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From Bloomberg: Digital libraries may be able to include more copyrighted works under European Union rules proposed [on Tuesday]. The European Commission is seeking to bolster the EU-funded Internet library Europeana, a rival to the Internet book service operated by Google Inc., owner of the most popular Internet- search engine. Some so-called orphan works, including […]
Library Copyright Alliance Releases Statement on Copyright Reform
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|From a Post on ARL.org: The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) today released a statement describing the key features copyright reform proposals should include in order to constitute significant improvement over current law for libraries and their users. Interested parties are discussing with renewed vigor the issues of orphan works, mass digitization, and even modernization of […]
University of Michigan Libraries: MLibrary Begins "First Serious Effort" to Identify Orphan Works in HathiTrust
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|From a University of Michigan Library’s Copyright Office Announcement: The University of Michigan Library’s Copyright Office is launching the first serious effort to identify orphan works among the in-copyright holdings of the HathiTrust Digital Library, which is funding the project. The vast majority of HathiTrust’s holdings are in-copyright (73%). An unknown percentage of these are […]
Slides from the 2011 ARL Membership Meeting Now Available Online (Association of Research Libraries)
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|The 158th Annual ARL Membership Meeting concluded today (Friday) in Montreal and slides for most of the presentations are already available on the ARL web site. Audio recordings will be available at a later date. Here are links for two presentations that might be of special interest. “International STM Journal Market” Convener: Carole Moore, University […]
In a Note on the Copyright.gov Web Site, Maria A. Pallante, Acting Register of Copyrights, Writes: Copyright markets are fundamentally important to the economy. The core copyright industries constitute 6.4 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product, contributing nearly $890 billion to the overall economy. These industries help stimulate overall economic growth, employ millions of […]
"With Google Settlement in Limbo, Universities Press Ahead With Research on Digitized Books"
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Resources
|From a Chronicle of Higher Ed. Report by Marc Perry: With the Google project in legal limbo, Indiana University and the University of Illinois are moving forward with plans to set up a similar research center [HathiTrust Research Center for Computational Access to Archives] built around the archive maintained by the HathiTrust Digital Library, which […]
New Article: "The Erosion of Fair Use Protections for Digital Scholarship"
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|The following piece was written by Stanley Wilder, University Librarian at the University of North Carolina Charlotte and appears in the April, 2011 issue (12.4) of The Charleston Advisor. The full text is open access. Direct to Article (HTML and PDF Versions are Available) Here’s a Very Small Portion of What Stanley Wilder Writes: License […]
From a Post on the ARL Policy Notes Blog by Brandon Butler, Director of Public Policy Initiatives at ARL Yesterday YouTube released a video called “Copyright School” and announced a new notice and takedown policy that includes requiring accused infringers to watch the video in order to reactivate their suspended accounts. While some aspects of […]
Digital Preservation: "ARL and ALA File Comments Regarding Federal Protection for Pre-1972 Sound Recordings"
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|You Can Access All of ALA’s and ARL’s Comments in This 7 page Document (PDF) From the Document: The Association of Research Libraries and the American Library Association appreciate this opportunity to provide reply comments on the important question of the desirability of bringing under federal protection sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972 (“federalization”). […]
UK: BFI and British Library Join Forces to Increase Access to Their Unique Collections
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|From a British Library Announcement: The BFI [British Film Institute] and the British Library have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), with the objective of increasing public, professional and research access to audiovisual and broadcast content and integrating it with other knowledge collections. Signed by BFI Director, Amanda Nevill and British Library CEO, Dame […]