More information about the Trans-Pacific Partnership and orphan works reform
A few days ago, I mentioned that the EFF and other groups were writing the US Trade Representative to request he not sign off on any Trans-Pacific Partnership provisions that would...
Cory Doctorow on fear of piracy
Will science fiction writers repeat the mistake of the recording studios and systematically go after online "pirates"--their fans? The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, says Cory Doctorow, is already...
Wired summarizes DMCA controversies over anti-circumvention, notice and takedown
If you’re fairly new to the copyright reform scene and are wondering what the deal is with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Wired has a great explainer that discusses both major...
A Canadian TeleRead?
In a lit review article called The Upcoming Copyright Clash, law prof. Michael Geist among other things repeats an earlier call for a Canadian national digital library.
Geist, a newspaper columnist...
Copyright lawsuit against Scribd dropped, but another continues
Self-publishing supersite Scribd is off the hook for copyright infringement, at least in one case, after a lawsuit against it was either settled or abandoned (depending on who you believe). The...
DMCA roundtables offer little hope for improving the takedown process
Remember the discussions on amending the DMCA that came up lately, via Channel Awesome’s #WTFU campaign and the public comments campaign prompted by TakeDownAbuse.org? The Copyright Office has been holding roundtable...
Analysis of Canada’s proposed Copyright Modernization Act
Michael Geist, pictured at the left, has published his analysis of the new proposed law and entitles it "Flawed But Fixable".
... The bill contains some important extensions of fair dealing, including...
F. Scott Fitzgerald, as remembered on the blog circuit
Just when will some philanthropist Get It? The Great Gatsby, perhaps the American novel of the 20th century, needs to be on the Net for U.S. students to read for free....
Open Content Alliance, Internet Archive to ‘compete’ with Google Books
From the Washington Post, spotted on Slashdot: The Open Content Alliance is funding the Internet Archive with a $1 million grant to allow them to digitize more books for their Open...
U. of Michigan suspends HathiTrust Orphan Works Project Claims “proposed uses of orphan works...
From the Authors Guild Blog:
The 163 books on Orphan Row have a reprieve. In a statement released this morning, the University of Michigan Library announced the suspension. “The close and...