Two organizations, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and non-profit policy advocates Public Knowledge, have submitted their recommendations to the US Copyright Office to establish fair use guidelines for so-called orphan works, or any work whose rights holders cannot be identified through extensive means. Orphan works are those whose rights holders cannot be located, … [Read more...] about Groups Advocate for Fair-Use Access to Orphaned Works
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The Battle is Not Over for Google’s Digitization Project
Eight years of legal battles to halt Google's digitization project have not produced the results that some organizations have wanted, and therefore, the litigation will continue. Only a matter of weeks ago, US Circuit Judge Denny Chin ruled that Google's massive digitization project fell within the reasonable bounds of copyright and fair use, throwing out the copyright … [Read more...] about The Battle is Not Over for Google’s Digitization Project
School Board Measure Considered to Steal Teachers’, Students’ Work
It's not an unusual policy to state that the rights to work created by an employee on company time and using company technology or materials is legally shared by the employee and the company. After all, the person who created the work, ideas, or invention was being compensated at the time, therefore, it is fairly standard that the two entities share the copyright. But a new … [Read more...] about School Board Measure Considered to Steal Teachers’, Students’ Work