Copyright Resources and Current Issues http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/ en-us Copyright 2010 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:22:32 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Michael Geist Video on Canada's "DMCA" Bill C32 Michael Geist edited a longer talk in order to pull together his discussion of Bill C-32, Canada's copyright bill. This video is posted on BoingBoing by Cory Doctorow.

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/06/07/video-explains-canad.html

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2010/06/michael_geist_video_on_canadas.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2010/06/michael_geist_video_on_canadas.html International Copyright Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:22:32 -0500 An Unofficial Guide to Today's Copyright Bill - Michael Geist Canada's Bill C-32 - being introduced June 2

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5078/135/

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2010/06/an_unofficial_guide_to_todays.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2010/06/an_unofficial_guide_to_todays.html International Copyright Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:28:06 -0500 Open Access Frequently Asked Questions by DRIVER DRIVER: Networking European Scientific Repositories
Considered the largest initiative of its kind in helping to enhance repository development worldwide, DRIVER is a multi-phase effort whose vision and primary objective is to create a cohesive, robust and flexible, pan-European infrastructure for digital repositories, offering sophisticated services and functionalities for researchers, administrators and the general public.

DRIVER has established a network of relevant experts and Open Access repositories. DRIVER-II will consolidate these efforts and transform the initial testbed into a fully functional, state-of-the art service, extending the network to a larger confederation of repositories. DRIVER is integral to the suite of electronic infrastructures that have emerged in the worldwide GÉANT network and is hence funded under the e-Infrastructures call of the European Commission's 7th framework programme. It aims to “… optimise the way the e-Infrastructure is used to store knowledge, add value to primary research data and information making secondary research more effective, provide a valuable asset for industry, and help bridging research and education.”

Open Access Frequently Asked Questions

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2010/05/open_access_frequently_asked_q.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2010/05/open_access_frequently_asked_q.html Open Access Wed, 26 May 2010 10:00:59 -0500 Open Access Week 2010 Kick-Off Planning Event Open Access Week 2010 Kick-Off Planning Event
A SPARC Webcast
Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Time: 12:00PM Eastern
There is no fee to attend. Please register by June 1 at http://www.arl.org/sparc/meetings/event_registration.shtml

Open Access Week (OAW) 2010 has been declared for October 18th to 24th and promises to be the biggest event of its kind so far. Already, participation promises to exceed previous years’, which included hundreds of campuses and research organizations in dozens of countries.

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2010/05/open_access_week_2010_kickoff.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2010/05/open_access_week_2010_kickoff.html Open Access Mon, 24 May 2010 10:36:31 -0500 Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement This is the description of the agreement from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative perspective:

http://www.ustr.gov/acta

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2010/05/anticounterfeiting_trade_agree.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2010/05/anticounterfeiting_trade_agree.html International Copyright Fri, 21 May 2010 06:41:20 -0500 RIAA is switching tactics from suing to kicking people off the internet It seems reasonable to assume that the "three strikes" clause in ACTA is the result of Recording Intustry Association of America [RIAA] discussions with international policy makers.


"As 2008 ended, the RIAA announced it was done suing individuals and instead would focus on getting copyright thieves barred from the internet."
http://securitythreat.info/online-security/copyright-lawsuits-plummet-in-aftermath-of-riaa-campaign/

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2010/05/riaa_is_switching_tactics_from.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2010/05/riaa_is_switching_tactics_from.html Copyright Litigation Thu, 20 May 2010 10:13:12 -0500 Cory Doctorow on Copyright vs. Universal Access Cory Doctorow on Copyright vs. Universal Access
"Author, activist, journalist and blogger, Cory Doctorow, delivers a lecture on Copyright vs. Universal Access. Subtitled, The State of Play in the Global Copyfight, this lecture was part of the Q2C Festival at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo."
posted April 30, 2010

http://www.tvo.org/TVO/WebObjects/TVO.woa?videoid?81441350001.

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2010/05/cory_doctorow_on_copyright_vs.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2010/05/cory_doctorow_on_copyright_vs.html General Wed, 12 May 2010 10:20:08 -0500 Peer to Peer and the Music Industry: The Criminalization of Sharing [webcast] Matthew David, Brunel University Professor and author discusses the influence of peer to peer sharing and other internet-facilitated copying on the music recording industry. This discussion is the result of his book by the same name.

http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/?view=Webcast&ID=20100209_313

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2010/05/peer_to_peer_and_the_music_ind.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2010/05/peer_to_peer_and_the_music_ind.html General Wed, 12 May 2010 10:03:00 -0500 Update: DOAJ over 5000 Journals May 2010:

Directory of Open Access Journals coversfree, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. We aim to cover all subjects and languages. There are now 5010 journals in the directory. Currently 2058 journals are searchable at article level. As of today 393112 articles are included in the DOAJ service.
http://www.doaj.org/

The aim of the Directory of Open Access Journals is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals thereby promoting their increased usage and impact.

The Directory aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content.

In short a one stop shop for users to Open Access Journals.

Definitions:

Open Access Journal:

We define open access journals as journals that use a funding model that does not charge readers or their institutions for access. From the BOAI definition of "open access" we take the right of users to "read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles" as mandatory for a journal to be included in the directory.

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2010/05/doaj_over_5000_journals.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2010/05/doaj_over_5000_journals.html Open Access Tue, 11 May 2010 15:14:44 -0500 Federal Research Public Access Act 2010 MAJOR RESEARCH INSTITUTION LEADERS SUPPORT LEGISLATION TO ENSURE PUBLIC ACCESS TO PUBLICLY FUNDED RESEARCH

The act was introduced in April and has received support from higher education:

"The provosts and presidents of 27 major private and public research institutions have voiced their support for the Federal Research Public Access Act in an “Open Letter to the Higher Education Community,” released Friday by the Harvard University Provost."

http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/issues/access/access_supporters/10-0503.shtml

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2010/05/federal_research_public_access.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2010/05/federal_research_public_access.html U.S. Copyright Legislation Fri, 07 May 2010 15:22:18 -0500 Copyright for Creativity Initiative This is an interesting new initiative that is directed toward developing more reasonable public policy on copyright for Europe.

From the main page:

"We believe that it is time for a discussion in the European institutions on how to ensure that copyright fully supports innovation, creativity, competition, and the public interest.
At a time when the copyright public policy debate tends to focus exclusively on enforcement, we believe it is time for a constructive policy agenda to ensure copyright meets the needs of the 21st century."


https://www.copyright4creativity.eu/bin/view/Main/

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2010/05/copyright_for_creativity_initi.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2010/05/copyright_for_creativity_initi.html International Copyright Thu, 06 May 2010 10:05:30 -0500 Anonymity not possible for accused copyright infringers In the post "RIAA Can Unmask Anonymous File Sharers, U.S. Court Rules" the news is that one cannot maintain one's anonymity if accused of infringement. The defendant attempted a defense based on right to privacy, but it did not hold up.

http://www.switched.com/2010/05/03/riaa-can-unmask-anonymous-file-sharers-u-s-court-rules/


Here is a link to the decision, posted on Legal Eagle

http://www.leagle.com/unsecure/page.htm?shortname=infco20100429089

]]> http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2010/05/anonymity_not_possible_for_acc.html http://liblogs.albany.edu/copyright/2010/05/anonymity_not_possible_for_acc.html Copyright Litigation Wed, 05 May 2010 09:15:50 -0500 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