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First Sale Fast Facts for Libraries
If you read this blog (or follow me on Twitter), you’ve probably at least heard of the “first sale doctrine.” Maybe you’ve heard about the Supreme Court case Kirtsaeng v....
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First Sale Fast Facts for Libraries
On January 18, 2013, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) published a one-page FAQ for libraries on the First Sale doctrine and how it relates to the Kirtsaeng v. Wiley case....
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Library Copyright Alliance Comments on Orphan Works and Mass Digitization
On Monday, January 14, 2013, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) (whose members are the American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries and Association of College and Research Libraries) filed comments...
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LCA Submits Comments to Copyright Office Regarding Orphan Works NOI
On January 14, 2013, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted comments to the US Copyright Office in response to their Notice of Inquiry regarding orphan works and mass digitization. In...
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LCA Submits Comments to US Copyright Office Regarding Orphan Works NOI
The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) today filed comments (PDF) with the US Copyright Office in response to their October 22, 2012, Notice of Inquiry (NOI) about the current state of play with...
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Fair Use of Textbooks – a Paradigm Case
In discussing fair use in the educational realm, we often mention that copying and distributing excerpts from textbooks, workbooks, and the like will present a challenge for the would-be fair...
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UC Berkeley Takes Historic Photos of California Landscape Online
UC Berkeley’s University Librarian Tom Leonard is a little self-effacing as he describes a project that might not have been possible before the Code, making historic California photographs available online...
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An Art Historian Uses the #LibrariansCode to Advocate for Open Access
Laurie Monahan is a professor on a mission. She’s an art historian at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and for years she’s been working with colleagues to develop an...
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Wash. U. St. Louis Gets Double Exposure for Its Graphic History Library
When museum curator Sky Lacerte saw a conference session about how some archives use photo overlays to show how landscapes and buildings have changed over time, she was inspired to...
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Starting a Copyright Conversation at Yale
As a participant in early meetings with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation about worthwhile projects in support of libraries, Yale University Librarian Susan Gibbons was there at the inception of...