Last weekend was both wonderful and sad for me. I attended my brother's wedding and while I was really happy for him, I got extremely sad for myself. It was the first wedding I attended since my husband passed away. It was hard to attend alone, and in two more weeks I have to do it again for my niece's wedding. Which leads me to. . .hotel room internet connections.
I wasn't thinking when I packed my computer for the four day trip. My computer travel bag had a phone line in it and I never even thought about packing a DSL line. I will not make this mistake again! I have been so spoiled with my fast DSL line that I forgot how slow a regular telephone connection can be. Watching the hot topic presentation was torturous (59 slides took forever!) and even reading through the responses took such a long time that I just made my own comments and vowed to look at everyone else's responses when I was again hooked up to my trusty DSL line.
One thing I did do while staying at the hotel was catch up on my reading for LIS2000. I finished both Siva Vaidhyanathan's The Anarchist in the Library and Jessica Littman's Digital Copyright. Tonight I will tackle the first of two works by Lawrence Lessig: Code: Version 2.0. I have to say that I enjoyed both The Anarchist and Digital Copyright. Littman made me understand copyright better, or at least as well as a layman can understand Copyright Law. The Anarchist was a little entertaining; the author knows that sex sells so he told of the first anarchist, a public masturbator. It was a theme Siva must have enjoyed, for later that act was used as an example of things one could do while perusing the internet. In any event, it was enough to keep me reading.
After reading two of the required books, I wonder if the copyright laws will ever be understandable and inclusive to all. For example, the law is just catching up with videos and internet copyrights. What new device is coming out next year that will most likely have copyright protected materials on it to spawn new codicils to the law? Is there a way to make provisions for things before they come into being? I am inspired to do further readings on copyrights when I actually have time to do so (probably after I graduate from this program!)
I wasn't thinking when I packed my computer for the four day trip. My computer travel bag had a phone line in it and I never even thought about packing a DSL line. I will not make this mistake again! I have been so spoiled with my fast DSL line that I forgot how slow a regular telephone connection can be. Watching the hot topic presentation was torturous (59 slides took forever!) and even reading through the responses took such a long time that I just made my own comments and vowed to look at everyone else's responses when I was again hooked up to my trusty DSL line.
One thing I did do while staying at the hotel was catch up on my reading for LIS2000. I finished both Siva Vaidhyanathan's The Anarchist in the Library and Jessica Littman's Digital Copyright. Tonight I will tackle the first of two works by Lawrence Lessig: Code: Version 2.0. I have to say that I enjoyed both The Anarchist and Digital Copyright. Littman made me understand copyright better, or at least as well as a layman can understand Copyright Law. The Anarchist was a little entertaining; the author knows that sex sells so he told of the first anarchist, a public masturbator. It was a theme Siva must have enjoyed, for later that act was used as an example of things one could do while perusing the internet. In any event, it was enough to keep me reading.
After reading two of the required books, I wonder if the copyright laws will ever be understandable and inclusive to all. For example, the law is just catching up with videos and internet copyrights. What new device is coming out next year that will most likely have copyright protected materials on it to spawn new codicils to the law? Is there a way to make provisions for things before they come into being? I am inspired to do further readings on copyrights when I actually have time to do so (probably after I graduate from this program!)
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