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Searcher July 2005 Laura Gordon-Murnane |
Generosity and Copyright: Creative Commons and Creative Commons Search Tools Librarians now have a useful tool they can use to help identify content that patrons might want to use in a podcast, a mash-up, a collage, a video contribution to a blog, a document, a presentation, or whatever.  |
ONLINE Jan/Feb 2010 Laura Gordon-Murnane |
Creative Commons: Copyright Tools for the 21st Century Copyright laws in the U.S. have been around since 1790, but two 20th-century revisions, coupled with the internet's fostering of a read/write culture, have had a significant impact on the use, reuse, and distribution of digital media and content in this century.  |
Information Today August 26, 2014 Abby Clobridge |
New MOOC Teaches Educators and Librarians About Copyright Copyright for Educators & Librarians is one of a few new courses directly related to the work of librarians and information professionals.  |
Information Today November 19, 2013 George H. Pike |
Google's Fair Use Defense Prevails in Google Books Lawsuit A federal court in New York gave Google a huge victory that may likely end its 9-year fight with the Authors Guild and individual authors over the Google Books scanning project.  |
Searcher December 2002 Carol Ebbinghouse |
Just Can't Hardly Give It Away: Generosity Versus Copyright Many do not want to give up their copyright and the financial return on their creative work, but a growing number of creators do want to make their creations freely available.  |
D-Lib February 2006 Esther Hoorn |
Copyright Issues in Open Access Research Journals: The Authors' Perspective A survey reveals the desire on the part of academics to change the balance of rights within copyright between authors and publishers in scholarly communication journals.  |
Information Today September 22, 2011 Nancy K. Herther |
Authors Take Libraries to Court in Face Off on Copyright Issues On Sept. 12, eight authors -- including James Shapiro and Fay Weldon -- along with three key organizations representing authors in North America and Australia -- filed suit to stop academic libraries from their participation in HathiTrust digitization projects  |
Information Today April 30, 2015 |
ARL Announces Copyright Policy Coalition The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), American Library Association, Center for Democracy & Technology, and seven other organizations launched the Re:create coalition for promoting balanced copyright policy.  |
PC Magazine July 18, 2008 Sascha Segan |
Copyrights--and Wrongs Endless copyright terms don't promote creativity, they stifle it.  |
InternetNews March 24, 2005 Tim Gray |
Yahoo Offers Creative Commons Search Yahoo Creative Commons will help developers and site owners find content published by authors willing to share or reuse it.  |
D-Lib February 2007 Crews & van Westrienen |
Copyright, Publishing, and Scholarship: The "Zwolle Group" Initiative for the Advancement of Higher Education The relationship of copyright law to the creation and publication of scholarly works is a critical concern for the advancement of new knowledge.  |
Salon.com August 31, 2001 Damien Cave |
Copywrong? A government report giving the Digital Millennium Copyright Act a passing grade is a disaster for the general public, say critics...  |
Information Today June 3, 2002 Wallys W. Conhaim |
Creative Commons Nurtures the Public Domain Creative Commons is a new nonprofit organization that develops alternative approaches to handling copyright licensing and encouraging contributions to the public domain within the framework of the current copyright system.  |
Information Today November 27, 2006 Marji McClure |
Lisensa Poised to Raise Profile of User-Generated Content Lisensa launched this month with the goal of enabling bloggers to manage the copyright and monetization of their unique content.  |
Information Today May 19, 2011 |
Library Copyright Alliance Releases Statement on Copyright Reform Libraries have always advocated for reasonable copyright policy -- in the courts as well as in the U.S. Congress.  |
IEEE Spectrum March 2006 David Kushner |
Uncommon Law An interview with Lawrence Lessig, founder and chair of Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization that lets copyright holders, from musicians to engineers, grant flexible use of their work on his plans to launch the Science Commons with the hopes of expanding into the world of research.  |
Information Today October 7, 2014 Nancy K. Herther |
European Law Works to Move Copyright Into the 21st Century The European Court of Justice ruled that libraries, "for the purpose of research or private study," can digitize works as a legitimate fair use exemption to European Union copyright law, with some specific limitations.  |
Information Today November 19, 2009 |
International Activists Launch New Copyright Watch Website The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Electronic Information for Libraries, and other international copyright experts joined together to launch a public website created to centralize resources on national copyright laws.  |
T.H.E. Journal October 2005 |
Library of Congress Launches Website The Library of Congress has launched a Web site to cover the work of a special independent committee that is recommending changes to section 108 of the Copyright Act.  |
Information Today March 25, 2013 George H. Pike |
A 'Total Victory' for the First Sale Doctrine from the Supreme Court In a powerful and conclusive opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that copyright's First Sale doctrine applies to all legal copyrighted works regardless of where they are manufactured.  |
T.H.E. Journal October 2003 |
Are You Breaking the Law? Copyright guidelines for video streaming and digital video in the classroom  |
Salon.com January 17, 2003 Siva Vaidhyanathan |
After the copyright smackdown: What next? Don't despair at the Supreme Court's gift to Disney, says one expert. The fight has really only just begun.  |
D-Lib Sep/Oct 2014 |
In Brief and In the News Higher education, library groups release Net Neutrality Principles... ALA applauds Congress for passing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act... Finalists announced for the Digital Preservation Awards 2014...  |
Reason July 2001 Mike Godwin |
Copywrong Why the Digital Millennium Copyright Act hurts the public interest...  |
Information Today April 11, 2011 |
Library Copyright Alliance Releases Analysis of the Google Books Settlement Rejection The LCA comprises the American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, and the Association of College and Research Libraries.  |
