New Author Rights in Content Licenses Blog
From the Association of Research Libraries site:
An ad hoc working group has created a new blog to share and discuss draft standard author rights language for library content licenses. This language...
'Fair use comes first in Web video: Dancing baby sets legal landmark'
Copyright holders need to consider fair use before issuing DMCA takedown notices. See details from Vnunet and Google news roundup.
Intellectual property ABCs: Read this fun guide and take the quizzes. Can the Wicked...
“The Wicked Witch sells Jack a book on how to build Gingerbread houses for $15.99. Later, Jack enrolls in an online course on how to build Gingerbread houses and so he...
Academics Object to Class Certification in Google Books Case
From an article in The Digital Shift:
University of California, Berkeley, law professor Pamela Samuelson, on behalf of more than 80 academics, sent a letter on Monday to Judge Denny Chin asserting that...
Legitimate vs illicit PDF: A side-by-side QC comparison
Understand, I am not condoning illicit downloading of books. Given that these books are available for purchase at incredibly inexpensive prices through multiple online outlets, supporting the publishers should be a no-brainer. However, it does appear that in some cases, the publishers could stand to learn a thing or two from the "pirates" about legibility.
A Hong Kong plan to turn kids into copyright cops
"Movie and song copiers beware: use an Internet discussion site in Hong Kong to violate copyrights and you may be turned in to law enforcement authorities by an 11-year-old Boy Scout."...
U.S. Commerce Department requests comments on copyright
Hey, everyone, it’s that time again! What time, you say? Time to write to the government about copyright policies! A while ago we covered Obama’s new copyright czar’s request for...
Chinese paper finds iPhone, iPad too legal
When most people complain about the iPhone or iPad being “locked down,” what they mean is that you have to get apps for them through Apple’s walled garden and nowhere...
Ex-copyright czar Victoria Espinel becomes head of Software Alliance
Remember “copyright czar” Victoria Espinel? We mentioned her a couple of times back in 2010—when she called for public comments on the state of IP law,, when the comments came in....
Utopias and dystopias: Who’ll ‘control the code’?
"If you control the code, you can make your avatar do just about anything."
So writes Jesse Wilbur in his retrospective in if:book on Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash and The Diamond Age....