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Valiente, G. (2010) New copyright law hits opposition Canada.com, August 23 ‘Last week, the Canadian Association of University Teachers and the Canadian Federation of Students filed an objection with the Copyright Board over a proposed new royalty program. The program was proposed by Access Copyright, a private non-profit body that licenses literary [...] eSchool News (2009) Feds want Google to rewrite book deal eSchool News, Sept 21 The U.S. Justice Department advised a federal judge on Sept. 18 that a proposed legal settlement giving Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books threatens to thwart competition and drive up prices unless it’s revised. The Justice [...] Kolowich, S. (2009) Speak now or forever hold your copyrights Inside Higher Education, Sept 4 Like many other authors, I have been grappling with how to respond to the proposed ‘Google settlement’. The Kolowich article provides a good discussion of some of the issues. For an even more comprehensive discussion, go to the Public [...] Westcott, G. (2009) ‘Googleopoly’ The Globe and Mail, Feb 21 This is an excellent article by a Toronto lawyer and Vice-Chair of the Canadian Copyright Institute, about the implications of the Google Settlement regarding their right to copy and distribute published books. Anyone who has published, or intends to publish, needs to read this [...] Lederman, D. (2008) Pushing the Envelope on Copyright Exemptions Inside Higher Education, Dec 14 An interesting article on requested exemptions to US copyright law that would allow professors to use clips from DVDs in programs other than film and media studies. Note that this article is specific to US copyright law – exemptions may [...] |
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