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In a 14-page final order in the case, Judge Orinda Evans opted not to order the plaintiff publishers to pay GSU's attorney fees.
On behalf of three national library associations, EFF today urged a federal appeals court for the second time to protect librarians’ and students’ rights to make fair use of excerpts from academic
The University of Toronto Library’s Scholarly Communication and Copyright Office and the University of Toronto Bora Laskin Law Library@ organized a terrific conference on copyright in Canada three years after the Copyright Pentalogy and the Copyright Modernization Act. I had the pleasure … From Copyright Children to Copyright Adults Read More »
For the second time in eight years of contentious litigation, three academic publishers have appealed a key fair use decision involving the use of unlicensed digitized course readings on college campuses to the U.S. Court of Appeals.
The academic library world has been watching the Georgia State (GSU) eReserves copyright lawsuit with interest for half of my career, and now there’s a new ruling in the case. On the one hand…
A federal court has once again found that Georgia State University’s use of digitized copies for classroom use is protected by fair use.
Litigants in court cases often disagree sharply about the law and its application to the facts, so it is probably not a surprise that the briefs filed in the District Court’s re-examination of its ruling in the Georgia State copyright infringement trial should see the issues in such starkly different terms. If you read the … Continue reading Can this gulf be bridged? →
Judge Orinda Evans has denied publishers’ bid to gather new evidence in the closely-watched Georgia State University e-reserves case.
The excellent Publishers Weekly reporter Andrew Albanese reached out to ask me what I think of the publishers’ latest move in the Georgia State e-reserves case, which is to file a remarkable motion asking Judge Evans to reopen discovery. What does this mean? His write-up is here.
With the case now back at the district court, the three publisher plaintiffs are seeking to introduce new evidence to determine whether the university’s e-reserve policies are infringing.
Back in October the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issued its ruling in the Georgia State copyright infringement suit brought by three publishers and the Copyright Clearance Center to try to end reliance on fair use for course readings that are digitized and made available to students in a closed online forum. As has been … Continue reading After another defeat, what will GSU publishers do in 2015? →
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At a U.S. House hearing, representatives for publishers and colleges argue over whether federal government should get involved in determining how institutions can use copyrighted works.
On Friday the publishers who are suing Georgia State University for allegedly infringing copyright by scanning short excerpts from academic books to provide students with access through electronic reserves and learning management systems filed a petition for a rehearing by the entire Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. As most will recall, the panel of the Eleventh Circuit … Continue reading Going all in on GSU →
The publisher plaintiffs in the closely-watched GSU copyright case have asked for a full hearing of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, despite already winning a unanimous reversal from a three-judge panel.