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Visiting Fellow, Department of Computer Science, Australian National University
Revision of 2 June 2002
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13:00-13:45 - Presentation
The purpose of this session is to examine the broader implications of electronic publishing, on people, society and politics, and then to reflect on how these broader implications affect businesses. Two topics will be addressed.
Consumers are being given plenty of reasons not to trust the organisations that they deal with. Companies and government agencies alike need to discover what it takes to earn the trust of their customers and clients.
The following readings are recommended to accompany the presentation:
The freedoms that the Internet has unleashed seriously threaten powerful organisations, specifically the large publishing houses. Copyright law, by accident, provides them with a means to fight back against the incursions. They are trying to use technical means to sustain their dominance over copyright objects, originators and consumers. They are also seeking, and gaining, new and quite extreme laws to bolster their positions. If they are successful, it will be at the cost of information accessibility that the Internet appeared to herald.
The following readings are recommended to accompany the presentation:
Finally, it is recommended that you re-read this piece, because you'll probably now extract a great deal more from it:
13:45-14:00 - Question-and-Answer Session
14:00-14:15 - Coffee Break
14:15-14:45 - Group Breakout Session
14:45-15:30 - Mini-Case Study 4: MP3 and Napster
Read these source materials.
What are the challenges that MP3 and Napster present to music publishers?
Are these challenges specific to music, or are similar problems likely to arise with other kinds of materials?
What options are available to corporations to enable these challenges to be addressed?
If these products are here to stay, who wins?
15:30-16:00 - Groups report back in Plenary Session
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Created: 22 May 2000
Last Amended: 2 June 2002
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