http://blog.lib.umn.edu/copyinfo/news/ en-us 2007-04-04T11:33:58-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/copyinfo/news/075000.html A searchable database of copyright renewals for books published in the US between 1923 and 1964 is now available, online, at Stanford University's Libraries and Information Resources Web site.... New Publications copyinfo 2007-04-04T11:33:58-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/copyinfo/news/060807.html A new ruling allows film and media studies educators to circumvent CSS copyprotection found on most DVDs. The Librarian of Congress has announced new exemptions from the anti-cicumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act At the US Copyright Office... Court Decisions & Rulings copyinfo 2006-11-27T09:28:37-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/copyinfo/news/058269.html The University of Chicago Press, Journals Division recently announced a change in the terms and conditions of use for their electronic journals. Beginning January 1, 2007 instituional subscribers with enterprise-wide access to electronic journals published by the press may make... Publishing copyinfo 2006-11-01T09:00:04-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/copyinfo/news/057955.html The Librarian of Congress has announced a temporary extention of existing regulations regarding classes of copyrighted works exempted from the anticircumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. New class exemptions for the period ending October 27, 2009... Court Decisions & Rulings copyinfo 2006-10-30T09:28:32-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/copyinfo/news/050785.html On August 10, 2006, the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School released Research Publication No. 2006-09, The Digital Learning Challenge: Obstacles to Eductional Uses of Copyrighted Material in the Digital Age. Authored by Berkman Center Faculty... New Publications copyinfo 2006-08-17T15:26:27-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/copyinfo/news/050772.html The University of Maryland Center for Intellectual Property announces its 2006-2007 online workshop series. This year's offerings begin on October 2 with a workshop moderated by Laura Gasaway, professor of law and director, Law Library, University of North Carolina at... Online Events copyinfo 2006-08-17T10:13:11-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/copyinfo/news/048588.html The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law launched the Fair Use Network Web site in June, 2006. The site was created as part of the Center's Free Expression Policy Project which provides research and advocacy on free... Online Events copyinfo 2006-07-10T14:06:38-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/copyinfo/news/048075.html Proposed Legislation on Orphan Works: Solving the Problem or Escalating the Crisis Educause Live ! presents a one hour online discussion about legislation pending in Congress that addresses the orphan works problem, i.e. copyright infringements that result from uses of... Online Events copyinfo 2006-06-28T13:18:01-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/copyinfo/news/043684.html Symposium at University of Maryland The 2006 UMUC Center for Intellectual Property Symposium on Intellectual Property, will be held June 14-16,2006, in Adelphi, MD. The symposium will examine the issues surrounding Google's ambitious plans to digitize and index massive... copyinfo 2006-04-19T12:25:00-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/copyinfo/news/032250.html Last month the Copyright Clearance Center announced the “Copyright Permissions Building Block,” a service built into the Blackboard system that automates the process of securing permissions for using copyrighted materials in courses. The announcement has been met with mixed response.... copyinfo 2005-11-15T13:22:10-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/copyinfo/news/030961.html The Center for Intellectual Property at the Unversity of Maryland University College is offering this workshop as part of its 2005-2006 Intellectual Property in Academia Online Workshop Series. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and the University Campus: A Safe... copyinfo 2005-10-28T11:38:15-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/copyinfo/news/030996.html Free Culture and the Digital Library is an interdisciplinary symposium on national and international effects of intellectual property law. It will be held at Emory University in October. The Metascholar Initiative at Emory brings Lawrence Lessig and Siva Vaidhyanathan together... copyinfo 2005-08-30T16:37:57-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/copyinfo/news/030995.html Last June the Supreme Court ruled that peer-to-peer software manufacturers can be held liable for the copyright infringing activities of those who use their software. In MGM v. Grokster the court's ruling establishes a new standard for liability including whether... copyinfo 2005-06-30T16:35:01-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/copyinfo/news/021424.html The FCC's proposed regulation requiring consumer electronic devices to be equipped to recieve digital markers embedded in digital television signals and dvd encryption schemes (this includes television receivers, PCs, and DVD recording and playback equipment) was rejected by the U.S.... Court Decisions & Rulings copyinfo 2005-05-09T15:18:58-06:00