Data Privacy Day is January 28. It’s not a copyright issue, but definitely something that involves the law and libraries. For example, here is a report on a related conference Reader Privacy: Should Library Privacy Standards Apply in the Digital World, which discusses reader privacy for ebooks and proposed priacy standards for books available through Google Book Search.
Month: January 2010
Copyright Criminals, a documentary on sampling and copyright law, airs January 19 at 10:00 p.m. on WOSU, the PBS station in Columbus.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHw8w6il_FQ[/youtube]
Interesting quotes from the trailer:
- “I’ve sued and been sued. That’s the nature of the business.”
- “If you sample one note of a sound recording, it’s copyright infringement.”
- “We felt that you couldn’t copyright a sound.”
- “You’re either rich enough to afford the law, or you’re a complete outlaw. “
The intention of the film is to look at both sides of these complex issues. Background information is available here.
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