A Lesson in E-Literacy
Protect and Serve
Gaynor says one challenge looming is the protection of copyright and intellectual property. “It’s the Wild, Wild West in understanding what copyright protection means for educational material, and we need tighter definitions,” she says. “Publishers are being forced to show digital-source files, but what happens downstream needs to be clarified. The Napster model has given us an idea of how to do it, and I think we’ll see this way of selling books increase with educators who are younger and grew up on this. Buyers will pay 99 cents for the material they need, as they do with downloading music. But once again, we need to catch up to other industries who’ve already caught on.” BB
Eric Butterman is presently writing the book “Turning the Corner,” with NFL football player Ike Taylor. You can reach him at ericbutterman@yahoo.com.
