I have just learned that Judge Evans issued her ruling in the Georgia State case this afternoon.  I have not seen it yet, but am told it is quite long and that only a handful of infringements were found among the 99 instrances of copying that were challenged.  I will post about the judge’s analysis [...]

Copyright junkies will remember the superb blog maintained for several years by copyright scholar, author and practitioner William Patry.  Many will also recall that Patry shuttered his blog in 2008, in part because of his growing perception that readers were not able to separate his personal opinions expressed therein from official policies or opinions of [...]

In the brief time since the Amended Google Books Settlement was filed with the court (on Friday the 13th) and released to the public, there has been a flurry of commentary from a variety of perspectives.  Two interesting themes have emerged, however, from those on both sides of the great debate over whether the [...]