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Optimal Copyright Term Length

Posted on 23 July 2007 by Rick Mason

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 →

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FOB : Firms Out of Business

Posted on 5 June 2007 by Rick Mason

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 →

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Elsevier and the arms business

Posted on 25 March 2007 by Rick Mason

Reed Elsevier, the European publishing corporation behind over 15,000 journals, is being challenged by one of them, The Lancet, in regards to its commercial involvement in the arms trade. This connects to libraries in several ways: subscriptions to many print … Continue reading →

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Academic Database Assessment Tool (ADAT)

Posted on 12 October 2006 by Rick Mason

The Joint Information Systems Committee, an organization based in England, has launched a tool to help libraries and researchers compare and contrast different online databases. The Academic Database Assessment Tool (ADAT) lets you quickly see the similarities and differences among … Continue reading →

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