Archive for January 14th, 2005
Slides from K. Matthew Dames’ Lecture on Fair Use
As reported in SNTReport.com on Wednesday, executive editor K. Matthew Dames gave a lecture to information professionals at the AeA David Packard Conference Center in Washington, DC on the fair use doctrine of copyright law. The lecture, entitled "Fair Use in the Digital Age," was the first in a series sponsored by the Washington, DC chapter of SLA, among others, that addresses some of the most important legal and policy issues that information professionals face today.
Dames will also give the lecture for the next presentation in the series, "Licensing Digital Resources," on Wednesday, February 9, 2005, also at the AeA David Packard Center in Washington, DC. Those interested in attending the February 9 lecture may register online at the AIIM National Capitol Chapter website.
An electronic copy of the lecture notes, as well as additional resources, are posted below.
Lecture Notes
K. Matthew Dames, "Fair Use in the Digital Age." (.pdf). Jan. 12, 2005.
Additional Fair Use Resources
Laura "Lolly" Gasaway. When Works Pass into the Public Domain.
Peter Hirtle. Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States.
United States Copyright Office.
United States Copyright Office. Copyright Law.
Stanford University Libraries. Copyright & Fair Use.
University of Texas. Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials.
SNTReport.com. Copyright Archives.
Copyright Management Center. Fair Use Issues.
Copyright Management Center. Fair Use Checklist.
Clean Up the Copyright System
“Last month, Google announced a partnership with major research libraries to scan 20 million books for inclusion in Google’s search database. For those works in the public domain, the full text will be available. For those works still possibly under copyright, only snippets will be seen.
“But the excitement around Google’s extraordinary plan has obscured a dirty little secret: It is not at all clear that Google and these libraries have the legal right to do what is proposed.
“If lawsuits were filed, and if Google and its partner libraries were found to have violated the law, their legal exposure could reach into the billions.”
Lawrence Lessig. Let a Thousand Googles Bloom. Los Angeles Times. Jan. 12, 2005.
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LOC Posts Civil War Maps Online
"Civil War buffs are getting access to a trove of information: thousands of original maps and diagrams of battles and campaigns between 1861 and 1865, all posted on the Internet.
"The Library of Congress is posting 2,240 maps and charts and 76 atlases and sketchbooks, while the Virginia Historical Society and the Library of Virginia are adding about 600 items. Much of the collection is online now; the rest will be posted by spring.
"The documents depict troop positions and movements, as well as fortifications. There also are reconnaissance maps, sketches and coastal charts and theater-of-war maps."
Carl Hartman. Civil War Maps Posted Online. Seattle Times. Jan. 11, 2004.
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PLoS to Launch Additional Open-Access Journals
"The Public Library of Science, a pioneering U.S. non-profit publisher of open access journals, will launch three new journals this year.
"Part of an ambitious plan to transform scientific publishing, PLoS launched PLoS Biology in 2003 and PLoS Medicine in 2004, both with the support of the Gordon and Bettie Moore Foundation. Next up are PLoS Computational Biology, PLoS Genetics, and PLoS Pathogens.
"PLoS is partnering with the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) to publish PLoS Computational Biology. The journal, now accepting submissions, is scheduled to launch in June 2005. PLoS Genetics, also now accepting submissions, will launch in July 2005. PLoS Pathogens will begin accepting submissions in March 2005 and begin publishing in autumn of 2005."
No author. PLoS to Launch New Journals. Library Journal. Jan. 11, 2005.
See also:
Public Library of Science. Public Library of Science to Launch Additional Open-Access Journals. (Press Release.) Jan. 6, 2005.
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