Copyright Resources and Current Issues tag:liblogs.albany.edu,2009:/copyright//11 2009-09-10T15:59:59Z Movable Type 3.2 Copyright and free speech for authors: derivative works tag:liblogs.albany.edu,2009:/copyright//11.2354 2009-09-10T15:38:58Z 2009-09-10T15:59:59Z The American Library Association filed an amicus curiae brief brief regarding the Salinger v. Colting case, in which J.D. Salinger is suing for infringement due to the use of concepts and characters from his Catcher in the Rye novel in... Lorre Smith The American Library Association filed an amicus curiae brief brief regarding the Salinger v. Colting case, in which J.D. Salinger is suing for infringement due to the use of concepts and characters from his Catcher in the Rye novel in the new novel 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye . Details of the case are provided by Anthony Falzone in his August 3, 2009 blog entry, "Confusion Over Copyright Injunctions and other Restraints of Speech". There are also many useful links in the post for further reading.

Seems there are new arguments for derivative works and transformative works that incorporate free speech rights and they are well worth following.

]]> Copyright Alliance Blog tag:liblogs.albany.edu,2009:/copyright//11.2282 2009-06-22T19:25:38Z 2009-06-22T19:27:22Z "The Copyright Alliance believes that copyright law promotes creativity and job creation and strengthens the U.S. economy. Those who create, render, and publish copyrighted works rely on the copyright law and its enforcement, for their creative and financial success. Without... Lorre Smith "The Copyright Alliance believes that copyright law promotes creativity and job creation and strengthens the U.S. economy. Those who create, render, and publish copyrighted works rely on the copyright law and its enforcement, for their creative and financial success. Without it, these creators would likely cease to exist, or at the very least, cease to produce these important works that are enjoyed by billions of people around the world."

http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/

]]> WIPO Treaty discussions - news tag:liblogs.albany.edu,2009:/copyright//11.2250 2009-06-01T15:34:44Z 2009-06-01T15:48:31Z World Intellectual Property Organization Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights has been active and concluded its 18th session May 29. Below are several links to blogs reporting on the discussions. Twitter Feed for #sccr18 http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23sccr18 BoingBoing http://www.boingboing.net/2009/05/29/usa-canada-and-the-e.html Knowledge Ecology... Lorre Smith World Intellectual Property Organization Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights has been active and concluded its 18th session May 29. Below are several links to blogs reporting on the discussions.

Twitter Feed for #sccr18 http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23sccr18

BoingBoing http://www.boingboing.net/2009/05/29/usa-canada-and-the-e.html

Knowledge Ecology Notes http://www.keionline.org/blogs/2009/05/29/final-conclusions-of-sccr-18/#more-1961

ALA Washington Office update on SCCR18: http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=2972

]]> Science Commons: Open Access Law Program tag:liblogs.albany.edu,2009:/copyright//11.2239 2009-05-19T20:32:32Z 2009-06-23T14:39:30Z "The Open Access Law Program, a part of the Science Commons publishing project, supports “open access” to legal scholarship. http://sciencecommons.org/projects/publishing/oalaw/... Lorre Smith
"The Open Access Law Program, a part of the Science Commons publishing project, supports “open access” to legal scholarship.


http://sciencecommons.org/projects/publishing/oalaw/

]]> Google and Orphan Works tag:liblogs.albany.edu,2009:/copyright//11.2217 2009-05-05T20:07:20Z 2009-05-05T20:11:05Z 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... Lorre Smith 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/

]]> Podcasts about copyright from Columbia University tag:liblogs.albany.edu,2009:/copyright//11.2212 2009-05-01T20:25:26Z 2009-05-01T20:30:19Z 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,... Lorre Smith 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."

http://copyright.columbia.edu/podcasts

]]> Open Access Directory (wiki) tag:liblogs.albany.edu,2009:/copyright//11.2185 2009-04-16T18:56:51Z 2009-04-16T19:02:09Z "The Open Access Directory (OAD) is a compendium of simple factual lists about open access (OA) to science and scholarship, maintained by the OA community at large. By bringing many OA-related lists together in one place, OAD makes it easier... Lorre Smith "The Open Access Directory (OAD) is a compendium of simple factual lists about open access (OA) to science and scholarship, maintained by the OA community at large. By bringing many OA-related lists together in one place, OAD makes it easier for everyone to discover them and use them for reference."

http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Main_Page

This wiki is a very rich resource for all things Open Access. It's an excellent place to begin for those who wish to become informed about open access development and issues.

