Copyright
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Newspaper copyright troll Righthaven finally conquered Copyright trolls, no longer simply lurking under bridges, have taken to the internet, using threats of legal action to make quick money. The trolling technique has proved so popular in… Read more »
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Harper Lee sues agent after being “duped” out of the rights to To Kill A Mockingbird On Friday, Harper Lee filed a lawsuit in Manhattan to regain the copyright to her only published novel, the classic To Kill A Mockingbird, from her literary agent. The lawsuit alleges… Read more »
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The six-strike anti-piracy policy is nearly here Internet providers tracking customers seems like a free evidence collecting service for future law suits… Read more »
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The question of first-sale doctrine and ebooks Determining what allows you to lend, re-sell or gift your purchased digital books.… Read more »
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Pearson DMCA takedown notice shoves 1.5 million blogs offline A copyright dispute over a questionnaire called the Beck Hopelessness Scale caused the Edublogs site and its millions of linked education blogs to go offline for more than an hour. The incident,… Read more »
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Is scanning books for search purposes “transformative” and fair use? A federal judge handed down summary judgement in yet another Authors Guild lawsuit last week, ruling that book scanning by libraries is “transformative” and thus fair use under copyright law.… Read more »
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Government won’t support international copyright treaty to benefit the blind In the wake of an influx of new reading formats, from graphic novels to tablets, it’s often forgotten that access to books has not improved for the blind. This is… Read more »
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In the UK, open access for all publicly funded research by 2014 The controversies of academic publishing, in particular the ‘academic spring’ campaign against Dutch company Elsevier for its steep and predatory pricing, have been extensively covered by this blog, here, here,… Read more »
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Soon the internet will read you I hope you haven’t been doing anything naughty with your internet connection, because very soon, if all goes to plan, your internet service provider (ISP) may pre-emptively monitor your account,… Read more »
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Light DRM, or no DRM? The debate over Digital Rights Management systems (DRM) continues to rage unabated. Even this week, French Publisher Michel Lafon announced that they are following sci-fi publisher Tor and going DRM-free. Still,… Read more »
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