http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/ This blog is to share information and insight on copyright law, trends and practices and how they may affect the Northwestern University community. en Copyright 2008 Sun, 04 May 2008 16:24:39 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss offers an interesting commentary on the May 2 discussion hosted by the New York Bar Association, "Bridgeman and the Future of Public Domain Art." ]]> http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/05/public_domain_art.html http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/05/public_domain_art.html Events Sun, 04 May 2008 16:24:39 -0600 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.]]> http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/04/new_orphan_works_legislation_i.html http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/04/new_orphan_works_legislation_i.html Legislation Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:41:35 -0600 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. ]]> http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/04/what_does_the_lawsuit_against.html http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/04/what_does_the_lawsuit_against.html Litigation Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:09:43 -0600 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.]]> http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/04/publishers_sue_georgia_state_u.html http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/04/publishers_sue_georgia_state_u.html News Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:48:04 -0600 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.]]> http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/03/section_108_study_group_releas.html http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/03/section_108_study_group_releas.html News Publications Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:37:56 -0600 Turnitin.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]]> http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/03/turnitincom_wins_suit_transfor.html http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/03/turnitincom_wins_suit_transfor.html Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:51:54 -0600 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. ]]> http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/03/nih_hosts_meeting_on_open_acce.html http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/03/nih_hosts_meeting_on_open_acce.html Events Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:00:00 -0600 speaks today at the Harvard Berkman Center. Havard usually webcasts these events, and archives them on their events page. The Open Access mandate recently adopted by the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences doesn't apply to the faculty in Harvard's other schools, including Law, Business and Education. This should be an interesting talk. For more background, read Suber's extended coverage of the Harvard vote in the March 2 issue of Open Access News. ]]> http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/03/peter_suber_speaks_today_what.html http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/03/peter_suber_speaks_today_what.html Presentations Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:00:00 -0600 news blog, the MIT Libraries have re-established access to the Society of Automotive Engineers digital library after SAE agreed to remove Digital Rights Management (DRM) measures from its papers. SAE had been using an Adobe Acrobat plugin called File Open to restrict use of the paper after download.]]> http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/03/sae_removes_drm_from_papers.html http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/03/sae_removes_drm_from_papers.html News Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:28:23 -0600 reported previously on this blog, the Library Copyright Alliance has a new international copyright advocates program. This week, they made a statement about the importance of fair use and the proposed orphan works legislation. As they mention in their statement, there is a hearing on March 13, 2008, about the pending orphan works legislation.]]> http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/03/library_copyright_experts_make.html http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/03/library_copyright_experts_make.html Events Legislation News Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:41:10 -0600 http://www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2008/february2008/macarthur2008.htm]]> http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/02/macarthur_grant_for_oitp_for_s.html http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/02/macarthur_grant_for_oitp_for_s.html News Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:57:25 -0600 Three interesting news items this week... http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/02/ip_news_harvard_princeton_and.html http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/02/ip_news_harvard_princeton_and.html News Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:26:25 -0600 LawCommons or AltLaw, have a look. Open access to full text of Supreme Court and Appellate Court decisions going back to the early 1970s. Very nice. Click-wrap licenses There's an interesting thread unfolding over at the University of Chicago Law School Faculty Blog, and I'm finding it fascinating on two levels.]]> http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/02/clickwrap_licenses.html http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/02/clickwrap_licenses.html Publications Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:34:57 -0600 American Library Association's Midwinter Conference. While this has been a quieter year on the copyright legislation front, probably thanks to the upcoming election, there are a few things worthy of an update.]]> http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/01/copyright_roundup.html http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/01/copyright_roundup.html Legislation News Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:19:07 -0600 Open Access News]]> http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/01/while_we_were_out_open_access.html http://www.library.northwestern.edu/blog/nulcopyright/2008/01/while_we_were_out_open_access.html Legislation Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:50:52 -0600