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New Slide-Rule for Assessing Copyright Status

July 18th, 2008 by Cathy · No Comments

The American Library Association’s Office for Information Technology Policy recently created a slide-rule to help determine if a particular work is copyright protected. Pointing the red arrow to the date of first publication of the work provides information on the copyright status of the work.

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Tags:Copyright, Fair Use, Responsible Conduct of Research, Support for Authors, Uncategorized

Publishers Sue Georgia State on Digital Reading Matter

April 16th, 2008 by Cathy · No Comments

Interesting article in the New York Times by Katie Hafner. Three prominent academic publishers are suing Georgia State University, contending that the school is violating copyright laws.

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Tags:Copyright, Fair Use