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ARL Releases “Resource Packet On Orphan Works: Legal And Policy Issues For Research Libraries”
View or download the PDF HERE. Late yesterday the Association of Research Libraries released a Resource Packet on Orphan Works: Legal and Policy Issues for Research Libraries. Prepared by Prudence...
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LCA Statement on Authors Guild, Inc. et al. v. HathiTrust et al.
On September 14, 2011, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) released the following statement concerning the lawsuit, Authors Guild, Inc., et al. v. HathiTrust et al., against HathiTrust and its research...
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Google and Walmart – Wait, what?
In a new filing this week, one of the objectors to the Google Books settlement raised the spectre of the recent Supreme Court decision barring an epic class action sex...
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How Many Times Must Libraries Pay for the Same Coffee, er, Content?
In a recent “Soapbox” column for Publishers Weekly, Tom Allen of the Association of American Publishers seems to suggest that the academic publishing ecosystem may suffer grave harm due to...
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Research Library Issues, no. 275 (June 2011): Report of the Task Force on International Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Practices
RLI issue 275 includes: Report of the Task Force on International Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Practices White Paper: International Interlibrary Loan White Paper: US Law and International Interlibrary Loan White...
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Publishers Lose Another Claim As GSU Trial Comes to a Close
A one-sentence entry in an otherwise routine record of trial proceedings on May 26 reveals a significant victory for Georgia State University in its ongoing dispute with three academic publishers....
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The Missing Preface
Or, How Publishers Are Misusing 20th Century Guidelines To End Fair Use At GSU Earlier this week, the publisher plaintiffs in the Georgia State University e-reserves case – Cambridge University...
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YouTube Flunks Out with “Copyright School”
For a company whose entire business model depends on fair use, Google (parent company of YouTube) doesn’t seem too interested in helping others exercise their fair use rights. Yesterday YouTube...
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Library Copyright Alliance Releases Guide for the Perplexed Part IV, Analysis of Judge Chin’s Rejection of the Settlement
Today the LCA is proud to release A Guide For the Perplexed Part IV: The Rejection of the Google Books Settlement, the latest in the ongoing series of Guides for...
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What the Google Books Decision Said About Fair Use
As pundits and participants weigh in on the meaning of Judge Chin’s rejection of the Google Books settlement, it is important that one thing remain crystal clear: Judge Chin did...