RIAA: Tenenbaum “fair use” defense is laughable
News | www.librarystuff.net | Jul 15, 2009
Ars Technica - The first P2P trial in the US ended with a $1.92 million verdict. The second begins in two weeks, but the recording industry has just moved for
http://www.librarystuff.net/2009/07/15/riaa-tenenbaum-fair-use-defense-is-laughable/
Deciding What Information Is Fair to Use
News | www.resourceshelf.com | Jul 3, 2009
Reid Goldsborough writes:One of the catchphrases on the internet is “Information wants to be free.” This creates the impression that anything you come across online is free for the using. Not quite.The same laws that protect intellectual property elsewhere can get you in trouble for appropriating
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2009/07/03/deciding-what-information-is-fair-to-use/
NECC (without guilt), Fair Use, & the Smackdown
Blog | www.schoollibraryjournal.com | Jul 1, 2009
Description: A discussion of information fluency, teaching, and learning in the 21st century.
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/660046266.html
Salinger's Last Stand
News | www.publishersweekly.com | Jun 22, 2009
Shortly before an 11:30 a.m. hearing on June 17, the sergeant at arms appeared in the hallway outside of courtroom 24B in Manhattan federal court. “Plaintiff?” he called out. “Plaintiff? I guess the plaintiff isn't here?” he asked. The lawyers exchanged sideways glances. “Surprised?” one of them
Register of Copyrights Not Asked by Congress To Weigh in on Google Book Search?
News | www.libraryjournal.com | Mar 20, 2009
That in and of itself is not a shocker—a lot of experts are still torn over whether the plan was indeed a fair use. But as Cornell University’s Peter Hirtle noted, the real surprise is that Congress, well, just didn’t seem to care about the program.
The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education
Blog | blog.ucsd.edu | Feb 9, 2009
From ACRL Insider: The ACRL Board of Directors recently endorsed the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education, developed to offer guidance to educators at all levels who use copyrighted materials to teach media literacy skills. Click HERE to go to the Center For Social
‘After the Deluge: A Novel of Post-Economic San Francisco’—plus a Creative Commons update
Blog | www.teleread.org | Dec 14, 2008
The Solomon Scandals is a D.C. newspaper novel---a mix of suspense and satire on Washington's oft-bizarre ways. Creative Commons, hit by reduced corporate gifts due to the recession, is looking for more donations from individuals. Check out Andy Oram's post on CC's
The Fair and Responsible Use of Space: an International Perspective
News | www.bespacific.com | Dec 11, 2008
European Space Policy Institute papers available online: "Papers presented at the workshop The Fair and Responsible Use of Space: an...
The OCA on the costs of the Google settlement for libraries
News | www.earlham.edu | Dec 11, 2008
Take for example the digital copy that Google gives to a library in exchange for scanning its copy of a book. Previously, all library partners were given digital copies.
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2008/12/oca-on-costs-of-google-settlement-for.html
Google Settles With Publishers.
Blog | blog.utmb.edu | Dec 10, 2008
On Oct. 28, Google announced that it had come to an agreement with the Association of Amercian Publishers (AAP) and the Authors Guild (AG), which would allow the settlement of the suit initiated by these groups for infringement of their copyrights, resulting from the Google Library Project.
