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Amending the Copyright Act for libraries and society: the Section 108 Study Group
Libraries house copyrighted books and journals in their collections, provide intellectual access to them through catalogs and indexes, and make...
Albany Law Review, 09/22/07 by Laura N. Gasaway · More from publication -
Do indexes qualify for copyright protection?
It is with both regret and relief that I write this, my last copyright column for Information Outlook. I have loved writing the column. But 74...
Information Outlook, 12/01/04 by Laura Gasaway · More from publication -
Copyright in translations
The Copyright Act provides that copyright subsists in any original work of authorship that is fixed in a tangible medium of expression. Originality...
Information Outlook, 11/01/04 by Laura Gasaway · More from publication -
The open archives movement
Over the past few years, the term "open archives" has been used to describe a movement orchestrated by librarians and researchers to ensure that...
Information Outlook, 10/01/04 by Laura Gasaway · More from publication -
Drafting an organizational copyright policy
Libraries deal with a wide range of issues relating to copyright, many on a daily basis. Librarians often must make decisions about whether a...
Information Outlook, 09/01/04 by Laura Gasaway · More from publication -
Landmark Canadian copyright case
The traditional photocopy activities of the Law Society of Upper Canada were recently vindicated in an important copyright case. The Supreme Court...
Information Outlook, 08/01/04 by Laura Gasaway · More from publication -
Table of contents service: fair use?
Many libraries offer a "table of contents" service for their users. Whether such a service runs afoul of copyright law has long been debated in...
Information Outlook, 06/01/04 by Laura Gasaway · More from publication -
Copyrighted newsletter infringed by posting on corporate intranet
In mid-2003 the federal district court in Maryland decided a very important copyright case, Lowry's Reports v. Legg Mason. A jury found Legg Mason...
Information Outlook, 05/01/04 by Laura Gasaway · More from publication -
Criminal copyright infringement
Most copyright litigation is civil in nature--a court finds that a defendant has infringed and orders the defendant to pay either statutory damages...
Information Outlook, 04/01/04 by Laura Gasaway · More from publication -
Eleventh Amendment immunity
Suppose that a library in a state-supported institution or organization infringes copyright. Is there a reason to bar copyright owners from suing...
Information Outlook, 03/01/04 by Laura Gasaway · More from publication
