IFLA submission to EU Copyright Consultation now available online - March 13, 2014
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) last week submitted a response to the Public Consultation on the Review of EU Copyright Rules. IFLA believes a balanced copyright reform should provide sufficient protections for EU creative industries without restricting essential research and development,… Read More
AAAS to participate in Copyright Clearance Center’s Republication Service - February 27, 2014
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) has announced that the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will be participating in CCC's Republication Service. The Republication Service is a one-stop digital marketplace to acquire and give republication rights, simplifying the process of negotiating those rights… Read More
Library Copyright Alliance submits statement for scope of fair use - January 30, 2014
The US House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet recently held another hearing on copyright review. This hearing focused on the scope of fair use and included five witnesses: Peter Jaszi (professor, American University), June Besek (professor, Columbia University), Naomi Novik (author and co-founder, Organization… Read More
EU favours licensing over copyright reform for libraries in latest international negotiations - January 7, 2014
The 26th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR) closed just before midnight on December 20, following five days of discussion of copyright protections for broadcasting, exceptions and limitations for libraries and archives, and for education. This was the first meeting… Read More
Twenty nine organisations and 71 individuals oppose copyright term extension in Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement - December 16, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has joined 28 other organisations and 71 individuals in a letter opposing a copyright term of life plus 70 years in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). Authors of the letter, sent to TPP negotiators on December 6, noted that… Read More
Versita implements Crosscheck Plagiarism Screening across its portfolio of third-party-owned journals - November 27, 2013
Open access publishing services provider Versita has announced that it is introducing Crosscheck Plagiarism Screening to the entire portfolio of its third-party-owned journals. Crosscheck is an initiative between iThenticate and CrossRef®, a not-for-profit membership association of publishers, established to help publishers prevent professional plagiarism and… Read More
Authors Guild case against Google and its Library Project dismissed - November 26, 2013
On November 14, Judge Denny Chin of the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that the digitisation of millions of books from research library collections was a fair use and dismissed the Authors Guild case against Google and its Library Project, saying that the project "advances the progress… Read More
Libraries applaud dismissal of Google Book search case - November 15, 2013
The Library Copyright Alliance, which is comprised of the American Library Association, the Association of College & Research Libraries, and the Association of Research Libraries, welcomes Judge Denny Chin's decision to protect the search database that allows the public to search more than 20 million books.… Read More
CCC adds 16 publishers to Get It Now academic service - November 6, 2013
Global licensing and content solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) has announced the addition of 16 new publishers to its award-winning Get It Now academic service. The new publishers include Alcohol Research Documentation, Allerton Press, Allied Health, American College of Chest Physicians, American Psychiatric… Read More
Copyright Clearance Center Expands Republication Service - October 17, 2013
Licensing and content solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) has announced enhancements to its Republication Service, streamlining the process to buy and sell permission to republish content from the world's most sought-after journals, books, newspapers and other information sources. To help publishers better serve… Read More
