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Legal, Policy and Regulatory Issues EDUCAUSE Enterprise 2006 Tracy Mitrano Cornell University Big “P” and Little “p” Policy Big “P” policy involves external issues, such as national security, electronic surveillance laws, privacy, or digital copyright. USA-Patriot Act /oit/policy/PatriotAct/ Digital Copyright /oit/policy/copyright/ Privacy in the Electronic Realm /oit/policy/privacy/ CALEA: Communications Law Enforcement Assistance Act /oit/policy/calea/ Little “p” Policy Little “p” policy is institutional policy. Preservation and protection of institutional interests and assets If your policy does not stand up to this test, best to rethink Cornell Model Centralized University Policy Office / Famous “policy on policies!” /vol4_1.cfm Balance of statement and procedure At the institutional level of procedure, but not backline Go to law school, Tracy! Relationship between higher education and the government, market, social norms and technology is growing increasingly complicated and will become even more so given the international nature of communication’s technologies. Why so much legal and regulatory activity? Information technologies driving force of American (and global) economy since 1990’s Personal computer + network systems = communications Innovation offers untapped potential New distribution methods Entertainment media Publishing Communications Education, too! Transformative Effects on… Revenue Commercialization of the Internet since going public in early 1990’s created new business models Google and advertising Merchandise distribution, I.e. shopping! Amazon Buying and bargaining eBay Government In the midst of a historic national deficit, watch for an Internet tax sometime near you soon! …the Law and Regulatory Issues Copyright, Copyright, Copyright When I went to law school and walked uphill both ways… Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1998 Section 512: Notice and take down Section 1201: Anti-circumvention February 2003: Senate Hearings First letters to th