This short list of news stories related to digital rights and intellectual property was culled from a variety of sources, including the NY Times, PC World, Technology Review, InfoWorld, and Wired. Please add more, or leave comments on how important you think they are in the Sandbox!
*Distributed Learning Meets Intellectual Property Policy: Who Owns What? *
The rise of eLearning and technology in higher education-including distance education, digital repositories, and electronic courseware products-has changed the way faculty and institutions regard ownership and control of these materials.
http://www.campus-technology.com/article.asp?id=11624
*The People Own Ideas! *
Do we want music, software, and books to be free--or not? By Lawrence Lessig
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/06/issue/feature_people.asp?trk=nl
The Creators Own Ideas
Contrary to what Lawrence Lessig says, a truly free society allows for proprietary systems. By Richard Epstein
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/06/issue/feature_creators.asp?trk=nl