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Orphan Works Bills
I haven’t gone through both new versions of the Orphan Works bills (House, Senate). However, this month the Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA published my article detailing problems wi… more →
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OCLC Copyright evidence registry
mawarre2008 wrote 1 month ago: OCLC has been conducting a 12 month pilot of a copyright evidence registry since July 2008. It aims … more →
Book Review: David Bollier's Viral Spiral: how the commoners built a digital republic of their own
r wrote 1 month ago: David Bollier’s Viral spiral : how the commoners built a digital republic of their own is a ve … more →
Google, Like Fagen, Wants to Care For The Orphans
samdamico wrote 1 month ago: It seems that Google is in the process of totally disregarding the copyright laws in preparation for … more →
The Google Book Search Settlement: A New Orphan-Works Monopoly?
Paul Lomio wrote 1 month ago: “The Google Book Search Settlement: A New Orphan-Works Monopoly?” U of Chicago Law & … more →
The copyright of "Happy Birthday"
Alicia Wagner Calzada wrote 1 month ago: Happy Birthday Ladies! Did you get a performance license for that song? Did you know that someone cl … more →
Noteworthy Updates
photosecrets wrote 2 months ago: Note One: Interview with Martin Schoeller by Charlie Fish Check out this great interview by writer C … more →
After taxes- Google books deadline looms
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Alicia Wagner Calzada wrote 2 months ago: As you finish up with your tax deadline, another important deadline is looming. The Google Book sett … more →
The Google Books Settlement: An Author's Perspective
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Kent Anderson wrote 3 months ago: Image via Wikipedia As I’ve mentioned on this blog before, one of the reasons I wanted … more →
Digital Asset Management - Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
mbmaddox wrote 3 months ago: Lightroom has gotten a lot of coverage in terms of being a very good tool focussed on the needs of p … more →
Screenwriting Nerves
Megan Just wrote 4 months ago: I thought I had covered all the copyright bases with my screenplay. The screenplay is an adaptation … more →
ADA guidelines to s200AB
mawarre2008 wrote 5 months ago: In December 2008 the Australian Digital Alliance and the Australian Libraries Copyright Committeee r … more →
How do usage rights work?
stevebuchanan wrote 5 months ago: We don’t sell photography, we license it. Photography is copyrighted intellectual property, ju … more →
Our first nerd president?
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r wrote 5 months ago: Arguably, Obama is the first nerd president. (Considering that Thomas Jefferson’s books were t … more →
Rights, Registries and Orphan Works
Fleur Stigter wrote 5 months ago: Fleur writes: Yes, another project! This time around I would like to draw your attention to a proj … more →
Pros and Cons of the Orphan Works Bill
shac2522 wrote 7 months ago: My friend Cat is working on her Scientific Illustration degree at the University of California Exten … more →
Section 200AB. Will it really help with orphan works?
mawarre2008 wrote 8 months ago: Emily Hudson and Andrew Kenyon have a great paper published in the Melbourne law School Research Ser … more →
Tracking Copyright legislation
mawarre2008 wrote 8 months ago: A good website to track US legislation is govtrac.us. It can be really messy to follow the progress … more →
The Bristish Library and Intellectual property
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mawarre2008 wrote 8 months ago: The British Library has a range of excellent documents outlining their position on aspects of copyri … more →
Australian Copyright Council Information Sheet on Orphan Works
mawarre2008 wrote 8 months ago: The Australian Copyright Council has published an information sheet on orphan works and the proposed … more →
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