For those folks who don't subscribe to VRA-L, here's their first "IPR - In the News" compilation. Thanks to Jen Green and her VRA colleagues for pulling this together. Diane
>X-Google-Sender-Auth: 9d5df3ca30ed798f >Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:14:19 -0500 >Reply-To: Visual Resources Association <VRA-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> >Sender: Visual Resources Association <VRA-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> >From: Jen Green <jengreen at UMN.EDU> >Subject: VRA-IPR News: March - June 2007 >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-Received-Info: spv=0; >X-ELNK-AV: 0 >X-ELNK-Info: sbv=0; sbrc=.0; sbf=00; sbw=000; > >IPR-In the News? >Compiled by Jen Green, University of Minnesota > > >'Electric Slide' Creator Steps on Fair Use >Electric Frontier Foundation Press Releases, March 1, 2007 > ><http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2007_03.php#005143>http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2007_03.php#005143 > >The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed >suit today against the man who claims to have >created the popular line dance "The Electric >Slide," asking the court to protect the free >speech rights of a videographer who captured a >few steps of the dance in a documentary video he >posted to the Internet. > > > >Free Speech Battle Over Online Parody of 'Colbert Report' >Electric Frontier Foundation Press Releases, March 22, 2007 > ><http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2007_03.php#005176>http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2007_03.php#005176 > >The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) asked a >federal court today to protect the free speech >rights of MoveOn.org Civic Action and Brave New >Films after their satirical send-up of "The >Colbert Report" was removed from YouTube >following a baseless copyright complaint from >media giant Viacom. > > > >Spoon-Bending 'Paranormalist' Illegally Twists Copyright Law >Electric Frontier Foundation Press Releases, March 22, 2007 > ><http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2007_05.php#005244>http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2007_05.php#005244 > >Uri Geller Makes Bogus Copyright Claims to >Silence YouTube Critic. The Electronic Frontier >Foundation (EFF) filed suit Tuesday against >Geller -- the "paranormalist" famous for >seemingly bending spoons with his mind -- on >behalf of a YouTube critic who was silenced by >Geller's baseless copyright claims. > > > >Google and Four US States Improve Public Access to Government Websites >Google Press Center, April 30, 2007 > ><http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/govt_access.html>http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/govt_access.html > >Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced >partnerships with the states of Arizona, >California, Utah and Virginia to make it easier >to search for hard-to-find public information on >state government websites. These partnerships >developed as both Google and officials with the >four state governments recognized that the >public is increasingly turning to search engines >like Google to access government services, but >that a significant share of the information on >state agency websites is not included in its >index of information sources on the web. As a >result, many online government services can be >difficult for the public to find. > > > >Malkin Fights Back Against Copyright Law Misuse by Universal Music Group >Electric Frontier Foundation Press Releases, May 9, 2007 > ><http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2007_05.php#005245>http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2007_05.php#005245 > >EFF Supports Conservative Columnist Who >Criticized Controversial Hip Hop Artist Akon. >With the legal backing of the Electronic >Frontier Foundation (EFF), nationally syndicated >columnist and prominent blogger Michelle Malkin >has contested music giant Universal Music >Group's (UMG's) improper attempt to silence her >online criticism of one of its artists. > > > >Universal Music Group Backs Off Claims to Michelle Malkin Video >Electric Frontier Foundation Press Releases, May 14, 2007 > ><http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2007_05.php#005251>http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2007_05.php#005251 > >Online Criticism of Hip Hop Artist Akon Drew >Baseless Copyright Allegations from UMG. >Universal Music Group (UMG) has backed off of >its attempt to silence nationally syndicated >columnist Michelle Malkin's online criticism of >one of its controversial artists after Malkin >fought back with the help of the Electronic >Frontier Foundation (EFF). > > > >Public Access Group Posts Smithsonian Images Online >By Brett Zongker, Associated Press, May 21, 2007 > ><http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1179479096959>http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1179479096959 > >A nonprofit group is challenging the copyrights >and restrictions on images being sold by the >Smithsonian. But instead of going to court, the >group downloaded all 6,288 photos online and >posted them Wednesday night on the free Internet >site. > > > >Database of Literary Copyright Information Available To Researchers >The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, The >University of Texas at Austin, News Release, May >29, 2007 > ><http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/news/press/2007/fobfile.html>http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/news/press/2007/fobfile.html > >The University of Texas at Austin's Harry Ransom >Humanities Research Center and the Reading >University Library have created Firms Out of >Business (FOB), an online database containing >the names and addresses of copyright holders or >contact persons for out-of-business printing and >publishing firms, magazines, literary agencies >and similar organizations that have archives >housed in libraries and archives in North >America and the United Kingdom. > >FOB can be accessed at ><http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/fob.cfm>http://www.fob-file.com. > > > >Exporting Bad IP Laws through Free Trade Agreements >posted by Gwen Hinze, EFF Deep Links, May 30, 2007 > >South Korea has just signed a bilateral free >trade agreement with the U.S. that will put >severe restrictions on its ability to innovate. >This is exactly the kind of arrangement that >James Surowiecki, author of The Wisdom of >Crowds, wrote about in the May 14 issue of the >New Yorker