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
US judge weighs Google book copyright case - September 24, 2013
A federal judge on September 23, 2013, pointedly questioned attorneys for the Authors Guild in a long-running case on whether Google's book-scanning project violates copyright law. The two sides presented oral arguments in a hearing on whether the case should be dismissed, or whether the authors… Read More
BMJ selects CCC’s RightsLink for Open Access to manage APCs for its publications - September 5, 2013
Licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), US, has announced that medical knowledge provider BMJ has selected CCC's RightsLink for Open Access to manage Article Processing Charges (APCs) for its Open Access publications. BMJ (formerly BMJ Group) advances healthcare worldwide… Read More
Authors Guild disputes Google’s fair use claim - September 3, 2013
Internet search services provider Google’s scanning of books does not meet the legal definition of 'transformative,' creates potential harm to authors and other copyright holders, and is not protected as fair use under the law, the Authors Guild argues in a brief recently filed in the… Read More
Creative Commons CC0 waiver to become part of BioMed Central’s Copyright and License Agreement - August 22, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced that the Creative Commons CC0 waiver will become part of the BioMed Central Copyright and License Agreement on September 3, 2013. For articles submitted from this date, CC0 will apply to data in all articles published by BioMed Central… Read More
CCC adds eight publishers to Get It Now academic solution - August 8, 2013
Licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), US, has announced the addition of eight new publishers to its Get It Now academic solution. The new publishers are Advanstar Communications, Inc., HealthCom Media, IGI Global, Intellect, Project Hope/Health Affairs Journal, SPIE, Springer Publishing Company, and W.S.… Read More
Department of Justice proposes remedy to address Apple’s price fixing - August 5, 2013
The Department of Justice and 33 State Attorneys General have submitted to the court a proposed remedy to address Apple Inc.'s illegal conduct, following the July 10, 2013, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York decision finding that Apple conspired to fix the… Read More
