August 29th, 2023
Copyright issues continue to perplex librarians and educators. The difficulties and confusion in applying the U.S. Copyright Act became especially apparent during the Covid-19 pandemic when many universities turned to remote learning as their primary method of instruction. Librarians and educators struggled with applying the law for both remote learners and those students present on more…
Filed under: faculty_staff, general, News and Announcements, press_release, UCO | Comments Off on Purdue’s Donna Ferullo Co-Authors Book on Copyright Management in Academic LibrariesMay 16th, 2012
The long awaited decision in the Georgia State e-reserves case was handed down on May 11. Georgia State was sued in 2008 by three publishers, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press and Sage Publications, for materials in the library e-reserves system. The trial was held a year ago. In many ways it was a win more…
Filed under: general, UCO | Comments Off on Copyright in the News: Court rules on e-reserves caseMay 2nd, 2012
The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on whether or not it is legal to purchase copyrighted materials manufactured outside the United States and resell them in the U.S. without the permission of the copyright owner. The case is Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons and involves a Thai National who more…
Filed under: general, UCO | Comments Off on Copyright in the News: International CopyrightJanuary 25th, 2012
On January 18, 2012, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision in the Golan v. Holder case. This case was a challenge to a 1994 amendment to the copyright law which restored copyright to foreign works that had been in the public domain in the United States. The law was in response to more…
Filed under: general, UCO | Comments Off on Copyright in the News: Foreign works amendment is valid