From the monthly archives: August 2009

Moving beyond the photo album

On August 27, 2009 By

Last week G. Sayeed Choudhury, Associate Dean for Library Digital Programs at Johns Hopkins University, came to Duke to talk with the staff of the Libraries about e-scholarship and the changing role of the university library as part of our strategic planning process.  His presentation and conversations were fascinating, and we were left with [...]

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A model copyright law

On August 22, 2009 By

Back in April, when I was writing about the experiences I had at the eIFL-IP conference in Istanbul, I referred several times to the “Draft Law on Copyright, Including Model Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and Consumers.”  A copy of the Draft Law was distributed to the IP Conference participants “hot off the presses.”  [...]

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Choosing between reform and revolution

On August 13, 2009 By

A recent article by Steven Shavell called “Should Copyright of Academic Work be Abolished” caught my notice, as I am sure it did for many others, because of the radical question posed in its title, but it ultimately focused my attention on a different article altogether. I hope to have more to say [...]

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Libraries versus Salinger?

On August 6, 2009 By

On Monday three major library associations, along with several other groups dedicated to supporting free expression and new creative work, filed a “friend of the court” brief in the appeal of the decision made in June to issue an injunction prohibiting the US publication of “Sixty Years Later: Coming Through the Rye,” a continuation [...]

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