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Protection of online privacy moves forward in bipartisan vote!
ALA’s District Dispatch website is joining the campaign to reform the “Electronic Computer Privacy Act – or ECPA as it is affectionately called.” Yesterday (Thursday, November 29th) the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to reform the act which was first [...]
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As Hurricane Sandy kicked up sand along the US East Coast and flooded the Northeast, all while early voting was beginning in some states, Open Access Week was not the main headline last week. But here are a few things that might [...]
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Another busy week in the Land of Publishing. Following up last week’s news about the Google Books lawsuit, we heard next that the Authors Guild’s suit against HathiTrust was thrown out. Details and analyses are available from many sources, including Ars Technica, Wired, the Chronicle, and Read More... →
by Jonathan Harwell, Rollins College
After seven long years of litigation against Google for their book scanning, the Association of American Publishers has sealed a private settlement with Google. Claire Cain Miller has the rundown of what we know so far, in the New York Times. The common wisdom is that the lawsuit might have [...]
Read More... →by Jonathan Harwell, Rollins College
News is busting out all over, just like October here in Florida (highs only in the upper 80’s!). As we in the US prepare for the first presidential debate of 2012, here are some quick hits on the politics of information.
ALA President Maureen Sullivan has written “An Open [...]
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The plaintiffs (Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press USA, and SAGE) have decided to appeal the decision in the e-reserves lawsuit against Georgia State University. The Copyright Clearance Center is continuing to provide half of the legal fees for the plaintiffs. Andrew Albanese has the rundown in Publishers Weekly.
The [...]
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