Copyright Resources and Current Issues http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/ en-us Copyright 2009 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:38:58 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Copyright and free speech for authors: derivative works 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.

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2009/09/copyright_and_free_speech_for.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2009/09/copyright_and_free_speech_for.html Copyright Litigation Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:38:58 -0500 Copyright Alliance Blog "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/

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2009/06/copyright_alliance_blog.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2009/06/copyright_alliance_blog.html Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:25:38 -0500 WIPO Treaty discussions - news 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

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2009/06/wipo_treaty_discussions_news.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2009/06/wipo_treaty_discussions_news.html International Copyright Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:34:44 -0500 Science Commons: Open Access Law Program
"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/

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2009/05/science_commons_open_access_la_1.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2009/05/science_commons_open_access_la_1.html Tue, 19 May 2009 15:32:32 -0500 Google and Orphan Works 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/

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2009/05/google_and_orphan_works.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2009/05/google_and_orphan_works.html Copyright Litigation Tue, 05 May 2009 15:07:20 -0500 Podcasts about copyright from Columbia University 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

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2009/05/podcasts_about_copyright_from.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2009/05/podcasts_about_copyright_from.html General Fri, 01 May 2009 15:25:26 -0500 Open Access Directory (wiki) "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.

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2009/04/open_access_directory_wiki.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2009/04/open_access_directory_wiki.html Open Access Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:56:51 -0500 President Obama's gift to the Queen of England 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

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2009/04/president_obamas_gift_to_the_q.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2009/04/president_obamas_gift_to_the_q.html General Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:06:45 -0500 Bitlaw overview of copyright law 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

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2009/04/bitlaw_overview_of_copyright_l.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2009/04/bitlaw_overview_of_copyright_l.html General Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:03:37 -0500 Amazon Kindle copyright woes 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

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2009/03/amazon_kindle_copyright_woes.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2009/03/amazon_kindle_copyright_woes.html Copyright Litigation Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:46:28 -0500 The Berne Convention - our copyright treaty 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

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2009/01/the_berne_convention_our_copyr.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2009/01/the_berne_convention_our_copyr.html International Copyright Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:30:15 -0500 SPARC responds to request for written testimony follow up 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

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2009/01/sparc_responds_to_request_for.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2009/01/sparc_responds_to_request_for.html U.S. Copyright Legislation Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:55:49 -0500 American University Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property: News 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/

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2008/12/american_university_program_on.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2008/12/american_university_program_on.html Copyright News Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:49:00 -0500 Rutgers Copyright Resoruces Page 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

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2008/12/rutgers_copyright_resoruces_pa.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2008/12/rutgers_copyright_resoruces_pa.html Resources Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:56:13 -0500 A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED 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."

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2008/11/a_guide_for_the_perplexed.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2008/11/a_guide_for_the_perplexed.html Copyright Litigation Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:58:12 -0500