Re: RIAA Notices

["Doty, Timothy T." <tdoty () MST EDU>]

Looking at the HEOA gives me a headache, but searching through it shows
various instances where the requirement to protect against copyright
infringement is made. In some there is only the phrase "adequate
protections" or "effectively combat" which as far as I'm concerned is
meaningless. I can find no indication that there is any measure for either
"adequate" or "effective" in this context.

> From what appears to be section 773, paragraph (f)(1)(F) the requirement is
stated as protecting instructional materials from copyright infringement and
specifically mentions "watermarking, fingerprinting, and other emerging
approaches."

I don't see how either watermarking or fingerprinting protects against
infringement. They may ease identifying a source and help prosecution
efforts, but that doesn't stop infringement.

Tim Doty

> -----Original Message-----
> From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
> [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Valdis Kletnieks
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 11:11 AM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] RIAA Notices
>
> On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:01:18 -1000, Michael Sana said:
>
> > 1. For those who have indicated that they don't block P2P, do you
> feel
> > that your safeguards in place meet the requirement of the Higher
> > Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) regarding developing plans to
> > "effectively combat" the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted
> > materials?
>
> Do they actually define "effectively combat", or is it another train
> wreck like
> the DMCA incident with Skylarov, which basically set the bar very low
> by including ROT13 as an "effective crypto measure"?

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