Good stuff from: > (C)ollectanea Blog. Collected perspectives on copyright. > http://chaucer.umuc.edu/blogcip/collectanea/ > Center for Intellectual Property, UMUC > > ------------------------ > > Book review: New Book Explores Social Costs of Digital Rights Management > by Susan Lang, LinuxElectrons, September 09 2007 > http://tinyurl.com/28yyv3 > > "Ithaca, NY - Copyright law was conceived when only a few people had the > ability to mass-produce intellectual property. Computers and the > Internet, however, have opened a whole new can of worms, allowing almost > anyone to copy almost anything and distribute it widely. Instead of > relying on the enforcement of copyright laws, more and more industries > are relying on such technologies as encryption to protect their > content." > ----- > > Press Release: SPARC letter to members on the PRISM anti-open access > effort > Date: September 6, 2007 > To: SPARC Members > From: Heather Joseph, SPARC Executive Director > Re: PRISM anti-open access effort > http://www.arl.org/sparc/advocacy/07-0907prism.html > > "I'm writing to bring to your attention the recent launch of an > anti-open access lobbying effort. The initiative, called "PRISM - the > Partnership for Research Integrity in Science and Medicine" ( > http://www.prismcoalition.org), was launched with development support > from the Association of American Publishers and specifically targets > efforts to expand public access to federally funded research results - > including the National Institute of Health's Public Access Policy." > ----- > > Blog: The rhetoric of fair use > by Carlos Ovalle, (c)ollectanea Blog, September 7, 2007 > http://tinyurl.com/ynvbok > > "Here's one of the subjects I've mentioned in a few places in action: > the rhetoric of fair use. The technology trade group Computer & > Communications Industry Association (CCIA) recently filed a complaint > with the FTC regarding the misleading and overreaching copyright > warnings that appear during sports events, on DVDs and books, and other > places." > ---- > > Blog: US court rules that free speech trumps copyright (sometimes) > by Cory Doctorow, boing-boing, September 5, 2007 > http://www.boingboing.net/2007/09/05/us-court-rules-that.html > > "A major copyright victory -- the Tenth Circuit court has ruled in favor > of Larry Lessig, et al, in Golan v. Gonzales, a case about the scope of > fair use. The court has acknowledged that First Amendment freedoms must > be considered when copyright law is made." > ----- > > Japan: Artists and Right Holders to Build Search Site for Copyright > Information > By Keita Mochizuki, Tech-On!, Sep 04, 2007 > http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20070904/138725/ > > "It was revealed in a press conference Aug. 31, 2007, that a group of > artists and right holders organizations in Japan will construct a Web > site that will enable searches of copyright information on literature, > photos and music via the Internet, targeting January 2009." > ----- > > The First Close Look at Colleges' Digital Pirates > by BROCK READ, Chronicle of Higher Education, 7 September 2007 > (subscription required) > http://chronicle.com/weekly/v54/i02/02a00102.htm > > "Ms. Elzy and Mr. Arbogast wanted financial support from the industry, > and they got it. The Digital Citizen Project, as Illinois State calls > it, has benefited from considerable entertainment-industry financing, > including an influx ofseveral hundred thousand dollars that came shortly > after the meeting. . Later, Illinois State secured promises that the > information the university collects will not be used to prosecute > students." > > ==========
