[578] in magellan
[Fwd: Fwd: Report of Ad Hoc Committee on Intellectual Property
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Anderson)
Wed Jan 24 20:19:18 2001
Message-ID: <3A6F7F0D.CC6CF56B@mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 20:19:21 -0500
From: Greg Anderson <ganderso@MIT.EDU>
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: magellan@mit.edu
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
FYI,
Greg
> > X-Warning: mitvma.mit.edu: Host SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU claimed
> > to be
> > MIT.EDU
> > Mime-Version: 1.0
> > Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 06:11:11 -0400
> > Reply-To: afrazer@MIT.EDU
> > Sender: MIT Faculty Distribution List <MITFAC1@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> > From: "Robert A. Brown" <RAB@MIT.EDU>
> > Subject: Report of Ad Hoc Committee on Intellectual Property
> > and Conflict
> > of Commitment
> > To: MITFAC1@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> >
> > Dear Colleagues:
>
> >
> > Important new issues face MIT and other universities as
> > higher education changes in the age of electronically available
> > information. The creation of the Internet and of new means for
> > distributing educational content have led to new opportunities for
> > faculty members and universities to deliver education. These new
> > opportunities also create potential conflicts between personal
> > initiatives of a faculty member and their responsibilities to MIT.
> > These issues differ from many of those we have worked with in the
> > past because they involve creating intellectual property developed
> > around educational content, as well as from research.
>
> >
> > It is important for our faculty to think about the impact of
> > electronically available information, about the mission of the
> > Institute, and our core values and to establish the set of
> > principles that will help guide faculty governance in this rapidly
> > changing arena. The goal of this email is to involve you in the
> > process that has been established to found such principles.
>
> >
> > Last spring I asked Associate Provost, Professor Philip Clay, to
> > chair an Ad Hoc Committee to think about intellectual property and
> > faculty commitment in the context of the Internet and electronic
> > delivery of educational content. I asked this committee to propose
> > a set of principles to help guide MIT in establishing policies for
> > faculty involvement in outside educational activities and for
> > ownership of the Intellectual Property created for electronic
> > distribution. My charge to the Ad Hoc Committee is available on
> > the Website listed below.
>
> >
> > The committee members were: Professors Hal Abelson, EECS; Randall
> > Davis, EECS, Peter S. Donaldson, Literature; Steven R. Lerman,
> > Director, CECI, Faculty Chair, Civil and Environment Engineering;
> > David Litster, Vice President and Dean for Research; Dava Newman,
> > Aeronautics and Astronautics; Steven Pinker, Brain and Cognitive
> > Science; and Thomas M. Stoker, Sloan School.
>
> >
> > The committee has reported to me, and their draft Statement of
> > Principles is now available on the URL:
> > http://web.mit.edu/committees/ip/ The website also contains a
> > document comparing the intellectual property policies of several of
> > our peer universities, and a link to a website containing relevant
> > policies from many other universities. The Statement of Principles
> > will also be published in the next issue of the Faculty Newsletter.
>
> >
> > I am writing you to start a formal discussion of the report of the
> > Ad Hoc Committee. The schedule for the discussion period is:
>
> >
> > … Report of the Ad Hoc Committee to the provost filed: January 1,
> > 2001
>
> > … Open comment period involving MIT faculty: January through
> > February 2001.
>
> > … Discussion at MIT Faculty Meeting, February 21, 2001
>
> > … Discussions in Academic Council about potential changes in MIT
> > Policies and Procedures: March through April 2001
>
> > … Report to Faculty at MIT Faculty Meeting, May 2001
>
> >
> > I urge you to read the Statement of Principles and become involved
> > in the discussions in your department as well as the larger forums.
> > Our goal is to craft a set of principles that will help our faculty
> > make optimal use of the emerging technology for education, while
> > maintaining the collegiality of our campus, the essential open
> > dissemination of information, and our faculty commitment to the
> > mission of MIT. You are encouraged to send your comments to
> > ip-feedback@mit.edu or to me directly at rab@mit.edu.
>
> >
> > I look forward to the discussion that will occur.
>
> >
> > Sincerely,
>
> >
> >
> > Robert A.
> > Brown
>
> > Provost
>
> > _________________________________
>
> > Robert A. Brown
>
> > Provost and
>
> > Warren K. Lewis Professor of Chemical Engineering
>
> > Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>
> > Cambridge, MA 02139
>
> > Phone: (617) 253-5726
>
> > FAX: 617-253-8812
>
> > Email: rab@mit.edu
>
> > http://web.mit.edu/provost/
>
> > ________________________________
>
> =======================================================================
>
> James D. Bruce jdb@mit.edu
> Professor of Electrical Engineering and 617.253.3103
> Voice
> Vice President for Information Systems 617.253.0750 Fax
> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 10-219
> Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
>
> =======================================================================
