Jen Green's monthly update on IPR -related news items....
>X-Google-Sender-Auth: a276c7cfd06a389a >Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 10:14:15 -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 Intellectual Property Rights News: October 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 > > > >Canadians rebuff restrictions on their Internet access >CNW Group, October 1, 2007 ><http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2007/01/c6961.html>http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2007/01/c6961.html > >Most Canadians are unaware of an emerging threat to their ability to access >web-based information and services, according to data released today. A poll >conducted by Leger Marketing found that >Canadians are generally unaware of the concept >of "net neutrality," the principle that Internet >service providers should not be allowed to >impose restrictions on the web content or >applications consumers can access. > > > >Canada's choppy copyright waters >by Michael Geist, P2Pnet.net, October 1, 2007 ><http://www.p2pnet.net/story/13504>http://www.p2pnet.net/story/13504 > >Copyright lobby groups are out in full force >calling on the government to prioritize >intellectual property protection in its fall >legislative agenda. Despite efforts to put >forward a united front, however, what is readily >apparent to those close to the process is that >copyright reform is rife with conflicts that >create a significant political risk and require >the expenditure of enormous political capital. > > > >Coming soon to kindergarten class: antipiracy ed. >by Anne Broache, CNET News, October 2, 200 ><http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9789821-7.html>http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9789821-7.html > >Tired of their antipiracy messages being ignored by the teen- and college-age >set, the entertainment industry is attempting to indoctrinate far younger >disciples. > >See related topic below: "Copyright wrongs: >Colleges shouldn't have to police illegal >downloading" and "File-Sharing Students Fight >Copyright Constraints" > > > >Beware Copyright Statistics >by Felix Salmon, <http://portfolio.com/>portfolio.com, October 4, 2007 ><http://tinyurl.com/yotrjd>http://tinyurl.com/yotrjd > >Dean Baker is unimpressed by studies showing vast losses to the US economy >from piracy of intellectual property. He picks on a Washington Post article by >Frank Ahrens, which quotes a study concluding that "intellectual property >piracy -- theft of music, movies, video games and software -- costs the U.S. >economy $58 billion per year and 350,000 lost jobs in the entertainment >industry and its supplying industries." > > >NBC's Zucker Calls for Allies in Copyright Battle >by Saul Hansell, New York Times, October 4, 2007 ><http://tinyurl.com/yrdj8d>http://tinyurl.com/yrdj8d > >Jeff Zucker, the chief executive of NBC Universal, made a speech this week >calling for a massive campaign to fight piracy of copyrighted works. Mr. >Zucker was branded as the epitome of mainstream media cluelessness by >bloggers, in part because his statements were made the same week that >Radiohead, the musical equivalent of NBC'S hit, "Heroes," decided to sell its >latest album by letting fans download it for any price they choose. > > > >Kwik-Fit Sued over Staff Radios >BBC News, October 5, 2007 ><http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7029892.stm>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7029892.stm > >A car repair firm has been taken to court accused of infringing musical >copyright because its employees listen to radios at work. > > > >You can't use the O-word >by David Edgar, The Guardian, October 8, 2007 ><http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2185961,00.html>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2185961,00.html > >Use of the word 'Olympic' could be barred under >copyright law. The planning committee for the >Olympics sporting event has asked that Robert >Ronson, author of a children's science fiction >book, cease using the words 'Olympic' or '2012' >in the title of his book. > > >Minnesota Woman to Appeal $220, 000 RIAA Award >by Greg Sandoval, c|net <http://News.com>News.com, October 8, 2007 ><http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9792759-7.html>http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9792759-7.html > >Jammie Thomas, the Minnesota woman who last week >was ordered to pay the recording industry >$222,000 for copyright violations related to >sharing songs, has decided to appeal the verdict. > > > >Music industry has Aussie pirates in the crosshairs >by Asher Moses, Sydney Morning Herald, October 8, 2007 ><http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/pirates-in-crosshairs/2007/10/08/1191695804646.html>http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/pirates-in-crosshairs/2007/10/08/1191695804646.html > >The anti-piracy arm of the Australian music industry has threatened to start >suing individuals for illegal downloading if Internet providers do not exert >more control over their users. > > > >Copyright wrongs: Colleges shouldn't have to police illegal downloading >RockyMountainNews.com, October 8, 2007 ><http://tinyurl.com/yrazj6>http://tinyurl.com/yrazj6 > >Congress is in the process of renewing the Higher Education Act of 1965, the >federal law that established a major role for Washington in providing aid to >low- and middle-income college students. As with most legislation that has >large sums of taxpayer funding attached, lawmakers are finding the temptation >to lard it up with regulations impossible to resist. > > >AP Sues US News Aggregator for Copyright Infringement and Trademark Abuse >by Thomas Willburn, Ars Technica: the art of technology, October 10, 2007 ><http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071010-associated-press-sues-news-aggregator-for-licensing-failure.html>http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071010-associated-press-sues-news-aggregator-for-licensing-failure.html > >The Associated Press