NUL Copyright
This blog is to share information and insight on copyright law, trends and practices and how they may affect the Northwestern University community.
May 4, 2008Public domain artPeter Hirtle offers an interesting commentary on the May 2 discussion hosted by the New York Bar Association, "Bridgeman and the Future of Public Domain Art." April 25, 2008New Orphan Works legislation introducedBoth the U.S. House and Senate yesterday introduced new Orphan Works legislation. Read the text of the bill and commentary from Public Knowledge. There is also a press release from Senator Patrick Leahy's office. Orphan Works are works for whom a copyright owner cannot be found. April 20, 2008What does the lawsuit against Georgia State mean?As reported in a previous post, three publishers filed suit against Georgia State University last week, alleging flagrant violation of their copyrights by posting and allowing faculty to post course reading material online. Continue reading "What does the lawsuit against Georgia State mean?"…April 16, 2008Publishers Sue Georgia State U. on e-coursepackThe New York TImes reports today that Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and Sage Publications have entered a lawsuit against four Georgia State University officials for copyright infringement. The case involves the provision of course readings to students, though no details are provided in the story regarding the means of distribution of material the University has considered as falling under the Fair Use provision of the US Copyright Act. Continue reading "Publishers Sue Georgia State U. on e-coursepack"…March 28, 2008Section 108 Study Group releases its reportThe Study Group formed by the United States Copyright Office to make recommendations about possible revisions to Section 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law has released its final report. Available from the Study Group web site in full version (202 pages, PDF) or executive summary. Section 108 sets forth a number of exemptions for libraries and archives, is employed in a number of key library services, including Interlibrary Loan, Preservation, and some digital reformatting projects. March 26, 2008Turnitin.com wins suit -- transformative fair useTurnitin.com has had a lawsuit against it dismissed on grounds that its use of student papers in its plagiarism detection service was transformative, and thus exempt under fair use. Turnitin's service, often accessed through course management systems, provides instructors a way to compare the texts of student papers with other texts (other student papers, web sites, and some proprietary full-text databases available on the web), calculating a score reflecting the amount of duplication between a student's paper and the other sources. As papers are submitted for such evaluation, their texts are added to the database for future comparisons. A Library Journal news story on this case is reported at http://www.libraryjournal.com/info/CA6544790.html?nid=2673#news4 March 19, 2008NIH hosts meeting on Open Access, 3/20The National Institutes of Health are hosting a public meeting on Thursday, March 20, 2008. The event will be webcast live. Public comments about the NIH's new open access mandate are available via the site; many have been contributed by cancer patients and their families in support of free and open access to new scientific research. It promises to be a very interesting event. |
"...while I shall think myself bound to secure every man in the enjoyment of his copyright, one must not put manacles upon science."
-Lord Ellenborough, Cary v. Kearsley, 1803
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