News : HathiTrust Case Dismissed in Favorable Decision for Libraries. Memo, Oct. 10, 2012 Libraries received great news on the HathiTrust case, which was dismissed by the court. The final line of the judgment read: “The Clerk of the Court is instructed to … close the case, and remove it from my docket.” Here is…
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Kirtsaeng v. Wiley: Imports, First Sale, and Unintended Consequences in the Supreme Court
Kirtsaeng v. Wiley: Imports, First Sale, and Unintended Consequences in the Supreme Court Monday, October 29, 9:30 am Du Bois Library, 26th floor ALERT: TALK POSTPONED DUE TO HURRICANE SANDY. The Supreme Court is holding oral arguments on Monday, October 29, in a copyright “first sale” case, ”Kirtsaeng v. Wiley”. The W.E.B. Du Bois Library…
(This is a "Page")Copyrightability
Copyrights are easy to get — no registration or application required, not even a (c) notice (although those are helpful for other reasons). The copyright automatically happens as soon as a work is “fixed” in some medium — written down, recorded, or put in an electronic medium. However, although it’s dead easy (automatic!) to get…
(This is a "Page")Section 110(1): You can play it in class!
Section 110 is one of numerous copyright exceptions (17 USC 107 – 121) and it provides a special, extremely straightforward right to perform works in classrooms. This includes screening films, acting out plays, playing music, displaying photographs & works of art. This handout explains the basics about Section 110(1), including common hypotheticals. This handout is…
UMass Libraries comments to NSF on open access
The UMass Libraries have submitted comments to the NSF for its 2017-2018 Strategic Plan update. (Further reading: Summary of current Strategic Plan, and full text of current Strategic Plan, published in 2014.) Re: Comments on Strategic Plan, 2017-18 Update Dear National Science Foundation, Thank you for providing this opportunity to comment on the 2017-18 update…
copyright hearing
… and, today’s testimony illustrates why the Section 108 study group was so ineffective. #fairuse #copyright…