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EU Court: Libraries Can Digitize, But Not Distribute
In a directive issued this week, a European Union court held that European libraries can digitize works in their collections but, without an explicit exception by a member state, are limited to displaying digitized works at dedicated reading terminals.
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Google Settles Infringement Suit with Photographers
Google has reached an agreement with a group of photographers to settle charges involving its scanning project.
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Wattpad Adopts Creative Commons 4.0 Licenses
Wattpad has upgraded its copyright protection to Creative Commons 4.0, offering fans the ability to remix millions of stories into new content with permission.
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Conan Doyle Estate Appeals Copyright Case to Supreme Court
The Doyle estate is hoping to overturn two lower court decisions that affirming that the character of Sherlock Homes is in the public domain, in anticipation of a full appeal.
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HarperCollins Presses Damages Case Against Open Road
In a short reply brief filed on July 2, HarperCollins attorneys urged the court to uphold their request for an injunction and more than $1.1 million in damages and attorneys fees.
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In Appeal Filing, Google Defends Snippets
In a filing with the Second Circuit last week, Google defended its practice of displaying snippets in Google Book Search.
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Open Road Fires Back at HarperCollins in Copyright Case
Open Road attorneys called HarperCollins' $1.1 million request for attorneys fees "shocking," and argued that such an award would universally harm authors.
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Appeals Court Affirms Sherlock Holmes is Public Domain
In a ruling Monday, an appeals court affirmed that the character of Sherlock Holmes is in the public domain.
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Authors Guild Responds to Second Circuit Ruling
The Authors Guild released a statement in response to the Second Circuit's affirmation of Judge Harold Baer's October 2012 decision in the Authors Guild v. HathiTrust.
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Second Circuit Upholds HathiTrust Verdict
In its decision the court affirmed that scanning entire works to create full‐text searching is “a quintessentially transformative use.”
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At Hearing, Wiley Urges Congress To 'Fix' Kirtsaeng
In his testimony, Wiley president and CEO Stephen Smith said Supreme Court’s 2013 ruling in Kirtsaeng has hobbled the publishers’ ability to sell textbooks abroad, and suggested a legislative fix.
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Authors Guild Hits Back at Google Ruling
Late Friday afternoon, the Authors Guild filed its appeal in its copyright infringement lawsuit against Google.
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OnCopyright 2014 Focuses on the 'World We Live in Now'
“We used to get our news from a couple of anchormen," noted Forbes CEO Mike Perlis in his OnCopyright 2014 keynote. "That’s not the world we live in any more."
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Program Announced for CCC’s OnCopyright 2014 Event
The event is set for Wednesday, April 2, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 pm, at the New York Academy of Sciences, located at 7 World Trade Center. Registration is still open.
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Congress Advances Public Access Mandate for Federal Research
With passage of the 2014 Omnibus Appropriations Act, Congress has advanced a 2013 Presidential directive requiring public access to taxpayer funded research.
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Conan Doyle Estate Says Sherlock Not Free Yet
Attorneys for the estate say the "complete" characters remain under copyright, and say they are exploring an appeal.
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Court Rules Sherlock Holmes is Public Domain
In a December 23 ruling, a federal judge declared that the character of Sherlock Holmes, as well as other characters and elements of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic series are in the public domain.
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Appeals Court Questions GSU E-Reserves Verdict
By most accounts, it was a rough day in court for the defendants in the Georgia State University e-reserves case.
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Google Win Expands Fair Use
After eight years of litigation—three of which had all parties stumping together for an ill-fated, controversial settlement—Judge Denny Chin last week dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Authors Guild over Google’s mass scanning of library books.
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