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Rigsby and Adjmi: Two Recent Fair Use Opinions
In March, two district courts issued opinions in cases involving fair use, finding that the facts of both cases supported fair use claims. The first, Rigsby v. Erie Insurance Company...
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GSU Opposes Publishers’ Motion to Reopen Record in E-Reserves Case
Following the Eleventh Circuit’s reversal and remand of the Georgia State University (GSU) e-reserves case in which the court largely rejected many arguments advanced by the publisher plaintiffs, the publishers...
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Publishers File Motion to Reopen Record in GSU Electronic Reserves Case; GSU Opposes
On October 17, 2014, the Eleventh Circuit ruled in the Georgia State University e-reserve case, directing the lower court to revisit its fair use analysis and avoid using an arithmetic...
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LCA Joins Amicus Brief in Support of Respondent—Commil v. Cisco
On February 24, 2015, members of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) filed an amicus brief in support of respondent in the Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc. case being...
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Fair and Balanced Result in New Jersey Media Group v. Fox News Network
*This week is Fair Use Week, an annual celebration of the important doctrines of fair use and fair dealing. It is designed to highlight and promote the opportunities presented by fair...
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ARL’s Research Library Issues 285 Highlights Copyright Developments
ARL has published Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 285, a special issue focusing on recent developments in US copyright law as well as international copyright agreements. Many of these developments...
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Research Library Issues, no. 285 (2015)
Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 285 focuses on recent developments in US copyright law as well as international copyright agreements. Many of these developments have significant implications for research libraries...
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New Fair Use Cases for 2015: Rosen v. eBay and Fox v. DISH
It's Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of the law, and addressing...
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Authors Guild v. HathiTrust Litigation Ends in Victory for Fair Use
For the past several years, HathiTrust and five of its member universities have been engaged in litigation after being sued by the Authors Guild. On January 6, 2015, the parties...
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Misconceptions About GSU Electronic Reserves, Coursepacks and the Media Neutrality Doctrine
In recent testimony (both written and oral) at the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Hearing on Copyright Issues in Education and for the Visually Impaired,...