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Appendix F: Copyright Education
Appendix F: Copyright Education
Pages 304-310
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Yet the population of both information consumers and information producers is not particularly well informed about the rules that currently guide the handling of this valuable commodity. The discussions in Chapters 4 and 5 suggest that there is a substantial amount of infringement of intellectual property rights.
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Although intellectual property in general and digital IP in particular are fraught with controversy, several basic principles can be communicated usefully with clear-cut examples. For instance, the basic exclusive rights of copyright, such as reproduction, sale, and public performance, make it clear that reproducing and distributing complete copies of a work (e.g., a computer program)
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Some constituencies would like to require schools to include a module on copyright in every grade, from kindergarten through postgraduate work (see, for example, the white paper Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure (IITF, 1995~. Others have doubts about the appropriateness of such an extensive campaign.
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For example, Hong Congas government announced a major campaign to educate people about IF rights infringement. Hong Kong leader Tung Chee-hwa said during a July 1999 trip to the United states that fears of unchecked piracy remained the biggest obstacle to investment in the territory, notorious for its trade in pirated CDs and copycat products ~Reuters, 1999~.
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Copyright education might profitably be conducted as a component of larger efforts in information technology literacy.4 SOME CAUTIONARY NOTES Copyright education must be planned with care; otherwise, it may easily prove ineffective or even backfire. One danger is oversimplifying the message, as was done, for example, in Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure (IITF, 1995)
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Some lessons from prohibition in the early 20th century should be remembered: Heavy-handed rhetoric and enforcement practices bred less respect for the law, not more, and left people feeling justified in flouting the law. 5Sony Corporation of America v.
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