From a great librarian on the Medwebmasters list, Patricia F. Anderson:
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I stumbled on this and love the idea of 'digital environmentalists'.
Another concept word I see linked with this is 'copyfight' or
'copyfighter(s)'.
The bottom line seems to be to apply environmentalism concepts of
preservation and stewardship and a shared environment in the digital
realm. This is seem to especially touch on intellectual property laws
(just as natural environmentalism touches on physical property laws).
I thought several of you on this list might also enjoy
it. FYI!
BookForum (Feb/Mar 2005): Righting Copyright - Fair use and "Digital
Environmentalism" / by Robert S. Boynton:
http://www.bookforum.com/boynton.html
What Boynton says actually has its roots in international library
policies.
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA):
IFLA Position on Copyright in the Digital Environment:
http://www.ifla.org/V/press/copydig.htm
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR): Authenticity in a
Digital Environment: http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub92/pub92.pdf
Society of American Archivists (SAA): Copyright, Archival Institutions and
the Digital Environment:
http://www.archivists.org/statements/stmt-copyright-arch.asp
And other places. :-)
Centre for Information Behaviour and the Evaluation of Research (CIBER),
Department of Information Science, City University (London): SCHOLARLY
COMMUNICATION IN THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT: WHAT DO AUTHORS WANT? Findings
of an international survey of author opinion: project report Ian
Rowlands, Dave Nicholas and Paul Huntingdon, 18 March 2004:
http://www.publishers.org.uk/paweb/paweb.nsf/0/b93e724b16fbc7f880256ea9003b77ae/$FILE/ciber-pa-report.pdf
Institute for Information Law (IVIR): The Future of Levies in a Digital
Environment: http://www.ivir.nl/publications/other/DRM&levies-report.pdf
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