CCC enhances Pay-Per-Use Services for academic institutions - June 24, 2011
Non-profit copyright licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), US, has announced an enhancement to its Pay-Per-Use Services for academic institutions. Users can now obtain reuse rights for entire books, including many that are currently commercially unavailable. Publishers can offer reuse rights for their books,… Read More
British Library partners with Google to digitise 250,000 books from collection - June 21, 2011
The British Library and Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, have announced a partnership to digitise 250,000 out-of-copyright books from the former's collections. Selected by the British Library and digitised by Google, both organisations will work in partnership over the coming… Read More
US govt. approves Google bid for Nortel patents, talks with Apple, RIM continue - June 15, 2011
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has reportedly concluded an antitrust investigation into Google's bid for a collection of wireless-related patents from Canadian telecommunications-equipment maker Nortel. The DoJ approved the bid, while talks with Research in Motion (RIM) and Apple over their… Read More
ISYS Technologies sues Google and partners over ChromiumPC trademark - June 8, 2011
Intellectual property management company ISYS Technologies, US, has reportedly filed a lawsuit against Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, alleging that the latter is violating and interfering with the trademark of its ChromiumPC Modular Computer. The suit seeks an expedited… Read More
Google, publishers seek more time to reach agreement to digitise books - June 2, 2011
A judge in New York has agreed to give lawyers of Google and the book industry more time to decide how to proceed after he rejected their deal to create a massive online library. Federal Circuit Judge Denny Chin in Manhattan said that it was fine… Read More
EC publishes policy blueprint to protect service providers’ intellectual property rights - May 26, 2011
The European Commission (EC) recently published a policy blueprint for dealing with intellectual property (IP) rights. The coordinated EU approach promises among other things to focus on service providers in the fight against online copyright infringement. Piracy and counterfeiting are seen to pose a threat to… Read More
British Library welcomes Hargreaves Review recommendations on IP framework - May 19, 2011
The British Library has welcomed the positive recommendations made to the Government by the Hargreaves Review, proposing an intellectual property (IP) framework designed to increase growth and innovation in the UK. The report has recognised the importance of copyright in the digital age to education… Read More
FCC-FTC forum to examine phone location data storage by Apple and Google - May 18, 2011
US Federal regulators are reportedly joining the growing list of public officials demanding answers from Apple, Inc. and Google, Inc. about the extent to which mobile devices track the location of their users and store detailed histories of their movements. The… Read More
Library Copyright Alliance releases statement on copyright reform - May 17, 2011
The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) has released a statement describing the key features copyright reform proposals should include in order to constitute significant improvement over current law for libraries and their users. Interested parties are discussing with renewed vigor the issues of orphan works, mass… Read More
Online publication seen to facilitate easier publication of sound scientific articles - May 12, 2011
Online publication may reduce delays and ease the publication of sound science, according to a report in Times Higher Education quoting Ronal Laskey, VP of the Academy of Medical Sciences and Professor Emeritus at Cambridge University. It is expected to stem the "dramatic" rise in the… Read More
