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- Rory McGreal@rory
Rory McGreal commented on the blog The War against OER March 15, 2011 - 2:05pm
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Rory McGreal published a blog post The War against OER March 11, 2011 - 1:29pm

Tony Bates put out an interesting post last month that I missed while traveling. I would like to comment on it. His post, OERs –The good the bad and the ugly would be best read to understand my commentary. First off, Tony is...
- Rory McGreal@rory
Rory McGreal published a blog post Copyright and fair dealing: A harangue January 16, 2011 - 5:09pm

In discussions with copyright officers/librarians this week, I was disheartened to see that some of them still see their role as being guardians of the vendors’ interpretation of copyright and fair dealing in particular. There seems to...
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- Rory McGreal@rory
Rory McGreal posted on Rory McGreal's message board January 11, 2011 - 8:47pm

All my posts are public domain.
- Rory McGreal@rory
Rory McGreal published a blog post OER and Quality: Some thoughts January 11, 2011 - 8:32pm

Open Educational Resources (OER) are becoming increasingly popular in educational institutions. OER include all educational resources - normally digital in nature such as learning objects, open courseware, etc. that can be freely accessed (with no...
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Rory McGreal is now following Brian Stewart January 11, 2011 - 8:23pm
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Rory McGreal published a blog post Will the Copyright Trolls be coming? December 21, 2010 - 2:28pm

Remember the sad experience of Research in Motion, Canada’s leading wireless company, which was successfully sued in a Virginia court for more than US$600 million by U.S. patent troll NTP? Get ready for another incarnation – the...
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- Mark A. McCutcheon@mccutcheon
  
  How are fair use provisions failing these bloggers? The USA has clearer and stronger fair use protections than our Canadian fair-dealing counterparts. I guess fair-use defense requires a legal decision. Maybe the trolls are just intimidating bloggers into settling out of court ... like how the RIAA has been extorting downloaders into settling out of court by suing for millions but taking whatever savings the downloaders happen to have.
  
  Mark A. McCutcheon December 21, 2010 - 2:37pm
- Mark A. McCutcheon@mccutcheon
  
  TorrentFreak has posted a news item about a copyright troll that's just been shut down. See: "ACS:Law and MediaCAT Completely Shut Down Both Their Businesses."
  
  Mark A. McCutcheon February 4, 2011 - 8:24pm
- Rory McGreal@rory
Rory McGreal published a blog post The “Cheek” of Access Copyright December 21, 2010 - 2:02pm

By a wide margin of 98.5%, the universities of Canada have rejected an agreement with Access Copyright, a copyright licensing agency created to support the interests of publishers and some creators. It is the collective society that charges...
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- Mark A. McCutcheon@mccutcheon
  
  I'm glad you set this post to "Public"; it's an excellent overview of Access Copyright's insane demands and universities' sane responses, and I've sent out a few tweets about it.
  Who is the compliant 1.5%, I have to wonder?
  
  Mark A. McCutcheon December 21, 2010 - 2:25pm
- Rory McGreal@rory
Rory McGreal published a blog post UNESCO Chair info December 11, 2010 - 5:13pm

The UNESCO Chair concept includes a TEAM or cluster of people, and so there is room for colleagues at AU to participate. Anyone at AU who is involved in OER work could legitimately be considered part of this Chair. AU is the Canadian leader in...
- Rory McGreal@rory
Rory McGreal is now following Cindy Ives December 11, 2010 - 4:44pm
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