D-Lib May/Jun 2015 |
In Brief and In the News President Obama Announces Open eBooks and ConnectED Library Challenge... IMLS announces public request for comment and webinar on broadband barriers... Julie Todaro Wins 2016-2017 ALA Presidency...  |
Scientific American February 14, 2005 |
Beyond the Big How copyright became "no right to copy." Overly strong property rights can threaten the Internet as a medium capable of fostering dynamic interchange of ideas.  |
Information Today September 12, 2011 George H. Pike |
Orphan Works Project to Scan Library Books for Online Database This Orphan Works Project could result in digital access to millions of out-of-print books, but it also runs a risk of violating federal copyright laws.  |
Information Today October 15, 2012 Karen Coyle |
HathiTrust Lawsuit Decision Reaffirms Libraries in the Digital Age Judge Harold Baer Jr. of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, in his decision in Authors Guild v. HathiTrust decided firmly on the side of HathiTrust and, in particular, on its fair use defense.  |
The Motley Fool November 30, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
Google Gets Burned Big questions remain unanswered about digital media's future. Google's battles to get its hands on copyrighted content may ultimately carry a hefty financial price for its shareholders.  |
Searcher February 2002 Carol Ebbinghouse |
Not All Laws Are Free: The Importance of the Veeck Case When it comes to legal issues, an erroneous assumption older than the Internet appears: The text of all laws is free of copyright and may be copied and/or distributed freely...  |
Wired December 2001 Lawrence Lessig |
May the Source Be With You The laws protecting software code are stifling creativity, destroying knowledge, and betraying the public trust. It's time to bust the copyright monopoly...  |
Information Today January 25, 2010 |
Open Book Alliance Urges a Public Guardian for Digital Book Database--Not Google The Open Book Alliance has asked Congress to help establish a digital book database that provides greater access to books, respects the rights of authors and publishers, and doesn't grant undue power to any single company.  |
Information Today October 18, 2010 Susanne Bjorner |
Creative Commons Releases Public Domain Mark Creative Commons announced the release of a tool that enables works free of known copyright restrictions to be labeled in a way that clearly communicates that status to the public and allows easy discovery of such works on the internet.  |
D-Lib Nov/Dec 2014 |
In Brief and In the News Federal Grants of $30 Million Awarded to Support Museums across the U.S... Knowledge Managers' New Role in Making Open Scholarship Mainstream... 2014 Digital Preservation Training Needs Assessment Survey...  |
Information Today September 22, 2015 Nancy K. Herther |
Libraries Find Creative Ways to Color Outside the Lines This is the second year that all types of libraries reached out "to their communities in new and engaging ways," with the shared event Outside the Lines.  |
Information Today January 2006 Richard Poynder |
To Have and to Hold - Viewpoint: Association of American Publishers The Association of American Publishers has taken a stand on Google Book Search, previously called the Google Print Library Project. Here is its viewpoint.  |
Searcher March 2005 Carol Ebbinghouse |
Open Access: The Battle for Universal, Free Knowledge Many publishers are joining authors in permitting open access through self-archiving in institutional repositories.  |
Information Today December 2005 Keith Kupferschmid |
Are Authors and Publishers Getting Scroogled? A copyright analysis of the Google Print Library Project.  |
D-Lib Nov/Dec 2012 |
In Brief and In the News IMLS Awards Grant to Engage Libraries... Semantic Search: Magnet for the Needle in the Search Haystack... NPG expands Creative Commons Attribution license options...  |
D-Lib November 2006 Peter B. Hirtle |
Author Addenda: An Examination of Five Alternatives While not perfect, author addenda can be an important tool that authors can use to retain the rights they want or that their employing institutions request that they retain.  |
D-Lib Nov/Dec 2015 |
In Brief and In the News OCLC prints last library catalog cards... VRA Core RDF Ontology available for review... ALA awarded IMLS grant for IFLA 2016 Congress Fellowships...  |
D-Lib Jul/Aug 2013 Fowler & Smith |
Drawing the Blueprint As We Build: Setting Up a Library-based Copyright and Permissions Service for MOOCs The rapid growth of Massively Open Online Courses in higher education has raised the question of what services libraries on campus can, and should, provide for these courses.  |
D-Lib February 2008 Datema et al. |
In Brief Getting the most out of your institutional repository... Science assets of the digital age at risk... Linus Pauling and the International Peace Movement: a documentary history... etc.  |
Information Today October 15, 2012 Abby Clobridge |
Open Access Week Preview For most institutions, Open Access Week is a way to increase the visibility of open access among scientists, researchers, librarians, university faculty members, and students.  |
InternetNews October 29, 2008 David Needle |
Authors Cheer Google Book Search Deal Settlement for $125 million ends a long battle over Google's Library project and searching inside books.  |
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In Brief and In the News Harnessing the Cognitive Surplus of the Nation by Crowdsourcing... Medieval Electronic Scholarly Alliance receives implementation funding from the Mellon Foundation... Content from European National and Research Libraries Now Available through New Portal for Researchers...  |
D-Lib October 2003 Geneva Henry |
On-line Publishing in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities To understand where publishing is headed, we must consider the possibilities of what can be achieved with new technologies that enable the exchange of knowledge and information in unprecedented ways.  |
Information Today February 25, 2002 George H. Pike |
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Copyright Challenge Case On February 19, the U.S. Supreme Court gave an unexpected, late Valentine surprise to the copyright and publishing communities by agreeing to hear a challenge to the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act...  |
Information Today February 13, 2006 Miriam A. Drake |
University of Michigan President Distresses Scholarly Publishers Mary Sue Coleman delivered an address that concerned the Google Book Library Project at the University of Michigan and issues related to copyright, preservation, and providing public access to knowledge.  |