Following up on my previous message, here's a link to the British Library's Manifesto, "Intellectual Property: A Balance."
http://www.bl.uk/news/pdf/ipmanifesto.pdf Amalyah ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amalyah Keshet" <[email protected]> To: <mcn-l at mcn.edu> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 2:02 PM Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: British Library calls for a serious updating of current copyright law > Try putting this one on a bumper sticker: "Unless there is a serious > updating of copyright law ...the law becomes an ass." > > Strong words, and timely. > > Amalyah Keshet > Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management > The Israel Museum, Jerusalem > Chair, MCN IP SIG > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The British Library has called for a "serious updating" of current > copyright law to "unambiguously" include digital content and take > technological advances into account. > > In a manifesto released on Monday at the Labor Party Conference in > Manchester, the United Kingdom's national library warned that the > country's traditional copyright law needs to be extended to fully > recognize digital content. > > "Unless there is a serious updating of copyright law to recognize the > changing technological environment, the law becomes an ass," Lynne > Brindley, chief executive of the British Library, told ZDNet UK. > > Digital rights management (DRM) technologies and licensing agreements > currently can impose restrictions on copying content that go beyond the > requirements of copyright law. This needs legal clarification, according > to the British Library. > > http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-6119043.html > _______________________________________________
