I didn't really get a clear answer on where we're going with fair use. I have to say I'm feeling a bit like I'm on the old Front Page Challenge show, because I'm not sure what we're asking of you, whether we're talking about an old bill or whether we're talking about a new bill, or whether we're talking about what we might do or what other people have done. We're not very clear here, so I want to go back to fair use.
Let's put it in context. If I wrote an article 20 years ago--and I did, and it was in a textbook--I would get paid for its use in a school, for which I have been paid. So students would get x number of textbooks and they would photocopy x number of copies. It's very easy to see.
Now students go on the Internet, and they aren't stealing materials, they're going to free websites that post amazing educational materials for free and fair use. So in some ways that's made the book almost irrelevant. There's been a real question about how we are going to remunerate, first of all, the people who still rely on the book, or how we are going to ensure that the electronic communication of students is not infringing on copyright.
My colleague had talked about young people having a culture of entitlement. They definitely do. They expect that they can go on the Internet and learn anything they want in the world, and I think they should have that right. I want to make sure, though, that there is a system in place in terms of remuneration but also to make sure that the fair and open use of the Internet is not being charged.
How have your departments dealt with this? It will be one of the key areas of new legislation in terms of educational use of the Internet and fair use of the Internet. What models have you looked at?