You knew this one was coming

ISTE just announced that the podcasting of NECC presentations will not be allowed. This is to be the case even with the permission of the presenter.

NO ONE is permitted to make a full-length audio recording for an online podcast of any NECC 2008 conference session without the explicit, written permission of BOTH the presenter and ISTE:

I have always wondered about this when I have come across “poor quality” videos from various conferences. I assumed that such material was collected by an individual with a handheld device. Did the presenter consent to have his/her material recorded and distributed?

It is an interesting issue. ISTE and presenters have a right to protect their content. The presenter because of intellectual property concerns and ISTE because of the revenue collected from registration. Still, with rapidly rising costs for just getting to a conference, what is the long term future of such events. ISTE does collect fees in other ways. Perhaps presents should be compensated and ISTE should offer “programming” to members. Fees are already paid for keynotes.

On another matter, I have discovered that I can sit in the backyard and still use my wifi. It bothers me I did not discover this until today. In ND, we average about three days between the thaw and the time when the bugs come. I wasted an entire day. 😉