Copyright Law, Intellectual Property Policy, andAcademic Culture; Clifford Lynch

http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip/PDFs/CIP_Hndbk_Copyright_Law_ch9.pdf
This chapter discusses the following topics:
􀂾 Creation of the scholarly record
􀂾 The central role of fair use in academic production
􀂾 Public domain and orphan works
􀂾 University missions as determining policy choices
􀂾 The role of university presses and scholarly societies
source: Open access news

OCLC set to launch new service to discover copyright status of books

Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC) has announced that it is piloting a new service for libraries that encourage librarians and other interested parties to discover and share information on copyright status of books. The WorldCat Copyright Evidence Registry is a community working together to build a union [...]

Keeping within the law

http://www.kwtl.co.uk/home/

Welcome to KWtL, a major new online resource, edited by Paul Pedley, which aims to be the definitive source of advice, guidance and news on what can and cannot be done in relation to copyright and information law issues.
Note: this is a UK site

Copyright in the Knowledge Economy

http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/copyright/docs/copyright-infso/greenpaper_en.pdf
The purpose of the Green Paper is to foster a debate on how knowledge for research, science
and education can best be disseminated in the online environment. The Green Paper aims to
set out a number of issues connected with the role of copyright in the “knowledge economy”1
and intends to launch a consultation on these issues.
The Green [...]

CAUT advises faculty to retain copyright

The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has  issued an
Intellectual Property Advisory, advising faculty to retain their
copyright!
The Advisory includes background information on copyright, and advice
on how to retain copyright, using the SPARC Canadian Authors’ Addendum.
Link to CAUT Advisory:  http://www.caut.ca/uploads/IP-Advisory1-en.pdf

International Study on the Impact of Copyright Law on Digital Preservation

http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/partners/resources/pubs/wipo_digital_preservation_final_report2008.pdf
International Study on the Impact of Copyright Law on Digital Preservation
July 2008
A joint report of The Library of Congress National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
The Joint Information Systems Committee
The Open Access to Knowledge (OAK) Law Project
The SURF foundation
This study focuses on the copyright and related laws of Australia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and [...]

Understanding Open Access in the Academic Environment: A Guide for Authors

http://www.oaklaw.qut.edu.au/node/47
Understanding Open Access in the Academic Environment: A Guide for Authors aims to provide practical guidance for academic authors interested in making their work more openly accessible to readers and other researchers. The guide provides authors with an overview of the concept of and rationale for open access to research outputs and how they may [...]

Two new policies widen the path to balanced copyright management

http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2008/july_aug08/authorrights.cfm
by Karla L. Hahn
A light bulb is going off that is casting the issue of author rights management into new relief. On January 11, 2008, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a revision of its Public Access Policy. Effective April 7, 2008, the agency requires investigators to deposit their articles stemming [...]

STM issues Statements on Digital Copyright Exceptions

http://www.stm-assoc.org/documents-statements-public-co
The International Association of STM Publishers (STM) today released its position paper on digital copyright exceptions and limitations for education and research <http://www.stm-assoc.org/documents-statements-public-co> and has also taken the opportunity to comment on the recently released US Section 108 Study Group Report on digital library exceptions. The position paper and these comments help to answer questions [...]

Copyright Renewal Database

http://collections.stanford.edu/copyrightrenewals/bin/page?forward=home
Welcome to the initial release of Stanford’s Copyright Renewal Database. This database makes searchable the copyright renewal records received by the US Copyright Office between 1950 and 1992 for books published in the US between 1923 and 1963. Note that the database includes ONLY US [...]