>Thread-Topic: VRA Intellectual Property Rights News: July 2008 >Thread-Index: Acjz0BKIC9j3W8XVRHGCNCQ7xUOxqA== >Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:14:50 -0400 >Reply-To: Visual Resources Association <VRA-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> >Sender: Visual Resources Association <VRA-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> >From: Jennifer Green <Jennifer.Green at MASSART.EDU> >Subject: VRA Intellectual Property Rights News: July 2008 >To: VRA-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU >List-Help: <http://listserv.uark.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=VRA-L>, > <mailto:LISTSERV at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU?body=INFO VRA-L> >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:VRA-L-unsubscribe-request at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> >List-Subscribe: <mailto:VRA-L-subscribe-request at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> >List-Owner: <mailto:VRA-L-request at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> >List-Archive: <http://listserv.uark.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=VRA-L> >X-ELNK-AV: 0 >X-ELNK-Info: sbv=0; sbrc=.0; sbf=00; sbw=000; > >IPR-In the News >Compiled by Jen Green, Massachusetts College of Art + Design >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >A Look Back at Canarsie, Clouded by Copyright Woes >by Jake Mooney, New York Times, June 29, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/4hkd48>http://tinyurl.com/4hkd48 >The photograph, in the archives of the Brooklyn >Historical Society, showed a group of people >having drinks at Whittaker's Hotel, a >long-disappeared way station in Canarsie that >once served travelers bound for the Rockaways. >It was just what Brian Merlis, who publishes >books of historical Brooklyn photographs, wanted. >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Press Release: Leading Photo Associations Urge >Congress to Amend Orphan Works Legislation >Stock Artists Alliance, July 2008 ><http://www.stockartistsalliance.org/node/371>http://www.stockartistsalliance.org/node/371 >A growing chorus of concern, even outrage, about >the current Orphan Works legislation >demonstrates the importance of this issue for >most photographers and other visual artists. >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Best Practices for Locating Copyright Owners of Photographic and Visual Art >The American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP), released in July 2008 >These guidelines can be found at: ><http://www.aspp.com/pages/257/189/0/>http://www.aspp.com/pages/257/189/0/ >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Campus Copyright Battle Moves to Textbook Torrents >by John Timmer, ars technical, July 1, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/3jb26p>http://tinyurl.com/3jb26p >"The RIAA's extensive campaign against >filesharing has drawn in a lot of individuals, >but college campuses have remained a major >target of the content owners' legal threats. >It's pretty clear that there's significant >expertise with filesharing on college campuses, >so it shouldn't come as a surprise that this >expertise has been put to use with other >copyrighted materials. Textbook companies are >getting worried about the sharing of their >bread-and-butter online, and have started a >campaign designed to block the sharing at its >source." >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Copyright Office Would Deny Key TV License to Internet >by Ted Hearn, Multichannel News, July 1, 2008 ><http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6574635.html>http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6574635.html >In a report to Congress Monday, the U.S. >Copyright Office said companies that intend to >stream local TV signals over the Internet should >be denied a key copyright license that cable >operators use to distribute the same signals. >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Blog: ZeroPaid: Canada - Bloc Leader Wants ISPs >Liable for Copyright Infringement >by Drew Wilson, July 7, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/5vs4r3>http://tinyurl.com/5vs4r3 >"The copyright reform debate in Canada has a new >twist - and it comes from the party that wants >to separate Quebec from Canada. Bloc leader >Gilles Duceppe answered a concerned Canadian's >letter over bill C-61 with what his stance is." >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Judge Suspends Recording-Industry Subpoena Served on N.C. University >by Andrea Foster, Chronicle of Higher Education, July 7, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/6ezyut>http://tinyurl.com/6ezyut >A federal judge has become skeptical of tactics >used by the recording industry to identify >students at North Carolina State University >suspected of swapping music online in violation >of copyright law. >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Press Release: Best Practices in Copyright and >Fair Use for User-Generated Content Released >by American University, PR Web, July 7, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/5qyluf>http://tinyurl.com/5qyluf >American University's Center for Social Media >announces the release of a new code of best >practices in fair use for creators in the >burgeoning online video environment. The code, >grounded in the practices of online video makers >and in the law, was collaboratively created by a >team of scholars and lawyers from leading >universities. It was coordinated by American >University professors Pat Aufderheide and Peter >Jaszi. >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Blog: ComputerWorld: Science 2.0 and Rights Protection >by Martin McBrown, July 7, 2008' ><http://tinyurl.com/6p3caa>http://tinyurl.com/6p3caa >"I was reading in Scientific American about how >modern scientists and researchers are beginning >to use web technologies, including blogs, wikis >and social networks. So-called Science 