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Restrictions on the Waiver of Rights
Jonathan Band and Deborah Goldman provide examples of statutory limitations on contractual waivers of rights. These examples come from the US Code; the New York and California Codes; uniform acts; and...
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Library Copyright Alliance Releases User Guide to Marrakesh Treaty for Blind
On June 27, a Diplomatic Conference of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) held in Marrakesh, Morocco, adopted the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who...
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The Marrakesh Treaty
by guest blogger Jonathan Band, policybandwidth Read the full text of A User Guide to the Marrakesh Treaty On June 27, 2013, a Diplomatic Conference of the World Intellectual Property...
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Library Copyright Alliance Submits Statement to House Committee Regarding Copyright and Innovation
Yesterday, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted a statement on the role of copyright in innovation (PDF) to the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary. The committee has been...
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LCA Submits Statement to House Committee Regarding Copyright and Innovation
On July 24, 2013, Jonathan Band, on behalf of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), submitted a statement on the role of copyright in innovation to the US House of Representatives...
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Good fair use news from the 2d Circuit in #GBS
This morning a panel of judges from the Federal Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a short but significant opinion in the hotly-contested Google Books litigation. In less...
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LCA Submits Statement to WIPO in Support of Treaty for Blind
On June 27, 2013, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted a statement to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in support of a Treaty for the Blind. Statement (PDF)
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The Beginning of the End of the Book Famine
What a difference a week makes! After a lengthy negotiation process that had many advocates wondering whether the result would be worth the effort, last night the WIPO negotiators in...
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Library Copyright Alliance Hails WIPO for Landmark Victory for the Blind
The Library Copyright Alliance applauds the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for finalizing the Treaty for the Blind, a treaty that will allow nations to share or make accessible copies...
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Great Fair Use Advice from Reed Elsevier (Seriously!)
Sometimes litigation creates strange bedfellows. We have watched with great interest the case of White v. West, a lawsuit challenging legal research databases Lexis and Westlaw for their practice of...