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Established July 2006
ISSN: 1946-1852
by Rick Mason
Category Archives: Copyright
Long Copyrights Kill Books
This. The Hole in our Collective Memory : How Copyright made Mid-Century Books Vanish These are frightening numbers, and they should force us to consider the negative effects of longer copyright terms. The publication of knowledge and creativity blossomed during … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Copyright, Ethics, Government, OCLC, Publishing
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Dyslexia Typeface
I stumbled upon this typeface nearly eight months ago, and thought that I had written about it, but after recommending it for the 3rd or 4th time, I realized that I had failed to actually create the post. OpenDyslexic is … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Education, Licensing, Open Source
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The Common Sense of the Fair-Use Doctrine
Copyright can be a challenging maze for library folk and educators, and no area causes more stress than the Fair-Use Doctrine. This is mainly because it deals with gray areas of use, presenting guidelines rather than rules. The Common Sense … Continue reading
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Google Books Unsettled
The Google Books Settlement was tossed out by U.S. District Judge Denny Chin, arguing that it gave too much power to Google in allowing the company “significant rights to exploit entire books.” The major problem appears to be the issue … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Copyright, Government, News, Publishing
Tagged Copyright, copyright law, Denny Chin, Fair Use, Google Book Search, Google Inc., Orphan works
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My Library, My Lifeline
The Cecil County Public Library recently ran an awareness campaign called My Library, My Lifeline, which involved creating a logo. Now they are making the logo available to members of the library community: They ask that the logo’s use be … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Event, Groups, Libraries, Licensing, Promotions
Tagged Cecil County Public Library, creative commons, Libraries, Library, license, Logo, promotions
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OCLC and Data
The OCLC Record Use Policy Council today posted a draft of the WorldCat Rights and Responsibilities for the OCLC Cooperative. This is the second go-around for updating the 1987 Guidelines for the Use and Transfer of OCLC-derived Records, which is … Continue reading
Posted in Cataloging, Copyright, History, Libraries, Library 2.0, Licensing, News, OCLC, Online Databases, OPAC
Tagged OCLC Records Use Policy, Online Computer Library Center
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Public Domain Manifesto
The Public Domain Manifesto is an effort to describe the strengths of public domain, and to encourage support. Some of the general principles: The Public Domain is the rule, copyright protection is the exception. Copyright protection should last only as … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Government, History, Libraries, Licensing
Tagged Copyright, Manifesto, public domain, Public Domain Manifesto
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RECAPing PACER
PACER is the online access portal for “U.S. Appellate, District, and Bankruptcy court records and documents nationwide”. Because the documents it provides are created by the federal judiciary, they are not copyrightable; because PACER is the only place to obtain … Continue reading
Posted in Archival, Copyright, Government, Online Databases, Online Services, Open Access, Open Source, Software
Tagged appellate court, Bankruptcy court, federal government, firefox, Government, Internet Archive, Legal research, Open Access, Open Source, PACER, Public records, RECAP, United States copyright law
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Books : A Plan To Scan
A very straightforward and readable overview of the issues surrounding Google’s book scanning project appeared in yesterdays Financial Times : Books : A plan to scan. A prime focus of the analysis is the Orphan Works issue, books that fall … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Copyright, Ethics, Fair Use, Google, Libraries, Library 2.0, Licensing
Tagged Book scanning, Copyright, Digital libraries, Financial Times, Google, Library and information science, Orphan works, United States copyright law
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OCLC Withdraws Records Policy
The Review Board on Principles of Shared Data Creation and Stewardship has released their final report on OCLC’s proposed policy for use of records (pdf), and after reviewing the report, OCLC has formally withdrawn the policy. This conclusion to the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Cataloging, Copyright, Ethics, Fair Use, Groups, Libraries, Library 2.0, Licensing, News, OCLC
Tagged Libraries, Licensing, News, OCLC, OCLC Records Use Policy, Online Computer Library Center
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Use It or Lose It
The Center for Social Media at American University’s School of Communication has a PDF guide available for download titled Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video. To both illustrate and promote the practices, they have just released … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Definitions, Video
Tagged American University, Center for Social Media, Copyright, Fair Use, mashup, remix, Video
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Copyright Law, Love and Hate
Cory Doctorow has an interesting take on the differing attitude of copyright between those who wish to wish to honor a creative work and those who wish to diminish it. An excerpt: “The upshot of this is that you’re on … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Fair Use, Libraries, Publishing
Tagged Copyright, copyright law, Cory Doctorow, fan fiction, Firefly
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Google Book Search Settlement Links
Peter Murray has an incredibly good selection of links about the Google Book Search Settlement on the Disruptive Library Technology Jester blog. Really. Spend some time perusing them.
Posted in Books, Copyright, Fair Use, Google, Government, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Services, Publishing
Tagged Copyright, Google, Google Books, Peter Murray, Publishing
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Stupid Disclaimer
A brief rant, if you will accomodate me for a moment: I encountered a disclaimer in an e-mail that strikes me as extreme enough to mention: This email, and any attachment, is intended only for the person or entity to … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Language, WebSearch
Tagged copyfraud, Copyright, disclaimer, general public communication, internet search, legal
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Amazon and Contracts
Authors Guild: Contracts Forced Amazon to Flip on Kindle is an article on CNet.com in which the Authors Guild asserts that Amazon turned off the Kindle’s Text-to-speech function (unless authorized by a book’s publisher) due to contractual obligations, not pressure … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Books, Copyright, Licensing, Publishing
Tagged Amazon, Author's Guild, Contracts Authors Guild, Kindle, spokesperson, text-to-speech
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Confusing Assistance with Performance
Amazon.com has given in to the Publisher’s Guild on the issue of text-to-speech capabilities in the Kindle 2. In their press release, Amazon states up front that “Kindle 2’s experimental text-to-speech feature is legal: no copy is made, no derivative … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Books, Copyright, Fair Use, Google, Licensing, News, OCLC, Publishing
Tagged Amazon, Amazon.com, BookFinder.com Journal, Copyright, copyright law, Fair Use, Google, Google Inc., OCLC, public domain, text-to-speech, writer
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