(5 March 2013) The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) today filed reply comments (PDF) with the US Copyright Office in response to the office’s October 22, 2012, Notice of Inquiry (NOI) about the current state of play with orphan works and mass digitization. LCA reviewed the comments filed to date and concluded that “the significant diversity…
If you have been following the story, you’ll be interested in the latest news. The Authors Guild and its co-plaintiffs have filed their opening brief appealing from their decisive loss in the district court. According to Professor James Grimmelmann, New York Law School in his Laboratorium blog of 27 February, “Most of the arguments should…
(16 February 2013) Judith Rosen writes in Publishers Weekly that at a time when many independent booksellers in the US and abroad are beginning to gain traction selling Kobo e-books, other retailers are eyeing the secondary market for e-books and other digital content…Last month Amazon received a patent to create a digital marketplace for used…
The Institute for Information Law (http://www.ivir.nl) at the University of Amsterdam has reported that The European Copyright Society, a group of prominent European scholars, has issued an opinion on the Svensson case ( Case C-466/12), which is currently before the European Court of Justice. The case, which was referred to the Court by the Swedish…
Time, Cost, and “Not an Issue in My Work” Top Reasons for Not Checking for Plagiarism (OAKLAND, Calif., 5 December 2012 /PRNewswire/.) A study of more than 400 researchers, authors, and editors at scholarly publications reveals that while most agree that plagiarism is a serious problem on the rise, tactics to prevent or detect plagiarism…
The British Library today (20 December 2012) welcomes the announcement by Rt Hon Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, outlining new exceptions to the UK’s copyright framework. In particular, the Library welcomes the exceptions that will now allow: Digital preservation of its collections including, for the first time, sound and…
“On 10 October 2012, Judge Harold Baer, Jr. of the U.S. Southern District of New York court ruled in our favour on Authors Guild, Inc. et al. v. HathiTrust et al. We are pleased that the court has recognized the importance of the work that libraries are performing to preserve the scholarly record and provide…
A major economic report has found Australia’s copyright-based industries such as music, publishing and film continue to make a significant contribution to the national economy. The report, undertaken by PwC for the Australian Copyright Council, was released by the Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Innovation, The Hon Mark Dreyfus QC, MP in Parliament House, Canberra.…
On 23 October 2012 a diverse coalition of retailers, libraries, educators, internet companies and associations joined together to launch the Owners’ Rights Initiative (ORI) to protect ownership rights in the United States. ORI is committed to ensuring the right to resell genuine goods, regardless of where they were manufactured. ORI believes that this right is…
In August, Amazon Payments forced unglue.it to suspend campaigns. Since then, unglue.it has a new payment option (Stripe), is implementing new features, signing new rights holders, and releasing its first unglued eBook. Unglue.it is back in business. The five titles are being unglued are: Budding Reader Book Set 1: Cat And Rat (Ten Books) by…
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