Search for: "Open Book Alliance"
Results 641 - 660
of 745
Sort by Relevance
|
Sort by Date
4 Sep 2009, 9:30 am
The hearing on the settlement is currently scheduled for October 7, 2009 and would presumably consider any objections filed before the deadline.Since the prior posting, a number of things have occurred:* The Open Book Alliance released a statement on August 26, 2009, explaining its objection to the settlement as opposition to the potential monopolization and exclusive control by the proposed Book Registry over public access to any of the books scanned… [read post]
30 Aug 2009, 6:15 pm
You can separately subscribe to the IP Think Tank Global Week in Review at the Subscribe page: [duncanbucknell.com] Highlights this week included: UK government revives downloader cut-off proposal; ISPs object (IPKat) (Excess Copyright) (1709 Copyright Blog) (TorrentFreak) (Ars Technica) CAFC grants Microsoft expedited patent appeal in Word case; Microsoft submits opening brief in appeal: i4i Ltd v Microsoft Corp (IP Watchdog) (Patently-O) (Patently-O) (Washington State Patent… [read post]
28 Aug 2009, 10:41 am
The companies are members of the Open Book Alliance which is made up of nonprofits and libraries which oppose digitizing the books. [read post]
26 Aug 2009, 4:19 pm
A new group called the Open Book Alliance has just created a web site that states the case that the Agreement between Google,the Authors Guild, and the Association of American publishers should be scuttled. [read post]
24 Aug 2009, 12:41 am
have joined the Internet Archive, library and publishing associations and the Open Book Alliance in the fight to stop the Google Book Search Settlement from being approved (see AmeriKat's previous posts on the Google Book Search here and here). [read post]
17 Aug 2009, 3:00 am
You can separately subscribe to the IP Think Tank Global Week in Review at the Subscribe page: [duncanbucknell.com] Highlights this week included: WTO panel rules China must be open to foreign content – DS363 China – Measures affecting trading rights and distribution services for certain publications and audiovisual entertainment product (Intellectual Property Watch) (Ars Technica) (IP Dragon) (China Blawg) (China Hearsay) (China Hearsay) (China Hearsay)… [read post]
3 Aug 2009, 6:18 am
(Afro-IP) Australia Preliminary question: does applicant own copyright it is seeking to enforce: Larrikin Music Publishing Pty Ltd v EMI Songs Australia Pty Limited (LawFont) Canada Canadian copyright collecting agency subverting open debate on copyright (Boing Boing) (Excess Copyright) (Michael Geist) CMEC seeks review of K-12 Copyright Board tariff (Excess Copyright) The return of Captain Copyright? [read post]
24 Jul 2009, 6:38 am
(Canadian Trademark Blog) (IP Osgoode) Antigua Antigua-based ZookZ claim WTO permission to download without permission (1709 Copyright Blog) Australia Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy releases ‘Australia’s Digital Economy: Future Directions’ (Creative Commons) Belgium Copyright group SABAM prosecuted for failing to pay artists (TorrentFreak) Canada ISP copyright consultation questions (Michael… [read post]
22 Jul 2009, 9:21 am
Ess III Professor of Law and Vice Dean for Library and Information Resources, Harvard Law School (bio here) * Ann Wolpert, Director of Libraries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (bio here) * Hal Abelson, Class of 1922 Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (bio and more here) Moderated by Maura Marx, (brief profile here) Executive Director, Open Knowledge Commons (which sprang out of the Open Content Alliance, see… [read post]
21 Jul 2009, 7:47 am
If you want to offer your feedback on the column, use the contact form or just follow me on Twitter at @plagiarismtoday. 1: Google Books Accord Reviewed by EU to Assess Effects First off today, the EU is taking a much closer look at the Google Book Search settlement and what it means for copyrighted works in the EU. [read post]
21 Jul 2009, 7:47 am
If you want to offer your feedback on the column, use the contact form or just follow me on Twitter at @plagiarismtoday. 1: Google Books Accord Reviewed by EU to Assess Effects First off today, the EU is taking a much closer look at the Google Book Search settlement and what it means for copyrighted works in the EU. [read post]
17 Jun 2009, 6:55 am
Still only 22 "industry sector" blogs so if you are mulling over starting one, the playing field is very wide open for you to own your space.This isn't about numbers, though, it's about results. [read post]
5 Jun 2009, 1:34 pm
The shows are archived so you can listen in later: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thelawlibrarian/ In previous episodes, The Law Librarian show on Blog Talk Radio featured topics such as collecting digital books, open access to government information, Chinese law libraries, Twitter, LIPA (Legal Infromation Preservation Alliance), information technology gadgets and toys, law library orientation, LexisNexis and Westlaw's stock prices, the Durham Statement (initiative… [read post]
5 Jun 2009, 1:34 pm
The shows are archived so you can listen in later:http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thelawlibrarian/ In previous episodes, The Law Librarian show on Blog Talk Radio featured topics such as collecting digital books, open access to government information, Chinese law libraries, Twitter, LIPA (Legal Infromation Preservation Alliance), information technology gadgets and toys, law library orientation, LexisNexis and Westlaw's stock prices, the Durham Statement (initiative… [read post]
1 Jun 2009, 6:23 am
Here's the abstract:The United Nations began as an alliance during World War II. [read post]
15 May 2009, 7:00 am
(IP finance) Open source: The model is about branding (Kogelschatz on Advertising) The downturn means new anti-counterfeiting priorities at Nokia (IAM) Global - Copyright Economist copyright debate: ‘This house believes that existing copyright laws do more harm than good’ (At Last... the 1709 Copyright Blog) Apple rejects iPhone BitTorrent app (WIRED) (TorrentFreak) (EFF) Business Software Association piracy data: Does the WIPO Copyright Treaty work? [read post]
1 May 2009, 11:22 pm
Another was directed at the blind, allowing the circumvention of an e-book's shuttered read-aloud function. [read post]
16 Apr 2009, 6:00 am
” There are many federal laws on the books that could affect the wind industry precisely because of bird kills. [read post]
9 Apr 2009, 8:32 am
"They are doing an end run around the legislative process," said Brewster Kahle, founder of the Open Content Alliance, which is working to build a digital library with few restrictions.Opposition to the 134-page agreement, which the parties announced in October, has been building slowly as its implications have become clearer. [read post]
8 Apr 2009, 8:58 am
I've been reading, in a rather desultory fashion I admit, news about the (not yet final and not the only digital book project on the planet (see Open Content Alliance story in NYT)) Google Settlement and drifted from the excellent Library Law blog to Rebecca Tushnet's posts on the subject (which is where the dongle discussion came from).What's a person to do to keep up with it all? [read post]
