What's Wrong with Copyright: Educator Strategies for Dealing with Analog Copyright Law in a Digital World

Current copyright law was formulated before the digital technology became widely available and well before Web 2.0 changed the way that information is created and shared. J. Patrick McGrail and Ewa McGrail argue that copyright law has failed to keep up with the social and legal changes that have accompanied the technological developments of the last 30 years, and as a result it has become both cumbersome as well as impossible to abide by completely. After describing the ways in which copyright law challenges educators and universities, McGrail and McGrail offer some strategies for dealing with copyright in the new millennium and conclude with a call to revise copyright law in a way that acknowledges the realities of Web 2.0.