers to accommodate the needs of passengers with disabilities.”

The Guide to the Air Carrier Access Act [Accessible Journeys] http://www.disabilitytravel.com/airlines/air_carrier_act_details.htm

Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) http://airconsumer.ost.dot.gov/ACAAcomplaint.htm This is from the Aviation Consumer Protection Division of the US Department of Transportation.

Help America Vote Act (HAVA) http://www.fec.gov/hava/hava.htm “HAVA mandates that all states and localities upgrade many aspects of their election procedures, including their voting machines, registration processes and poll worker training. The specifics of implementation have been left up to each state, which allows for varying interpretations of the Federal law.”

Disability Vote Project [American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)] http://www.aapd-dc.org/dvpmain/dvpindex.php

Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA) - did not pass http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deleting_Online_Predators_Act