Cross-Cultural Collisions in Cyberspace: Case Studies of International Legal Issues for Educators Working in Globally Networked Learning Environments

Autor/in	Rife, Martine Courant
Titel	Cross-Cultural Collisions in Cyberspace: Case Studies of International Legal Issues for Educators Working in Globally Networked Learning Environments
Quelle	In: E-Learning and Digital Media, 7 (2010) 2, S.147-159 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2042-7530
DOI	10.2304/elea.2010.7.2.147
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Legal Problems; Plagiarism; Copyrights; Legal Responsibility; Censorship; Case Studies; International Education; International Law; Moral Values; Ethics; Educational Policy; Organizations (Groups); Educational Environment; Politics of Education; Internet; Web Sites; Electronic Publishing; Influence of Technology; Freedom of Speech; Civil Rights; Libel and Slander; Authors; Ownership; Canada; France; Ghana; Pakistan; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Plagiat; Strafmündigkeit; Politische Zensur; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Internationale Erziehung; Law of nations; Völkerrecht; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Ethik; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Educational policy; Web-Design; Elektronisches Publizieren; Redefreiheit; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Diffamierung; Author; Autor; Autorin; Eigentum; Kanada; Frankreich; USA
Abstract	This article explores some of the legal and law-related challenges educators face in designing, implementing, and sustaining globally networked learning environments (GNLEs) in the context of conflicting international laws on intellectual property and censorship/free speech. By discussing cases and areas involving such legal issues, the article makes visible some of the issues educators may want to consider as they design courses and curricula. First, using the Pakistani-US case of "Axact v. Student Network Resources", the author examines issues of authorship and the related issues of copyright law and plagiarism. The author then addresses questions, moral rights, and authorship using the French case of "Turner v. Huston". Next, the author explores issues of free speech/censorship and defamation as they have arisen globally in the blogosphere. The author describes several specific instances where such issues have resulted in legal consequences for the digital writer involved. The author then develops a possible solution to some of these legal issues arising in GNLEs by way of the idea of "the commons". In this area of the discussion, the author also examines Creative Commons licensing as well as problems with protecting the appropriation and exploitation of traditional knowledge, and the politics of defining "the commons". The author draws on discussions around the global repatriation debate to inform her exploration in this section. Finally, the article concludes with some recommendations, taking into account the legal and law-related issues of copyright, plagiarism, censorship, defamation, and defining "the commons" as these issues arise in GNLEs. (Contains 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10