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Have you tried Toastmaster's? *** Jaeson Drummond, Reference Librarian Bastrop Public Library 1100 Church Street PO Box 670 Bastrop, TX 78602 (512) 321-5441 -----Original Message----- From: Mary Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 9:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Membership Drive This is a message from CTLS-L. Selecting "Reply" will send a message to the entire list. --------------------------------------------------------- Does anyone have any suggestions for a dynamic motivational speaker for the ending of our upcoming membership drive for the Marble Friends Group? Maybe someone you have heard speak for your library functions? I would sure appreciate any suggestions you might have. Thanks Mary Jackson Marble Falls Library ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurie Mahaffey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ctls-l" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 8:35 AM Subject: FW: [ALA-WO:828] Supreme Court Issues Intellectual Property Law Decision > This is a message from CTLS-L. > Selecting "Reply" will send a message to the entire list. > --------------------------------------------------------- > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wendy Clark > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 7:41 AM > To: Syscon-Tx (E-mail) > Subject: FW: [ALA-WO:828] Supreme Court Issues Intellectual Property Law > Decision > > > FYI > -----Original Message----- > From: ALAWASH E-MAIL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 2:48 PM > To: ALA Washington Office Newsline > Subject: [ALA-WO:828] Supreme Court Issues Intellectual Property Law > Decision > > > ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline > Volume 12, Number 48 > June 2, 2003 > > In This Issue: Supreme Court issues intellectual property law decision > > The U.S. Supreme Court on June 2 issued its opinion in Dastar Corp. v. > Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., a case in which ALA participated as a > "friend of the court" in support of Dastar Corporation. The Court has > ruled unanimously 8-0 (Justice Breyer did not participate in the case) > in favor of Dastar, ruling that the company did not act illegally when > it repackaged and distributed a television documentary which had entered > the public domain. The reasoning of the court is extremely helpful to > supporters of balanced intellectual property laws. > > The case involves Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, a federal law which > mostly has to do with trademark but was being used in this instance to > apply to an alleged use and re-use of materials in the public domain. > In the 1950's Twentieth Century Fox Film (Fox) had produced a television > documentary on World War II. Fox did not renew the copyright and the > film entered into the public domain. Dastar copied large chunks of the > documentary, added some of its own footage, and distributed it as its > own without attributing the source of some of the footage. Fox sued and > won in the appeals court, a ruling that the Supreme Court overturned > today in a decision that is significant for database protection > specifically and for preserving the public domain in general. > > Jonathan Band, ALA's outside counsel who wrote the amicus brief, > explained that in its ruling in favor of Dastar, the Supreme Court > focused on the meaning of the word "origin" in Section 43(a) of the > Lanham Act, and concluded that the goods in question here -- the > videotapes -- originated with Dastar, not Fox. The Court said that to > treat the origin of communication products as the entity that created > the underlying intellectual property "would create a species of mutant > copyright law" that would impinge upon the "public's 'federal right to > "copy and to use"' expired copyrights." Thus, Band stated, "The opinion > sharply limits the ability of copyright holders to use Section 43(a) as > a super-copyright law." > > The Supreme Court also stated that if Congress wanted to create an > addition to the copyright law, it would have to do so explicitly. Those > who have been seeking database protection legislation in Congress might > interpret this statement as authorizing it to enact database > legislation. However, Band cautioned, the Court in its decision also > noted the limits on Congress's intellectual property power -- it may not > create perpetual patent or copyright protection. > > Joining ALA as signatories to an amici curiae (friends of the court) > brief in February 2003 were the American Association of Law Libraries, > Association of Research Libraries, Medical Library Association, and > Special Libraries Association. > > > > ****** > ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is a free, irregular publication of the > American Library Association Washington Office. 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