British Library welcomes UK govt. proposals on copyright legislation - November 3, 2009
The British Library, the national library of the UK, has announced that it expects researchers to benefit from proposals announced recently by Lord Mandelson and IP Minister, David Lammy. The Library has welcomed initiatives to make copyright fit for the digital age. It has long argued… Read More
Cornell University Library publishes manual on copyright issues in digitisation - November 3, 2009
US-based Cornell University Library has announced the release of a book titled Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for Digitization for US Libraries, Archives, and Museums. The book is projected to help professionals at cultural heritage institutions address issues of using the Internet legally to improve public… Read More
EC adopts policy on handling issues related to large-scale digitisation of books - October 21, 2009
The European Commission (EC) has adopted a ‘Communication on Copyright in the Knowledge Economy’ aiming to tackle the important cultural and legal challenges of mass-scale digitisation and dissemination of books, in particular of European library collections. The Communication was jointly drawn up by Commissioners Charlie McCreevy… Read More
Latest version of Automated Content Access Protocol released - October 19, 2009
Automated Content Access Protocol (ACAP), a tool devised by the worldwide publishing community to help make copyright work on the web, is being upgraded for the first time since it was first released in November 2007. ACAP Version 1.1 has been released with the aim of… Read More
RCD files corporate espionage lawsuit against McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge - October 12, 2009
Construction information provider Reed Construction Data (RCD), US, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reed Elsevier, has filed a suit in federal court against McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge, a unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. The suit charges Dodge with unlawfully accessing confidential and trade… Read More
American Physical Society selects Rightslink to automate author services programme - October 9, 2009
Copyright licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), US, has announced that the American Physical Society (APS) has selected Rightslink to power its expanded author services programme. Rightslink is an online service from CCC that provides a content licensing solution for publishers. APS has been producing… Read More
US judge agrees to delay Google book-scanning project case hearing - September 29, 2009
The hearing over a settlement between Google and US authors and publishers has been postponed considering objections on copyright and anti-trust grounds. The US District Court Judge Denny Chin agreed with the request from the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the US Authors Guild to… Read More
Springer expands use of CCC’s Rightslink - September 18, 2009
Copyright licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), US, has announced that STM publisher Springer, Germany, has expanded its implementation of Rightslink on the Springer online platform, springerlink.com. Springer has been using Rightslink successfully since 2007 to instantly license customer requests to reuse content from its… Read More
Library associations submit supplemental filing for Google Book Search deal - September 10, 2009
The American Library Association (ALA), the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) have submitted a supplemental filing with the US District Court that is overseeing the proposed Google Book Search… Read More
European groups raise objections over Google book-scanning initiative - September 9, 2009
Internet search services provider Google, Inc.’s book-scanning project has been criticised by a group of authors, publishers and the governments of France and Germany, it has been reported. According to them, the plan would give Google too much control over out-of-print books. The complaints were raised… Read More
