[LINK] 'iTunes hits Australian higher learning [hard]'

[Roger Clarke]

>Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>>  iTunes hits Australian higher learning
>> 
>>http://www.itnews.com.au/News/77563,itunes-hits-australian-higher-learning.aspx

At 22:01 +1000 4/6/08, Brendan Scott wrote:
>And presumably ipods and iphones will become the only way to access 
>these universities' lectures.

Stanford Uni's FAQ says:
http://itunes.stanford.edu/faq.html
"How do I access Stanford on iTunes U?
First, make sure you have the most current version of iTunes 
installed on your Mac or PC computer. "

My understanding is that the iTunes Terms permit other copies of the 
same material to be published through other channels, possibly *any* 
other channels, I'm unsure.

*But* my understanding is that iTunes Terms *preclude* a 
copyright-owner from making the same material available under an open 
content licence such as Creative Commons or AEShareNet.

[No, I haven't seen the Terms, and I don't know whether they're 
publicly accessible.]

I accordingly refused UniMelb the copyright licence permission they 
requested in relation to the video of a Panel Session I participated 
in last year.  (The copyright licence was very different from the one 
I signed at the time, and almost indistinguishable from a copyright 
assignment, so I might have declined to sign it anyway;  but that's a 
separate issue).

I recommend that the word be spread far and wide that Apple are 
seeking to apply and exploit the appallingly unbalanced 
extended-copyright laws, and that contributors to academic events 
should refuse permission to universities to place their material on 
iTunes U (while encouraging dissemination through appropriate 
channels, by means of appropriate licences).

I'm writing to the Australian Digital Alliance proposing that it 
adopt a policy along those lines.

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