Subscribe to RSS Feed Some of the Copyright News That’s Fit to Print
Several people here at Ohio State have asked me what’s going on with a few copyright issues and cases that have been in the news recently. Some of you who follow the library press and social media closely may know all about these situations, but others may be not watch for this news as closely. [...]
First Sale Doctrine: Costco, Hawthorns, and the Big Fuzzy Line
The first sale doctrine has been on my mind recently. It all began with the Supreme Court ruling in Costco v. Omega and ended with a paperback novel I’ve been reading. The first sale doctrine is codified in 17 U.S. C. §109. It is also called the doctrine of exhaustion, because under this rule, the [...]
Data Privacy Day 2010
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 [...]