I am trying to think of a graceful link between the
interview with Vogole of the CSI and the pressing concerns of my work day, which
included an 81 degree classroom, Beowulf, and 17 restive upperclassmen. Thinking about copyright law makes my head
swim; on the other hand, they completed a short research paper today on topics
related to Beowulf and the Norsemen, which will probably reveal a fair number
of misuses of sources despite my best efforts.
I enjoyed Vogole’s interview and looked at her blog and the
CSI afterwards—pretty amazing stuff. (I
have to go back after I’ve had some sleep and figure out why robots are such a
hot topic on the site.) One of my
relatives is an “intellectual property” lawyer, and I have always been intrigued
by the snippets he shares ,narrow in scope as they are, given confidentiality
concerns—what a far cry from my day-to-day reality, in which I am trying to
jumpstart the intellectual process. The “protection
“ is at the far end of the spectrum within which I operate.
I will be mulling over her statement that copyright is a
vehicle for creativity. Again, after I
get some sleep.
You must have some very interesting conversations at Thanksgiving! I would love for someone to be able to straighten out what all this means--in small doses that my brain could handle.
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