Copyright Resources and Current Issues

After bouncing around for awhile in PK's blog I arrived at this page, which deserves some thought, even if you saw it when it was first released.

In lieu of trying to start from scratch with a new copyright bill, it's a worthwhile proposal, and I'm looking forward to seeing how PK starts the legislative discussions that will be following.

In abbreviated form, The six points are:

1. Fair Use Reform.
2. Limits on Secondary Liability.
3. Protections Against Copyright Abuse.
4. Fair and Accessible Licensing.
5. Orphan Works Reform.
6. Notice of Technological and Contractual Restrictions on Digital Media.

http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/1245

Posted by Lorre Smith at 11:48 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Adrian K. Ho and Charles W. Bailey, Jr. have come together to provide us with this marvelous resource regarding open access.

From the Introduction: "This webliography presents a wide range of electronic resources related to the open access movement that are freely available on the Internet as of April 2005.

In basic terms, the goal of the open access movement is to make scholarly articles freely available in digital form worldwide with minimal restrictions on their use (e.g., proper attribution of authorship). In reality, it's more complex than this because of differences of opinion about what open access should or shouldn't try to achieve. Some advocates say free access to scholarly articles is enough, minimal restrictions are not needed. Others say that the basic goal is correct, but permanent archiving is also required. Still others say why stop at scholarly articles, make all types of scholarly literature freely available in digital form. Such doctrinal differences are normal and healthy in such an important and dynamic movement."

http://www.digital-scholarship.org/cwb/oaw.htm

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