Copyright

« On the occasion of the proposed EU Copyright reform, which is currently undergoing a process in the European Parliament, representatives from three leading European libraries are asking Julia Reda, Member of the European Parliament with the Pirate Party about the challenges and the impact that the proposed copyright directive will…

« Research libraries are closely watching the European Commission’s current work to reform copyright legislation because libraries and their users will be directly impacted by any changes to the law. Particularly interesting for libraries is a proposed new exception for Text and Data Mining (TDM) but numerous issues related to this…

« The U.S. Copyright Office today released its Section 108 Discussion Document. Congress enacted section 108 of Title 17 in 1976, authorizing libraries and archives to reproduce and distribute, without permission, certain copyrighted works on a limited basis for the purposes of preservation, replacement, and research. However, the exceptions outlined in…

« (…) With the new release, CCC focused on target areas of RightFind to better serve customers’ interests, including:

Instant document delivery for non-subscribed content, which enables users to view a document within seconds of placing an order—regardless of how many articles are being ordered or how the content is being…

« It was a crazy idea: Take the bulk of the world’s books, scan them, and create a monumental digital library for all to access. That’s what Google dreamed of doing when it embarked on its ambitious book-digitizing project in 2002. It got part of the way there, digitizing at least…

« This report examines how the University Libraries at Virginia Tech have supported text and data mining in the past, and how academic libraries in general are providing support for it. The report looks at licensing content for TDM as well as legal and technical aspects. The report concludes with recommendations…

« AIAA achieves best-in-class author experience and efficient, compliant fee transaction process through new partnership with CCC

Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global leader in content management, copyright licensing, discovery, and delivery solutions, announces that the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) now…

« For the past few years, publishers around the world have engaged in a sustained campaign to hold up Canada as proof that making fair dealing more flexible for education will hurt publishers. (…) »

« La justice américaine vient de donner raison à l’éditeur scientifique RELX (Elsevier) dans le procès qui l’opposait au site Internet Sci-Hub. Depuis plusieurs années, ce dernier est accusé de mettre à disposition gratuitement des articles scientifiques sous copyright, une infraction au droit d’auteur pour laquelle RELX recevra 15 millions de dollars…

« (…) the British Library hosts the launch of The Copyright Cortex, a new online, open access, resource dedicated to copyright and digital cultural heritage. The Copyright Cortex has been developed to provide libraries, archives, museums and other memory institutions with information and expert commentary on how copyright…