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How Many Times Must Libraries Pay for the Same Coffee, er, Content?
In a recent “Soapbox” column for Publishers Weekly, Tom Allen of the Association of American Publishers seems to suggest that the academic publishing ecosystem may suffer grave harm due to...
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Research Library Issues, no. 275 (June 2011): Report of the Task Force on International Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Practices
RLI issue 275 includes: Report of the Task Force on International Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Practices White Paper: International Interlibrary Loan White Paper: US Law and International Interlibrary Loan White...
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Publishers Lose Another Claim As GSU Trial Comes to a Close
A one-sentence entry in an otherwise routine record of trial proceedings on May 26 reveals a significant victory for Georgia State University in its ongoing dispute with three academic publishers....
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The Missing Preface
Or, How Publishers Are Misusing 20th Century Guidelines To End Fair Use At GSU Earlier this week, the publisher plaintiffs in the Georgia State University e-reserves case – Cambridge University...
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YouTube Flunks Out with “Copyright School”
For a company whose entire business model depends on fair use, Google (parent company of YouTube) doesn’t seem too interested in helping others exercise their fair use rights. Yesterday YouTube...
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Library Copyright Alliance Releases Guide for the Perplexed Part IV, Analysis of Judge Chin’s Rejection of the Settlement
Today the LCA is proud to release A Guide For the Perplexed Part IV: The Rejection of the Google Books Settlement, the latest in the ongoing series of Guides for...
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What the Google Books Decision Said About Fair Use
As pundits and participants weigh in on the meaning of Judge Chin’s rejection of the Google Books settlement, it is important that one thing remain crystal clear: Judge Chin did...
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LCA Releases Statement on Google Books Settlement Rejection
March 24, 2011 - The American Library Association (ALA), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) released a brief statement in regard...
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A Rough End-of-Year for Library Lending (and for Users’ Rights)
A Rough End-of-Year for Library Lending (and for Users' Rights)As Duke University Libraries’ copyright guru Kevin Smith points out in the above-linked blog post, 2010 was a pretty rough year...
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Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries
This is a code of best practices in fair use devised specifically by and for the academic and research library community. It enhances the ability of librarians to rely on...