http://library.osu.edu/blogs/copyright A blog about copyright issues at Ohio State University Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:41:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Come on over to the Digital Union blog and learn about the creative and collaborative process of making our new fair use video. http://library.osu.edu/blogs/copyright/2011/11/10/creativity-copyright-and-a-fair-use-video/ Recently the U.S. Copyright Office issued  a "Notice of inquiry and request for comments" with regard to anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).  See the Federal Register for the full text of the notice. Sections of the DMCA forbid breaking copy-protection mechanisms on digital media, even for ... http://library.osu.edu/blogs/copyright/2011/10/24/dmca-rulemaking-submit-examples-by-october-31/ 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 ... http://library.osu.edu/blogs/copyright/2011/07/01/some-of-the-copyright-news-thats-fit-to-print/  I'll be at Innovate 2011 on Wednesday, April 27, talking about Accessibility, E-Book Readers, and Copyright Issues for Colleges and Universities with Ken Petri.   We'll be on from 3:00-3:50 p.m. Recent legal disputes over copyright and accessibility for e-books have highlighted the tensions in these two areas of law.  At ... http://library.osu.edu/blogs/copyright/2011/04/25/accessibility-e-book-readers-and-copyright-issues-for-colleges-and-universities/ YouTube has changed its copyright policy.  It has kept its "three strikes and you're out" rule for copyright violations, but they may soften the policy when the infringer has a subsequent history of good behavior, has completed a quiz on copyright, and has watched YouTube's copyright education video. The video is ... http://library.osu.edu/blogs/copyright/2011/04/14/youtube-changes-its-copyright-policy/ The Digital Media in a Social World Conference at Ohio State University runs April 1-2. The theme is "Make Your Own Education," and the keynote speaker on April 1 is Mark Frauenfelder, one of the founders of the Boing Boing blog and Wired Online.   Other speakers on April 1 will ... http://library.osu.edu/blogs/copyright/2011/03/31/digital-media-in-a-social-world-conference-starts-april-1/ In the past few weeks, there have been three pieces of copyright news that are of interest to those in higher education. The first is that on March 7 the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of Golan v. Holder.   There are two issues in this case.  The first ... http://library.osu.edu/blogs/copyright/2011/03/25/three-pieces-of-copyright-news/ The next Digital Media Collective meeting will be "Video in Education: Focus on Technology" on Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. in Thompson Library 150 A&B.  The meeting will be roundtable style, so participants may share their work with digital video in service to education and their biggest technology ... http://library.osu.edu/blogs/copyright/2011/03/08/video-in-education-a-digital-media-collective-meeting/ Recently, I emailed members of my work group a blog post by Eric Goldman on the services of Medical Justice, a company that physicians join to fight Internet defamation, including criticisms from patients that are posted on public and social media websites.  I got several questions from colleagues about how ... http://library.osu.edu/blogs/copyright/2011/03/04/contracts-and-internet-comments/ One of the ornaments that grace our living room coffee table is a small lamp that features Betty Boop playing the ukulele underneath a palm tree.  Because of a case from the Ninth Circuit this week, now I wish I had kept the original box and could tell what company ... http://library.osu.edu/blogs/copyright/2011/02/25/betty-boop-and-the-carefully-crafted-bargain/