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Established July 2006
ISSN: 1946-1852
by Rick Mason
Category Archives: Copyright
Putting some CC into your RSS
Great post over at RSS4Lib about placing Creative Commons licensing information into your RSS feed. This is a fantastic idea because the entire purpose of RSS is to let others have control over how they receive your content. This allows … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Copyright, Licensing, Web Design
Tagged creative commons, RSS
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Creative Commons Upheld
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld (pdf) the Creative Commons License as valid, as well as establishing its relationship to copyright law. Basically, if someone uses a work in violation of a Creative Commons … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Licensing
Tagged Copyright, creative commons, United States Court of Appeals
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Death of a Blog
Not the death of this blog, but of the ending of The Patry Copyright Blog, which has been consistently informative, educational, and timely. I truly hope that William Patry returns to blogging at some point, as I can only guess … Continue reading
Scrabulous and Copyright
Disclaimer: I have been an avid user of Scrabulous for several month (Stats: 70 wins and 3 losses, best bingo at 158 points), and am sad to see it go. I am not posting because of this, however, but because … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, History
Tagged Copyright, copyright law, Facebook, Patents, Scrabble, Scrabulous
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Online Textbook Copyright Infringement
Peter Suber at Open Access News has an excellent post on the language being used when discussing copyright infringement of textbooks. I personally prefer what I have in the title of this post; results may vary. We have been through … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Copyright, Ethics, Open Access, Publishing
Tagged Copyright, Open Access, Peter Suber
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TC is PO’d over AP
An interesting situation is brewing over at the TechCrunch blog. Michael Arrington, upset over the Associated Press going after bloggers who quote from AP stories, has argued that the AP is not taking Fair Use into consideration and has declared … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Copyright, Fair Use, News
Tagged Associated Press, copyright law, lawyer, Michael Arrington, online quoting, USD
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An Interesting Orphan Works Example
In a brief essay titled Orphan Works: A Rant, posted on ©ollecanea, Kenny Crews presents an interestingly common example of how a common encounter results in an orphan work. “…I kindly handed the camera to a total stranger, requesting a … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Fair Use, Photography
Tagged copyright law, Iowa, Kenny Crews, photographer
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Words and Music (plus copyright)
Most of us have been in a restaurant when someone is celebrating a birthday. In many chain restaurants, the wait staff will gather around the table and sing a song to the celebrant. It usually isn’t “Happy Birthday to You” … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, History, Licensing
Tagged George Washington University Law School, The
George Washington University, The
George Washington University
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Open Access and Undergraduate Research
A great, thought-provoking post on the OpenStudents blog : Open Access meets Undergrad Research… Please? If I were to be researching a paper on a topic that has a strong open access presence (and the easiest way to see these … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Copyright, Education, Libraries, Open Access
Tagged instructor, live web connection
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Open Bibliographic Data : The State of Play
Open Bibliographic Data : The State of Play is a post by Rufus Pollock at the Open Knowledge Foundation which examines a variety of sources for cataloging and database information. He makes the observation, which I think is on target, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Cataloging, Copyright, Libraries, Online Databases, Open Access
Tagged Open Knowledge Foundation, Play Open, Rufus Pollock
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TimesMachine
TimesMachine is a complete, easy to use browser for all New York Times editions between September 18, 1851 (their first date of publication) through December 31, 1922 (the day before copyright still exists). from Metafilter
Posted in Copyright, History, News, Online Services
Tagged New York Times
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Primer on Copyright Liability and Fair Use
Primer on Copyright Liability and Fair Use is part of the Citizen Media Law Project’s Legal Guide, scheduled to launch later this month. It contains a great introduction/overview of what is allowed and not allowed with copyright. Best of all, … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Fair Use, Online Services, Publishing
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Copyfraud
The topic of Copyfraud has been on my mind for the past few months. It is interesting how once you start noticing something relatively subtle, you can reach a point where you start seeing it all the time. This has … Continue reading
Free-Reading
Free-Reading is “an ‘open-source’ instructional program that helps teachers teach early reading.” Aimed at Kindergarten/First Grade learners, it is a collaborative means to establish an education program that combines the strengths of those who work on the project, and makes … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Copyright, Education, Government, Open Access, Publishing, Wiki
Tagged Florida, reading
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Copyright Cost Trend
Three items have caught my eye this past week, and they all point in the same direction, even though they each are about something fairly specific: First was an article about a bill working its way through the Ohio General … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Copyright, Education, Government, Libraries, Open Access, Politics, Publishing
Tagged file sharing, music subscription services, Ohio General Assembly, open access media, the Chronicle of Higher Education;
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NIH and Public Access
There is a bill being voted upon by the U.S. Senate on October 15th which will potentially open up a great deal of research being done with National Institute of Health (NIH) funding. The bill will mandate that the public … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Government, Medical, News, Open Access, Politics, Science
Tagged library staff member, National Institute of Health, Peter Suber, Rick Mason, Senate, Senator, United States, United States Senate
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Deceptive Copyright Notices
Deceptive Copyright Notices is a post by Karen Coyle post about those notices that restrict the reader’s/viewer’s rights beyond what is allowable under copyright, and an interesting complaint filed with the FTC. Also included is a neat reversal of the FBI … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Fair Use, Government, Video
Tagged Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal law, Federal Trade Commission, Karen Coyle
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Britain Rejects Copyright Extension
The British Government has rejected an extension of copyright beyond the current 50 year term. This is interesting for a few reasons, including the impending rush of British Invasion music becoming royalty-free, but mostly because it may signal a sea change … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Government, News, Politics
Tagged British Government, European Union
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Optimal Copyright Term Length
Forever Minus a Day? Some Theory and Empirics of Optimal Copyright (Pdf), a presentation by Rufus Pollock, examines the history of copyright terms and determines that the optimal term length is about 14 years (half of what the original copyright term was in both … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, History, Publishing
Tagged Rufus Pollock, United Kingdom, United States
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