2.0 is >trying to take advantage of the same technology >used by other groups to provide tools for >sharing knowledge, research notes and >experience. But not everybody is happy." >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >EU on Track for 95-year Copyright >by Ben Cardew, MusicWeek, July 7, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/5pcpp6>http://tinyurl.com/5pcpp6 >The music industry is confident that copyright >term extension in Europe remains on track, with >European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy's draft >proposal to change the term of protection >directive still likely to be delivered before >the end of this month. >See below articles: EU strikes the wrong note on >copyright; Ageing Rockers May Lose Copyright >Protection >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Blog: Collectanea: The Commentary Sometimes Outstrips the Story >by Georgia Harper, July 8, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/62ej9x>http://tinyurl.com/62ej9x >"Open Access business models are numerous. >There's no magic path to OA. But some >high-profile efforts have been around long >enough to warrant analysis. So Declan Butler >writes an article about PLoS (Public Library of >Science), which he calls the 'poster child for >open-access' that appears in Nature News, >ironically not open to anyone who does not have >a subscription." >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Govt Will Stop Illegal Broadcasts during Games >by Xie Chuanjiao, China Daily, July 8, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/5spxog>http://tinyurl.com/5spxog >Authorities are determined to prevent >unauthorized companies and individuals from >broadcasting Olympic events, an official from >the National Copyright Administration of China >(NCAC) said Monday. "No website, mobile phone >platform or individual is permitted to transmit >audio and video information regarding the >Beijing Olympic Games or events within the >mainland without a copyright or copyright >holders' authorizations," Xu Chao, deputy >director of the copyright management department >of the NCAC, told a press conference in Beijing. >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Blog: InfoWorld: Threads of Copyright Abuse >by Ed Foster, July 8, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/6ld68c>http://tinyurl.com/6ld68c >"How far will copyright "protection" >organizations go in threatening end users with >highly questionable infringement claims? Far >enough to claim that victims of counterfeiters >are infringers themselves, as the continuing >practices of the Embroidery Software Protection >Coalition (ESPC) demonstrate." >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Blog: TechDirt: Blaming The Flickr API For Copyright Infringement >by Tom Lee, July 9, 2008 ><http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080708/0905171621.shtml>http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080708/0905171621.shtml >"The Fourth of July is over, but for some Flickr >users the holiday's revolutionary spirit is >still running strong. Apparently over the >weekend a company called MyxerTones made >Flickr's entire photographic catalog available >for sale as cellphone wallpaper -- regardless of >the license selected by each photo's owner." >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Press Release: WIPO Workshop to Probe Copyright >Issues Arising from the Preservation of Digital >Content >PressZoom, July 9, 2008 ><http://presszoom.com/story_145255.html>http://presszoom.com/story_145255.html >The World Intellectual Property Organization >(WIPO) in cooperation with the International >Digital Preservation and Copyright initiative >(IDPC) is organizing a one-day workshop on July >15, at WIPO's Geneva headquarters, to survey >recent developments and trends at the >intersection of digital preservation and >copyright. The aim of the workshop is to >contribute to the debate on how to develop and >improve policies and practices that support the >digital preservation of copyright-protected >content. >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Blog: Collectanea : And the Market Moves on... >Past Fair Use? Past Licensing? Past Subscription? >by Georgia Harper, July 10, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/6fl2l9>http://tinyurl.com/6fl2l9 >"In an article in USA Today, Svetlana >Shkolnikova describes the emerging trend towards >faculty-authored "open textbooks" that hold out >at least a glimmer of hope that there could be >real competition in the textbook market that >would have the effect of moderating prices." >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Library of Congress: Laws Need Revision to Encourage Digital Preservation >by Andrea Foster, The Chronicle of Higher >Education: Wired Campus, July 14, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/6gddjn>http://tinyurl.com/6gddjn >Countries should change their laws and policies >to encourage digital preservation of copyrighted >works, according to a report released today by >the Library of Congress. It drafted the report >with organizations in Australia, Britain, and >the Netherlands. >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >New Southern/East African Copyright Network >Targets Protection, Local Innovation >by Wagdy Sawahel, Intellectual Property Watch, July 15, 2008 ><http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=1149>http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=1149 >Seventeen African ministers of arts and culture >have officially launched the newly formed >Southern and Eastern Africa Copyright Network >(Seaconet) in a bid to strengthen regional >collaboration and cooperation in the field of >creative industries, copyright and related >rights. >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >American Library Association Unveils Slide Rule for Copyright Advice >by Andrea Foster, Chronicle of Higher Education: Wired Campus, July 17, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/5mmkve>http://tinyurl.com/5mmkve >For those who doubt the complexity of U.S. >copyright law take a look at this online >slide-rule from the American Library >Association's Office for Information Technology >Policy. It's designed to help librarians and >others figure out if a creative work is >copyright protected. The exceptions to the law, >and the exceptions to the exceptions, are >reminiscent of the nerve-wracking U.S. tax code. >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >EU Strikes the Wrong Note on Copyright >by Dave Rowntree, <http://telegraph.co.uk/>Telegraph.co.uk, July 17, 2008 ><http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/07/17/do1707.xml>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/07/17/do1707.xml >Next week marks 50 years since Sir Cliff Richard >recorded Move It, arguably the first British >rock 'n' roll record. That landmark will also >mean that Cliff's classic is no longer covered >by copyright. However, yesterday the EU >Commission backed a proposal to extend copyright >on sound recordings from 50 years to 95. Dave >Rowntree, the drummer with Blur, argues that the >EU is making a mistake. >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Ageing Rockers May Lose Copyright Protection >The Independent, July 17, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/5rl38a>http://tinyurl.com/5rl38a >Plans to almost double copyright protection for >recording artists were challenged by the >Government this afternoon. The European >Commission said musicians and performers should >enjoy copyright safeguards for 95 years - >instead of losing the rights to their own works >after the current copyright expiry limit of 50 >years. But a UK spokesman said the Government >was "not convinced" of the economic argument for >the move. >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Copyrights-and Wrongs >by Sascha Segan, PC Magazine, July 18, 2008 ><http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2325781,00.asp>http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2325781,00.asp >Did you break the law today? If you've created >something on the Internet, probably. Artists, >librarians, tech geeks, and software engineers >are now fighting over a miserably shrinking >public domain. This isn't what copyright was >supposed to be about, and only a popular >uprising will stop the current trend. >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Blog: Collectanea: A New Era in Defining and Applying Fair Use Norms >by Georgia Harper, July 21, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/6oy9x2>http://tinyurl.com/6oy9x2 >"About 12 years ago, I was involved in the CONFU >effort to define, or rather, provide guidance >for, fair uses in educational contexts in the >then-emerging world of digital networks." >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Government Copyright Bill Fails Green Test >by Michael Geist, The Star, July 21, 2008 ><http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/463909>http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/463909 >The notion of "green copyright" sounds odd, yet >the policy choices found in Bill C-61, Industry >Minister Jim Prentice's controversial copyright >bill, disappointingly run directly counter to >the current emphasis on the environment. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Blog: Deep Links: Senators Announce New Intellectual Property Enforcement Bill >by Richard Esguerra, Electronic Frontier Foundation, July 29, 2008 ><http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/07/library-congress-dmca-copyright>http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/07/library-congress-dmca-copyright >Last week, members of the Senate Judiciary >Committee introduced the "Enforcement of >Intellectual Property Rights Act of 2008," a >bill that proposes a number of alarming changes >to copyright law. The bill is the Senate's gift >to big content owners, creating new and powerful >tools -- many of which will be paid for by your >tax dollars -- for the entertainment industry to >go after infringers. But it doesn't offer a lick >of protection for legitimate innovators and >technology users that may be buried by the >copyright juggernaut. >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Facebook Shuts off Scrabulous after Hasbro Sues >from Bloomberg News, July 29, 2008 ><http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-facebook30-2008jul30,0,6912273.story?track=rss>http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-facebook30-2008jul30,0,6912273.story?track=rss >Facebook Inc., the owner of the biggest U.S. >social-networking site, shut down the online >word game Scrabulous in the U.S. and Canada >after a lawsuit was filed by Hasbro Inc., the >maker of Scrabble. >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >SueTube redux: Italian Broadcaster Targets YouTube >by Jacqui Cheng, ars technical, July 30, 2008 ><http://tinyurl.com/63bwt9>http://tinyurl.com/63bwt9 >YouTube is once again being targeted for >widespread copyright infringement, except this >time the lawsuit is originating from Europe. >Italian broadcaster Mediaset SpA announced today >that it was going after Google for at least ?500 >million in damages, which translates to just >over $750 million at today's exchange rates. >Combine this with the $1 billion sought by >Viacom, and YouTube is looking at the >possibility of some serious legal liability. >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Many thanks to all of our VRA-IPR members who >are monitoring multiple listservs to make this >IPR news posting possible. Please submit any >comments, questions, or suggestions to Jen Green >at ><mailto:jen.green at massart.edu>jen.green at massart.edu > >Jen Green >Visual Resources Librarian >Morton R. Godine Library >Massachusetts College of Art and Design >621 Huntington Avenue >Boston, MA 02115 >617-879-7109 >jen.green at massart.edu >
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