Crews, Kenneth D., and Georgia K. Harper.

"The Immunity Dilemma: Are State Colleges And

Universities Still Liable For Copyright Infringements?." Journal Of The American Society For
Information Science 50.14 (1999): 1350-1362. Academic Search Complete. Web. 3 Mar. 2014.
In their article, "The Immunity Dilemma: Are State Colleges And Universities Still Liable For
Copyright Infringements?." , Kenneth D. Crews, and K. Harper Georgia evaluate the issue of
schools being immune from copyright infringement. The authors address this problem by
discussing the ways in which universities and colleges seem to be pardoned from the law and why
this is happening. The authors purpose is to show that piracy is a serious issue and laws must be
amended to stop the problem of piracy in the wake of the digital age. Crews and Georgia support
their claim by using an analytical tone show those interested in learning about universities and
copyright how it is being handled on the federal level and why.
This article touches on a few point concerning copyright infringement and why it seems
that universities have immunity from being held accountable. However, lacks in the fact that it was
published in 1999. It is 15 years old and this immediately becomes a flag due to relevancy to the
topic of Copyright in the Digital Age. It is old and therefore misses a lot of the advancements in
piracy methods, technology and issues that are faced with piracy today. Nevertheless, it has a lot
of evidence to support its claims as well as question that are left to be answered or can be used as
a means of research.
Compared to other texts that are nearly outdated like "Piracy And Copyright: An Ethics
Lesson." By Brock Read and "Copyright Infringement And Potential Technological Prevention
Measures In UK Universities." by Mark Van Hoorebeek, this article provides another starting point
for research. It may be outdated like its counterparts, but like them, it was published so close to
the spark of the digital age that it has a better chance of looking at the root of piracy and early
methods on how to stop it. From these, it can be seen which methods may have or not have been
effective and lead to further research on Copyright in the Digital Age.
Read, Brock. "Piracy And Copyright: An Ethics Lesson." Chronicle Of Higher Education 52.37 (2006):
46-50. Academic Search Complete. Web. 3 Mar. 2014.
In his article, "Piracy And Copyright: An Ethics Lesson." author, Brock Read, reports about
James Gibsons (an assistant professor of law at the University of Richmond, Charlottesville)
efforts to stop institutional piracy among students. Read supports this position by presenting the
work of Gibsons work in order to show that there are more people than just himself who want to
inform college students and institutions about the seriousness of piracy.Read uses an easygoing
and informative tone to report Gibsons efforts in a concise way. [[ask for help on this]]
This source is organized well and examines several points of view all surrounding the topic
of Copyright in the Digital Age. Read goes into depth about the research
an assistant professor of law at the University of Richmond, Charlottesville, James Gibson and his
pursuit to educate students about the ethical backgrounds of copyright infringement. The article
covers the reasoning behind students piracy, institutions efforts to stop piracy and industries
actions to enforce the law. However, it is noted that the methods that Gibson uses to educate
others seemed outdated in reference to getting students to see the errors in illegal downloading.
By mentioning this, I must also mention that the publication was in 2006 which is 8 years old and
by now there must be more relevant articles. With that said, this article is a great starting point as
it covers several topics in one article that can lead to othermore recentsources.
Along with not being up to date, something to keep in mind is that this source does not
include any data. It mentions a few schools and situations related to the topic of Copy Right in the
Digital Age; however, it does not actually give statistical or concrete evidence to support the claim
that this is such a widespread issue. Even though, it can still open up to more research.
RELPH, MRIDU KHULLAR. "In India, Academics Defend Photocopying Of Textbooks For Course
Packs." Chronicle Of Higher Education 59.42 (2013): A15. Academic Search Complete. Web. 3 Mar.
2014.
In his article, In India, Academics Defend Photocopying Of Textbooks For Course Packs,
Mridu Khullar Relph examines the issue of legal copyright infringement in academia. The author
develops this idea by discussing the issues that arise when copyright infringement is pursued in a
place where copyrighting was necessary for a higher education. The authors purpose is to show
that there is no clean cut way of stopping piracy for the greater good and by doing so, it causes
harm in some areas. Relph supports his claim by using an urgent and analytical tone to help those
interested in the subject of digital copyright understand that there is more to the problem than
meets the eye.
This source is very recent seeing as it was published in 2013. It also is very important to
the topic of Copy Right in the Digital Age because it not only revolves around students but involves
teachers as well. If one is looking for the subjects of the necessity of mass producing copyrighted
material in conjunction with the lack of affordable resources in education, then this article is a
gem. This article examines what it is like when the students cannot afford what is necessary to
pass their classes and how teachers try and compensate them by (unfortunately, as companies call
it) pirating educational material in course packets for students to use throughout a course. This
article is very relevant to the topic and not only examines digital copyright but also the
implications behind it.
As far as credibility goes, this article makes a great point at addressing counter claims.
However, it does not give a one, absolute answer to the question of whether or not it is okay for
institutions to be pardoned from copyright laws. This article makes an attempt to dissolve any
arguments that go against its position and are not as convincing as they could be so it leaves those
interested in copyright in the digital age wanting more information.

Van Hoorebeek, Mark. "Copyright Infringement And Potential Technological Prevention Measures
In UK Universities." Education & The Law 16.4 (2004): 217-248. Academic Search Complete. Web. 3
Mar. 2014.
In his article, "Copyright Infringement And Potential Technological Prevention Measures In
UK Universities., Mark Van Hoorebeek assess the issue of copyright in universities and how to
stop it from happening. The author develops this idea by discussing the issue of universities
seemingly facilitation piracy within its gates and not doing much to stop it. The authors purpose is
to show universities that piracy should not be taken lightly and that there are effective ways of
helping avoid it and that it is not completely left to the universities to fix. Mark supports his claim
by using an explanatory tone to help those interested in stopping piracy among universities see
what steps can be and have been taken.

Firstly, it must be mentioned that this article was publish 10 years ago. With that being
said, its methods of approaching copyright infringement and the issues it discusses may no longer
be applicable or relevant to the current status of this topic. It must also be noted that when
looking at this article, it was based on statistics in Britain Universities and so its focus may not be
the same focus as someone researching in China or the US, etc. However, this article does provide
quite a bit of background information when it comes to looking at the evolution of copyright
infringement in the digital age up to 2004. If one were to be looking into the origins of copyright in
the digital age, this article would be a great start.
Information in which this article lacks is a concrete look at the other side of the picture.
Why are students pirating and do they only download MP3s and DVDs to their computers? The
article seems to be on a strict notion that piracy is completely unacceptable and under no means
has it been or will it be necessary to aid a student academically.
Weiss, Todd R. "Pirated Android Mobile App Sites Shut Down By Justice Department,
FBI." Eweek (2012): 1. Academic Search Complete. Web. 3 Mar. 2014.