Category: information policy

UMass Comment on NIH Data Sharing Policy

The UMass Amherst Libraries have submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Science Policy (OSP) regarding its Request for Information (RFI) on “Proposed Provisions for a Draft Data Management and Sharing Policy for NIH Funded or Supported Research.” The comment is available at NIH and also at UMass ScholarWorks….Continue Reading UMass Comment on NIH Data Sharing Policy

library copyright experts on Copyright Office independence

Forty-two different experts on libraries and copyright (including me) today submitted a letter to Congress regarding the recent proposal to pull the Copyright Office out of its historic home in the Library of Congress. While copyright maximalists have of late taken to calling for separation, in fact, libraries have for generations supported the entire copyright ecosystem….Continue Reading library copyright experts on Copyright Office independence

LibrePlanet : When Open Is Not Enough: Educators & Academia Grapple with the Need for Libre

Nicole Allen (@txtbks) and I will be speaking at a panel at LibrePlanet in Cambridge, MA, this weekend: New research techniques like data mining have highlighted the shortcomings in “free” (as in beer) licensing of academic research, and the benefits of “libre” licensing that permits true scholarly engagement with data and scholarship. These challenges apply equally…Continue Reading LibrePlanet : When Open Is Not Enough: Educators & Academia Grapple with the Need for Libre

Supreme Court reverses Federal Circuit in patent cases — twice in one day

supreme court hands fed. cir. another reversal; will they get the message? http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/12-786_664d.pdf … #scotus #patent And a second reversal (in Nautilus) for Fed. Cir. from scotus — also 9-0! http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/13-369_k53m.pdf … #patent #SCOTUS…Continue Reading Supreme Court reverses Federal Circuit in patent cases — twice in one day

Tweets held non-defamatory

Tweeting “You are fucking crazy” is not defamatory. Feld v Conway, http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/massachusetts/madce/1:2013cv13122/156344/12 … http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2014/04/twibel-ruling-tweeting-that-someone-is-fucking-crazy-is-not-defamatory.htm … #internetlaw #Massachusetts Good to know….Continue Reading Tweets held non-defamatory