MORE 'COPYRIGHT' POSTS
The following thesis was written by Stefan Larsson, a sociology of law researcher at Lund University in Sweden. From a Summary (via a Lund University Newspost) What is it about copyright that doesn’t work in the digital society? Why do millions of people think it’s OK to break the law when it comes to file […]
From a Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) Announcement: Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), a not-for-profit organization and leading provider of licensing solutions, announced a record royalty payment of $171.1 million to rightsholders in FY11, an increase of more than 10% over the previous year ($154.3 million). During the last 10 years, CCC has distributed more than $1.3 […]
Research Library Issues (No. 276) Now Online
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Libraries, News
Complete Research Library Issue (Single PDF) or Research Library Issues (HTML) Source: Association for Research Libraries Articles (PDF) Include: “Ahead of the Storm: Research Libraries and the Future of the Research University” Author: Heather Munroe-Blum, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, McGill University “Collecting Small Data” Authors: Karen Hogenboom, Numeric and Spatial Data Librarian, University of Illinois at […]
College Press: "A Digital Library?" (Digitization Work at Yale University)
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A in-depth look at digitization at Yale (and elsewhere) that discusses costs, sustainability, sharing, copyright, and more. It was written by Zoe Gorman for the Yale Daily News. The complete article runs more than 2000 words. Several images are included. From the Article: Though Yale library administrators and staff interviewed said preserving and expanding access […]
New CRS Report: lllegal Internet Streaming of Copyrighted Content: Legislation in the 112th Congress
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This report was published by CRS on August 29th. llegal Internet Streaming of Copyrighted Content: Legislation in the 112th Congress (14 pages; PDF) From the Report: “New technologies offer the potential to help copyright holders promote their creative works for artistic, educational, and commercial reasons. However, new technologies may increase the risk of infringement of […]
UK Government Pledges Copyright Reform, Reactions From the Library and Publishing Communities
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Libraries, News, Publishing
From Ars Technica: The British government today pledged (PDF) to enact significant changes to copyright law, including orphan works reforms and the introduction of new copyright exceptions. And the tone of the comments was surprising: the government agrees that “copyright currently over-regulates to the detriment of the UK.” CD (and perhaps DVD) ripping for personal […]
In Today's News: Two Major Copyright Rulings From the UK (w/ Full Text of Opinions)
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1. “The Court of Appeal in London has today upheld a ruling that headlines and web links taken from newspapers websites are protected by copyright.” (via Managing IP) Case: NLA v Meltwater & PRCA Full Text of Ruling (via BAILII) “Winners And Losers In The News Aggregator Copyright Case” (via paidContent) “PRCA and Meltwater are […]
University of Michigan Libraries: MLibrary Begins "First Serious Effort" to Identify Orphan Works in HathiTrust
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From a University of Michigan Library’s Copyright Office Announcement: The University of Michigan Library’s Copyright Office is launching the first serious effort to identify orphan works among the in-copyright holdings of the HathiTrust Digital Library, which is funding the project. The vast majority of HathiTrust’s holdings are in-copyright (73%). An unknown percentage of these are […]
