Chicago Library System: Copyright & Intellectual Property

ebay censors CD-Rs

Thu, 31 Oct 2002 18:47:06 GMT

Security Alert: eBay Prevents Musician from Selling Own CD-Rs "George Ziemann, an independent musician, made an album with his band and like many small operators, he then produced copies of the the album on CD-R and attempted to sell them on the Web. He listed copies on his own Web page, on MP3.COM, on garageband.com, and on eBay. All was going well... until eBay abruptly began to de-list the auctions. Ziemann and his band were the authors, engineers, producers, and publishers of... [The Shifted Librarian]

Jenny at the Shifted Librarian comments on the continuing music copyright struggle with the RIAA. She makes a number of good points on how their actions threaten libraries circulation of digital music.

Project RoMEO

Tue, 15 Oct 2002 19:47:44 GMT

Project RoMEO:

The RoMEO Project (Rights MEtadata for Open archiving), funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee until July 2003, is studying the rights issues involved in self-archiving by academics in the United Kindgom. Much of the research is being done at Loughborough University.

Center for the Study of the Public Domain

Thu, 05 Sep 2002 17:53:07 GMT

Duke University's Center for the Study of the Public Domain:

"CNET NEWS.COM - University to challenge copyright laws - Tech.... Duke University's law school has received an anonymous $1 million gift to fund advocacy and research aimed at curtailing the recent expansion of copyright law..." [Privacy Digest]

Janis Ian on MP3s

Fri, 30 Aug 2002 16:29:26 GMT

More on the music industry and MP3s:

ZDNet has this piece by David Coursey, entitled "Why this Grammy winner gives away her music," on its news site. The article is based on an interview with Janis Ian, an award winning singer/songwriter.

ProSUA

Wed, 28 Aug 2002 17:59:05 GMT

New Blog on Copyrights Issues:

"New Blog "Dedicated to the Clarification of Copyright Law for Legislators and Citizens". Kevin Marks has a new blog dedicated to taking the copyright fight to the politicians..." [Blogcritics]

ProSUA, Kevin Mark's blog, has lots of tips on how to advocate for copyright issues that affect libraries.

Cartoon Database

Wed, 28 Aug 2002 16:38:13 GMT

Cartoon Database:

"Universal Launches Searchable Database. Universal Press Syndicate launched a Web site that enables newsletter editors, book publishers, the general public, and others to search for comics and editorial cartoons." [Editor & Publisher - Daily Headlines]

This cartoon database allows one to search and buy syndicated cartoons to enliven your content and presentations. What's really nice is that if the featured toon is for a presentation they ask whether you are a for-profit or not- for-profit institution and price the toon accordingly.

Another commentary on the European Copyright Directive

Thu, 22 Aug 2002 21:50:16 GMT

Another commentary on the European Copyright Directive:

"European Copyright Directive. From Andrew Orlowski in London: The UK's take on the "European DMCA" - the European Copyright Directive - will make..." [Blogcritics]

Blogcritics is a new searchable blog site that provides reviews of news events, music, and books.

Copyright Talk from the Guru

Thu, 22 Aug 2002 18:07:01 GMT

Copyright Talk from the Guru:

"Lawrence Lessig. Now has his own weblog." [Privacy Digest]

Lawrence Lessig recently wrote a book on copyright entitled The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World. He is also highly involved in the Creative Commons project, which allows content creators to identify their works with the varying levels of copyright protection in such a way that makes them easily sharable by others.

Mon, 12 Aug 2002 22:07:33 GMT

UCITA Update: Check out Baker & McKenzie’s E-law alert on UCITA Amendments!