Teaching in Handcuffs

As more public educators move to provide distance education via distributed networks, this message brings up an alarming potential issue about those who are unwillingly forced into an inappropriately proprietary culture of corporate ownership by the tendency to legislate DRM. You can see a simple primer on what a "broadcast flag" is, which was made by Public Knowledge, on YouTube. Read this e-mail to see why the University of Maryland is joining up with Public Knowledge.