My cat Roberta

I'm surprised I haven't written about my adorable, precocious cat Roberta. I would marry her (if it was socially acceptable.) She's a special cat.

One of the things I've noticed about summer term for me is how fast everything is moving. I'm not seeing the ball, to use a baseball metaphor. Hopefully, I'll finish up the next two weeks without any injuries and the four week break till fall term will help me sort things out.

I hope fall term feels better than summer. I'd like to have a better plan for how I can get the school work completed week to week.

Skoolwerk

The most interesting things I've learned during my three semesters so far in Library School have been about myself.

1. I don't like deadlines. They seem so arbitrary and they unnaturally pace the work differently than my brain would have paced the work.
2. 15 (and even 12) week terms are too long.
3. It's hard to stay motivated about doing great school work. I like learning, but I don't like many of the assignments (this isn't a particular comment on this term.)
4. I like talking to my classmates and instructors. Sadly, there isn't enough of this.
5. I've done a lot of work and learning that I'm proud of.
6. I've turned in some assignments that I'm not so proud of. This is a positive too because it's been a good thing to recognize that learning is a process, not just something that's turned in as an assignment.
7. I like the process more than results. I'm happiest when I'm assessed on the process, rather than simply the end result.
8. That's it for now.

Brazil's Copyright Law Forbids Using DRM to Block Fair Use

Image via Wikipedia

I'm fairly certain of 2 things:

1. I wouldn't be blogging about Copyright (or any other topic) if working with a blog wasn't an assignment in LIS 2600.
2. I wouldn't have any idea what they are talking about in Brazil with copyright if I didn't take LIS 2000.
   

I can appreciate what Brazil is doing because it seems that the copyright war is favoring copyright owners at the expense of the public good and the first sale doctrine. It used to be that I could do just about anything with a work I owned, including making copies (for the most part). In the digital age, I can't even make a copy of something I own without breaking the copyright law.

I can understand a copyright holder wanted to protect her work. But with DRM, it seems they want to limit when I can access something I own. It's almost as if they want to change the idea of ownership to an idea like licensing. I can't own a digital work, rather I agree to some form of licensing so I can access the item. My $0.02 is that I don't like it.

Related articles by Zemanta

• Brazil's copyright law forbids using DRM to block fair use (boingboing.net)
• US could learn from Brazilian penalty for hindering fair use (arstechnica.com)
• Lawsuit Over Use Of Creative Commons Content Raises Contract vs. Copyright Issue (techdirt.com)
• How do I copyright my blog? (ask.metafilter.com)