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Established July 2006
ISSN: 1946-1852
by Rick Mason
Category Archives: Copyright
Harry Potter and the Copyrighted Material
When TechCrunch posted about images of the pages of the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows being available via a torrent site called The Pirate Bay, they were reporting about a newsworthy event within their blog’s scope (technology and … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Books, Copyright, Google, News
Tagged Google, Librarian.net, The New York Times, The Pirate Bay, torrent site
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Open Access better for Journal Survival?
An interesting, but non-conclusive, study has found that open access journals are ten times less likely to cease publication than their traditional counterparts. Might this become a reason for journals to adopt open access – namely to broaden readership and … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Open Access, Periodicals
Tagged Journal Survival;
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Open Text Book blog
The Open Text Book blog was started a few days ago by the Open Knowledge Foundation. In their first post, they describe the blog as: a place to list and keep track of news about textbooks that are open in … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Copyright, Open Access
Tagged Open Knowledge Foundation
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Google Book Search and Copyright
A blog post by Richard Charkin, Chairman of Macmillan UK, about he and a colleague “stealing” a couple of computers from the Google booth at BookExpo in order to make a point about Google’s placing snippets of books online makes … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Books, Copyright, Fair Use, Google
Tagged chair, Chairman, Google, Macmillan UK, Richard Charkin, search tool
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FOB : Firms Out of Business
FOB : Firms Out of Business is a database of publishing companies that are no longer in business. Why this type of database? The results screen provides information in tracking down copyright holders, useful for when you are attempting to … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Online Databases, Search
Tagged copyright owner, United Kingdom, United States
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CC Learn
Creative Commons is getting ready to create CC Learn, a new division that will be devoted to “education, broadly defined — from kindergarten to graduate school, to lifelong learning.” Their immediate need is to hire an Executive Director for the … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Education, News
Tagged Executive Director for the division
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CBS News and Plagarism
A CBS News producer has been fired for plagarizing a Wall Street Journal column by Jeffrey Zaslow about how children and adults view libraries in different ways. The CBS report by Katie Couric has been removed from their website. The article is interesting, … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Libraries, News, Video
Tagged CBS News, Jeffrey Zaslow, Katie Couric, producer, Wall Street Journal
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Copyright Discussion
On Coyle’s InFormation, a blog written by the ever-interesting Karen Coyle, there is a discussion about the transcripts of a Section 108 Study Group meeting hosted by the Library of Congress on the topic of copyright, libraries and digitization. These meetings are happening … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Copyright, Fair Use, Libraries, Online Databases, Periodicals
Tagged Congress, digitization/internet, Karen Coyle, Library of Congress
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Fontification
A couple of font-related items: The SIL Open Font License (OFL) has been updated, primarily to clarify allowed usage such as document embedding (such as Pdf files). Read about it here. (from NewsForge) The Open Font Library is a collection … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Open Source
Tagged Open Font Library, The Open Font Library
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Public Knowledge Project
The Public Knowledge Project is a Canadian research initiative started nine years ago in order to develop “free, open source software for the management, publishing, and indexing of journals and conferences.” In doing so, they have found themselves at the … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Copyright, Libraries, Open Access, Open Source, Periodicals
Tagged IT Manager, IT Manager's Journal;, Open Source Software
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Copyright Chaos
Lawrence Lessig has an Op-Ed in today’s New York Times called “Make Way for Copyright Chaos“, which discusses a shift towards the courts when interpreting copyright law. from ©ollectanea
Posted in Copyright, Government, News, Politics
Tagged copyright law, Lawrence Lessig, New York Times
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Copyright Resources on the Web
Copyright Resources on the Web is an excellent and very comprehensive collection of links to, whaddayaknow, copyright resources on the web. from ResourceShelf
Posted in Copyright, Education, Libraries, Open Access, Training, Tutorials
Tagged Web
Copyright Resources, Web
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More Free Audio Books
Podiobooks.com offers quite a few free, downloadable audiobooks, most with cc licenses. Add this to your list of free audiobook sites. from MetaFilter
Posted in Audio, Books, Copyright, Libraries, Online Services
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LoudLit.org
LoutLit.org is a site with a collection of downloadable, CreativeCommons licensed audiobooks from the Gutenberg Project. Don’t forget these other sites as well! from MetaFilter
Posted in Audio, Books, Copyright, Libraries, Online Services
Tagged CreativeCommons
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Fair Use Act
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has information on their site about HR 1201, a.k.a. The Fair Use Act, currently working its way through the U.S. House of Representatives, that would strengthen the fair use concepts that have been in existence … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Fair Use, Government, News
Tagged copyright law, electronic equipment, Electronic Frontier Foundation, U.S. House of Representatives, United States
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Creative Commons 3.0
Creative Commons has updated its license structure to allow for more flexibility when choosing a license, as well as balancing the laws of different countries with the ideals inherent in the CC license. The U.S. now has its own category, … Continue reading
Definition of Free Cultural Works
Definition of Free Cultural Works is a Creative Commons-like licensing platform meant to give creative originators greater control over created works. The project is just beginning, but I wonder what they will provide that isn’t covered, or able to be … Continue reading
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The Ecstasy of Influence: A Plagiarism
I read The Ecstasy of Influence: A Plagiarism, posted on Harpers.org a couple of days ago, and am still thinking about it a great deal. It is hard to describe the essay without spoiling the impact for the reader, but … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Copyright, Open Access
Tagged copyright law
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Digital Abe
Digital versions of books by and about Abraham Lincoln, brought to you by the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) and the Open Content Alliance. from ResourceShelf
Posted in Books, Copyright, Libraries, Open Access, Politics
Tagged Abe
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Digital, Abraham Lincoln, Illinois, Open Content Alliance, University of Illinois
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