Category: Legal
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Copyright Balance and Fair Use in Networked Learning
Those of you in the US may be interested in this free EDUCAUSE Live session on January 13th: Copyright Balance and Fair Use in Networked Learning: Lessons from Creators’ Codes of Best Practices. Copyright balancing has become a critical issue in the academy as digital practices increasingly have challenged creaky policies and practices. Scholars, academic…
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Google and AAP settle
Read all about Google's "groundbreaking agreement with authors and publishers." "Three years ago, the Authors Guild, the Association of American Publishers and a handful of authors and publishers filed a class action lawsuit against Google Book Search.Today we're delighted to announce that we've settled that lawsuit and will be working closely with these industry partners…
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SendMeRSS / Rmail bites the dust
I missed this when it was first "announced", but apparently the first RSS to email utility that I fell in love with is no more. About a year and a half ago, NBC purchased Rmail and rebranded it as SendMeRSS. Apparently NBC just stopped supporting it; the SendMeRSS website is down, and Randy Charles Morin,…
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You can search Google, but only on their terms
The Serials Solutions Blog Libific reports that they’re no longer able to federate any of the Google offerings in their Federated Search product, 360-Search. Apparently the Google TOS states, “You agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services by any means other than through the interface that is provided by Google,…
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ProQuest and Google Strike Deal To Digitize Newspaper Pages
oooh, now this is interesting. We already have http://news.google.com Will this be http://newspapers.google.com? google, proquest, newspapers
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Canadian Library Association Grassroots Copyright Advocacy Kit
The CLA has a Grassroots Advocacy Kit for Fair and Balanced Copyright for Canadians, including background information and advice for speaking with your local MP. Of course the point may be moot what with a new election coming up, but it’s still very good information to have. Did I mention that our Prime Minister called…
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C-61 Made in Canada explained
A-ha! This clears up so much understanding surrounding the supposedly "made in Canada" Bill C-61 (Canadian DMCA). Much of the early brouhaha–ha surrounded the fact that this bill was very obviously crafted by the hands of the MPAA and the RIAA (both American organizations). But last week I received my latest issue of House-to-House (not…
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University of Calgary Funds Open Access Authors Fund
There was a great announcement yesterday here at the U of C. The text below differs a little from the official press release. Thomas Hickerson, Vice Provost for Libraries and Cultural Resources and University Librarian, announced today the establishment of an annual $100,000 Authors Fund to provide University of Calgary faculty and graduate students with…
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That won’t work for us – Jim Prentice ducks questions about Bill C-61
Wow, just finished listening to an interview with Industry Minister Jim Prentice on the CBC Search Engine podcast. Apparently Minister Prentice did stick around for his promised 10 whole minutes, but no longer, as he hung up on the host of the show rather than take any additional questions. During the interview Minister Prentice contradicted…