Science Commons: Open Access Law Program
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"The Open Access Law Program, a part of the Science Commons publishing project, supports “open access” to legal scholarship.
This article throws some very interesting light on the publicized settlement by Google.
From Open Education News:
"A2K and orphaned work: the rise of the Open Access Trust Inc"
April 14, 2009 ·
"On April, 13 a group of professors lead by Charles Nesson, Lewis Hyde and Harry Lewis requested a pre-motion conference to Judge Denny Chin seeking to file a motion to intervene in the case Authors Guild v. Google."
http://openeducationnews.org/2009/04/14/a2k-and-orphaned-work-the-rise-of-the-open-access-trust-inc/
This series of podcasts will provide a good grounding regarding the issues for educators. Dr. Crews is well-known as an organized speaker and writer who presents the issues clearly and concisely.
"Each podcast is typically about 15 minutes in length, and the series is especially suited for giving members of the academic community a guide to the fundamentals of copyright for teaching, research, and other pursuits."