]]> President Obama's gift to the Queen of England tag:liblogs.albany.edu,2009:/copyright//11.2162 2009-04-06T19:06:45Z 2009-04-06T19:09:34Z This discussion of the President's gift highlights the silliness of our U.S. copyright law situation, and the continuing extraordinary influence of special interests. http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/first-sale-president-obama-and-queen-england... Lorre Smith This discussion of the President's gift highlights the silliness of our U.S. copyright law situation, and the continuing extraordinary influence of special interests.


http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/first-sale-president-obama-and-queen-england

]]> Bitlaw overview of copyright law tag:liblogs.albany.edu,2009:/copyright//11.2154 2009-04-01T16:03:37Z 2009-04-01T16:08:50Z A succinct series of pages regarding copyright and fair use, "BitLaw is created by Dan Tysver of the Minneapolis law firm of Beck & Tysver. " http://www.bitlaw.com/copyright/index.html... Lorre Smith A succinct series of pages regarding copyright and fair use, "BitLaw is created by Dan Tysver of the Minneapolis law firm of Beck & Tysver. "

http://www.bitlaw.com/copyright/index.html

]]> Amazon Kindle copyright woes tag:liblogs.albany.edu,2009:/copyright//11.2128 2009-03-18T19:46:28Z 2009-03-18T19:50:51Z The Amazon Kindle voice output capabilities raised the hackles of the Author's Guild. Read about it at ZDNet: http://government.zdnet.com/?p=4409... Lorre Smith The Amazon Kindle voice output capabilities raised the hackles of the Author's Guild. Read about it at ZDNet:


http://government.zdnet.com/?p=4409

]]> The Berne Convention - our copyright treaty tag:liblogs.albany.edu,2009:/copyright//11.1962 2009-01-08T15:30:15Z 2009-01-08T15:33:29Z For those who have neglected to actually look it up, here it is: The text of the Berne Convention, the basis for the reason corporate giants go to WIPO rather than wasting their time in the U.S. legislature. BERNE CONVENTION... Lorre Smith For those who have neglected to actually look it up, here it is: The text of the Berne Convention, the basis for the reason corporate giants go to WIPO rather than wasting their time in the U.S. legislature.

BERNE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF LITERARY AND ARTISTIC WORKS (Paris Text 1971)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/treaties/berne/overview.html

]]> SPARC responds to request for written testimony follow up tag:liblogs.albany.edu,2009:/copyright//11.1958 2009-01-06T20:55:49Z 2009-01-06T21:00:07Z From the Alliance for Taxpayer Access site: "In December 2008, Representative Berman, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet requested written follow up to Heather Joseph's testimony at the September 11 hearing described below.... Lorre Smith From the Alliance for Taxpayer Access site:

"In December 2008, Representative Berman, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet requested written follow up to Heather Joseph's testimony at the September 11 hearing described below. The Chairman posed four questions, which SPARC addressed in detail in its response [PDF]. "

http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/nih/berman_response_08-1201.pdf

]]> American University Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property: News tag:liblogs.albany.edu,2008:/copyright//11.1945 2008-12-16T15:49:00Z 2008-12-16T15:53:59Z This is a good place to go for news and happenings in the world of intellectual property. There are frequent entries, but not so much that it's overwhelming. There's a summary paragraph, a link to more and often a link... Lorre Smith This is a good place to go for news and happenings in the world of intellectual property. There are frequent entries, but not so much that it's overwhelming. There's a summary paragraph, a link to more and often a link to a full article from the original news source.


http://www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/

]]> Rutgers Copyright Resoruces Page tag:liblogs.albany.edu,2008:/copyright//11.1920 2008-12-02T18:56:13Z 2008-12-02T19:15:45Z Rutgers University Libraries has a well-ordered site in their pages: http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/copyright/copyright.shtml The sections include: Copyright Information Legal Materials Fair Use Tips, Guides, FAQ’s Key Internet Sites Organizations Author/Publisher Agreements Licensing... Lorre Smith Rutgers University Libraries has a well-ordered site in their pages:

http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/copyright/copyright.shtml

The sections include:

Copyright Information
Legal Materials
Fair Use
Tips, Guides, FAQ’s
Key Internet Sites
Organizations
Author/Publisher Agreements
Licensing

]]> A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED tag:liblogs.albany.edu,2008:/copyright//11.1905 2008-11-18T20:58:12Z 2008-11-18T21:03:50Z The Association for Research Libraries and the American Library Association have produced a pdf file: A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED: LIBRARIES AND THE GOOGLE LIBRARY PROJECT SETTLEMENT Jonathan Band policybandwidth jband@policybandwidth.com It is located on the web: http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/google-settlement-13nov08.pdf Dated November... Lorre Smith The Association for Research Libraries and the American Library Association have produced a pdf file:
A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED:
LIBRARIES AND THE GOOGLE LIBRARY PROJECT SETTLEMENT
Jonathan Band
policybandwidth
jband@policybandwidth.com

It is located on the web: http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/google-settlement-13nov08.pdf

Dated November 13, 2008:
"This paper does not explore the policy issues raised by the settlement. Rather, it outlines
the settlement’s provisions, with special emphasis on the provisions that apply directly
to libraries."

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