magazine. Recent U.S. trade >agreements with the developing world, says >Surowiecki, do more than regulate trade and >tariffs -- they export stringent U.S. Copyright >and patent laws as well. > >To view the free trade agreement between South Korea and the U.S., go to: > ><<http://www.ustr.gov/Trade_Agreements/Bilateral/Republic_of_Korea_FTA/Draft_Text/Section_Index.html>http://www.ustr.gov/Trade_Agreements/Bilateral/Republic_of_Korea_FTA/Draft_Text/Section_Index.html > > > >To view James Surowiecki's May 14th article in the New Yorker go to: > ><<http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2007/05/14/070514ta_talk_surowiecki>http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2007/05/14/070514ta_talk_surowiecki > > > >Attention Returns to Orphan Works >posted by Nancy Sims, EFF Deep Links News, May 31, 2007 > ><http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005284.php>http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005284.php > >An "orphan work" is something currently >protected by copyright, but whose owner can't be >found even with diligent searching. Currently, >if someone wants to make a copy of an orphan >work (say, for archiving or republication), or >use it to create a derivative work (like a >compilation or montage) they risk huge statutory >damages if the actual owner ever appears and >exercises their rights. Unsurprisingly, many >choose not to take that gamble, and works with >potential useful value are left to languish ><<http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/case/kahle-v-gonzales>http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/case/kahle-v-gonzales>. > > > > Latest U.S. Free Trade Agreement Contains New Twist >posted by Gwen Hinze, EFF Deep Links News, June 1, 2007 > ><http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005287.php>http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005287.php > >The US Trade Representative's Office has just >released the text of the U.S. - South Korea Free >Trade Agreement and it makes for fascinating >reading. ><<http://www.ustr.gov/Trade_Agreements/Bilateral/Republic_of_Korea_FTA/Draft_Text/Section_Index.html>http://www.ustr.gov/Trade_Agreements/Bilateral/Republic_of_Korea_FTA/Draft_Text/Section_Index.html > > > >As those following the debate around the U.S.'s >bilateral free trade agreements will know, since >2002 the last nine free trade agreements have >required America's trading partners to adopt >very specific intellectual property laws and to >provide a higher level of legal protection than >international standards embodied in multilateral >treaties. ><<http://www.ustr.gov/Trade_Agreements/Bilateral/Section_Index.html>http://www.ustr.gov/Trade_Agreements/Bilateral/Section_Index.html > > > > > >Webcasting Royalties: Where Do We Go from Here? > >EDUCAUSE Live! June 5, 2007 > ><http://www.educause.edu/LIVE0711>http://www.educause.edu/LIVE0711 > >This EDUCAUSE Live! Webcast was cosponsored by >ACUTA, the Association for Communications >Technology Professionals in Higher Education. >Slides from the June 5, 2007 Webcast can be >viewed by clicking the above link. > > > >Some Publishers Warm to Google Book Search >By Jim Zarroli, NPR: All Things Considered, June 4, 2007 > ><http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10712494>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10712494 > > > >When Google first announced its intention to >scan books from around the world and post them >online, the project was "portrayed in the press >as a kind of rapacious monster," says Jim >Zarroli of NPR's All Things Considered. But now >that Google has digitized more than 1 million >volumes, some pundits and publishers are >changing their tunes. > > > >EMI cashes in on unprotected music sales >By Don Jeffrey, Bloomberg News, June 15, 2007 > ><http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070606/BUSINESS11/706060407/1436/BUSINESS05>http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070606/BUSINESS11/706060407/1436/BUSINESS05 > >NEW YORK. EMI Group PLC's digital revenue may >rise from offering music without software that >prevents copying, based on early sales of >unprotected recordings through Apple Inc.'s >iTunes store. "The initial results of DRM-free >music are good," Lauren Berkowitz, a senior vice >president of London-based EMI, said Wednesday at >a music industry conference in New York. > > > >Copyright Center Will Let Colleges Pay Blanket Fees to Reuse Printed >Material >By Brock Read, June 22, 2007 > ><http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i43/43a02901.htm>http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i43/43a02901.htm > >The Copyright Clearance Center, a nonprofit >group that manages licenses for reuse of >published material, has created an annual >copyright license for colleges, the center plans >to announce on Monday. The license will let >institutions pay a blanket fee to use >copyrighted material instead of having to secure >the rights to such content on a case-by-case >basis. > > > >Blog: "fresh and new(er)", produced by the Web >Services and Digital Media team at the >Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, June 24, 2007 > ><http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/dmsblog/index.php/2007/06/24/good-copy-bad-copy-the-developing-world-and-copyright/>http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/dmsblog/index.php/2007/06/24/good-copy-bad-copy-the-developing-world-and-copyright/ > >Seb Chan's review of the hour long documentary >exploring Copyright law title "Good Copy, Bad >Copy": "Good Copy, Bad Copy >(<http://www.goodcopybadcopy.net/>http://www.goodcopybadcopy.net/ >) is a rather splendid hour long documentary >exploring Copyright law as it applies to remix >culture. Unlike a lot of similar projects Good >Copy, Bad Copy is truly internationalist and the >most fascinating voices come from the developing >world - a Nigerian 'Nollywood' >(<http://www.thisisnollywood.com/>http://www.thisisnollywood.com/ >) film company that has been producing 'straight >to DVD' digital films for many years and >building a business model that allows them to >compete effectively with 'pirated' DVD copies in >the local markets; and a Techno Brega producer >in northern Brazil whose music is given away >freely as marketing for enormous parties. > > > >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:jengreen at umn.edu>jengreen at umn.edu. > > > >-- >Jen Green >Curatorial Assistant >Digital Collections + Archives >College of Design >University of Minnesota -- Diane M. 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