Join Us for a Free Online Seminar sponsored by the CUNY Office of Library Services; Presented by Magna Online Seminars “How Recent Copyright Court Cases Affect Distance Education: What Educators Need to Know […]
Remember the enterprising Thai-born, U.S. college student who made a bundle and helped pay for his tuition by selling textbooks that his friends and family had bought abroad and shipped to him? Today, the case of […]
An update on recent posting about the Georgia State eReserve case. Either the Dept. of Justice has bigger fish to fry or actually read the case very closely. Another check mark in the positive column for academic libraries.
It’s not news that we haven’t heard the last of the Georgia State eReserves case, but now it seems the U.S. Dept. of Justice might be getting involved – and not on the fair use side. Get the latest scoop.
The recent death of Aaron Swartz has highlighted not only his work and activism but the crucial issues at hand related to digital rights, copyright and open access. The video accompanying this article, his keynote […]
Today’s claim to fame is not only the day you give your resolutions a second thought, but it is also Public Domain Day. This year, the works of Bruno Schulz, Stefan Zweig, Léon Daude, Violet Hunt, et al, shed the […]
In the Fall of 2011, a judge threw out the case against UCLA for streaming video for educational purposes. Cut to Fall of 2012: ditto. The same judge, who had allowed the educational media trade group to amend its […]
That zoomy Prezi format is great. Thanks, La Guardia people and Jill for these great, shareable resources. Thanks to Maureen Richards here at JJ, we’re doing an OA week workshop, too, and this is all really useful.
Given the recent news that the plaintiffs in the Georgia State e-reserves case will appeal the May 2012 decision favoring the university, we thought it would be a good excuse to revisit the core issues. This […]
This is a fraught issue – remember the UCLA case? – accompanied by common questions, addressed efficiently by our friends at the Center for Social Media.
Starting this month, CUNY is now an institutional member of the Center for Intellectual Property. The organization has excellent conferences, workshops, training etc. led by top names in the field. CUNY community […]