Tennessee legislation introduced for pre-1972 sound recordings

Tennessee legislation introduced for pre-1972 sound recordings (Jan. 31, 2014) – HB 2187 / SB 2187 was introduced in Tennessee to provide state-level copyright protection for pre-1972 sound recordings, which are not copyrighted under US federal law. A smattering of states clearly apply copyright-like protections for pre-1972 sound recordings, but the legal status is currently a…Continue Reading Tennessee legislation introduced for pre-1972 sound recordings

Copyright Hearings in Congress January 2014

You may have heard that Congress is holding copyright hearings.  This is all part of a planned “comprehensive” review of copyright, likely to take place over several years, with the intent of eventually passing “the Next Great Copyright Act”.   So far all the hearings are happening in the House of Representatives, and none scheduled…Continue Reading Copyright Hearings in Congress January 2014

Open Access Added to 2014 Omnibus Appropriations

Open access added to 2014 Omnibus Appropriations (Jan. 16, 2014) – Following on the White House/OSTP Open Access Directive, the appropriations bill passed in January 2014 included funding for open access for the Departments of Education, Labor, and Health & Human Services.  Read more at the Association of Research Libraries’ SPARC and the Electronic Frontier…Continue Reading Open Access Added to 2014 Omnibus Appropriations

Copyright Update – January 2014

Hope everyone is having a great winter break.  Nothing enlivens a dull vacation or SNOW DAY more than COPYRIGHT NEWS (am I right?), so here’s a few news bites for you: January 1 was Public Domain Day : Contrary to popular opinion, some things do enter the public domain here in the US — it’s just…Continue Reading Copyright Update – January 2014