stated today that it has filed suit against Moreover >Technologies, a news aggregation service owned by Verisign. AP says that the >suit comes in the wake of a cease-and-desist letter sent to the service on >September 11 and insists that Moreover is infringing on the news giant's >"proprietary news reports," as well as "falsely associating themselves with >AP." > > > >File-Sharing Students Fight Copyright Constraints >by Rachel Aviv, The New York Times, October 10, 2007 ><http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/education/10students.html?ref=education>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/education/10students.html?ref=education > >When Zachary McCune, a student at Brown, >received an e-mail message from the university >telling him he might have broken the law by >downloading copyrighted songs, his eyes glazed >over the warning and he quickly forgot about it. >"I already knew what they'd say about >file-sharing," he said. "It's become a campus >clich?." > > > >Blog: "c|net": Pirates in the Kitchen: Recipe copying 'rampant' online >by Jennifer Guevin, October 15, 2007 ><http://blogs.cnet.com/kitchen-gadgets/8301-13553_1-9797476-32.html>http://blogs.cnet.com/kitchen-gadgets/8301-13553_1-9797476-32.html > >Content tracking company, Attributor, recently >conducted a study to get an idea of how >frequently online recipes are copied and >reposted to other sites. What it found might >concern some recipe publishers. > > >U.S. Library of Congress Introduces Plans for World Digital Collection >by Doreen Carvajal, International Herald Tribune, October 17, 2007 ><http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/17/business/library.php>http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/17/business/library.php > >The U.S. Library of Congress made public >Wednesday an ambitious plan to digitize a >collection of the world's rare cultural >materials, artifacts ranging from a photo >collection of a 19th-century Brazilian empress >to a crackly recording of a 101-year-old >grandson of a slave. > > > >Standing Up to Takedown Notices: Web Users Turn >the Tables on Copyright Holders >by Catherine Rampbell, ><http://washingtonpost.com>washingtonpost.com, >October 19, 2007 ><http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/18/AR2007101802453.html>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/18/AR2007101802453.html > >"On a chilly February day, Stephanie Lenz >decided to show her family and friends what her >bouncing baby boy could do. She plopped >13-month-old Holden, then learning to walk, on >the floor, cranked up Prince's song "Let's Go >Crazy" and whipped out the digital camera. In >the 29-second YouTube video that resulted, >Holden smiles and bobs up and down to the music. >According to Universal Music Publishing Group, >he also helps his mom commit a federal crime: >copyright infringement." > > > >Librarians Shun Deals to Place Books on Web >by Katie Hafner, The New York Times, October 22, 2007 ><http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/technology/22library.html>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/technology/22library.html > >Several major research libraries have rebuffed >offers from Google and Microsoft to scan their >books into computer databases, saying they are >put off by restrictions these companies want to >place on the new digital collections. > > >Blog: "<http://librarian.net>librarian.net": >Libraries Shun Deals to Place Books on Web, >really? >by Jessamyn West, October 22, 2007 ><http://www.librarian.net/stax/2175/libraries-shun-deals-to-place-books-on-web-really/>http://www.librarian.net/stax/2175/libraries-shun-deals-to-place-books-on-web-really/ > >West and others share comments and >interpretation regarding the to the above New >York Times article, Libraries Shun Deals to >Place Books on Web". > > > >On Corporations and Open Content >by Brock Read, Chronicle of Higher Education: >The Wired Campus, October 23, 2007 ><http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2475>http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2475 > >The New York Times profiled the fast-growing >Open Content Alliance under the headline >"Libraries Shun Deals to Place Books on the >Web." Brock agrees with West's assessment that >the Time's characterization of libraries seems >"harsh." "Many alliance members say that Google >and Microsoft impose too many restrictions on >the content they scan, and that Mr. Kahle's >[Internet Archive] project is a wide-open >antidote." > >OCA to Scan Orphan Works; Publishers Float Orphan Works Solution >Library Journal Academic News Wire, October 25, 2007 ><http://www.libraryjournal.com/info/CA6494533.html#news2>http://www.libraryjournal.com/info/CA6494533.html#news2 > >It's beginning to look like there could be >movement on orphan works in 2008 after a >coalition of three professional publishing >associations released the broad strokes of an >understanding on their use. Separately, the Open >Content Alliance said it would begin scanning >some for distribution through a groundbreaking >digital interlibrary loan system. > > >Senators Support Open-Access Measure >The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Wired Campus, October 30, 2007 ><http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2506>http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2506 > >Open-access advocates cheered last week when the >Senate passed ><http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR3043:>HR >3043, a bill making appropriations for the >Departments of Education, Labor, and Health and >Human Services. That's because the measure >included language requiring all researchers >supported by the National Institutes of Health >to submit their final manuscripts to a free >online archive. > > > > >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 >Assistant Curator >Digital Collections + Archives >College of Design >University of Minnesota -- Diane M. Zorich 113 Gallup Road Princeton, NJ 08542 USA Voice: 609-252-1606 Fax: 609-252-1607 Email: dzorich at mindspring.com
