Friday, May 10th, 2013 - mariann
The University of Georgia Libraries present The 2013 Lecture on Scholarly Communication
Dr. Kenneth D. Crews, Director, Columbia University Copyright Advisory Office
"Copyright and the Academy: The Battle turns to the Courts"
For many years, universities and some copyright owners have sparred over interpretations of fair use and other critical provisions of the ...
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Thursday, October 18th, 2012 - mariann
The UGA Libraries are hosting a webcast by the Association of Research Libraries to discuss this important case, and its meaning for faculty and students using digital collections.
WHEN: Wednesday October 24, 2012, as 2-3pm EST.
WHERE: Auditorium of ...
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Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 - mariann
Judge Orinda Evans, U.S. District Court in Atlanta found mostly in favor of Georgia State University in the copyright infringement lawsuit brought against it by two non-profit and one for-profit publishers back in 2008: Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and Sage Publications. Judge Evans found only 5 out of ...
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 - mariann
The Heart of the Deal: getting the benefits of the Google Books Settlement without Google.
When: 10-11:30AM Friday, March 23rd 2012
Where: 271 Auditorium, Special Collections Building
This presentation will begin by discussing the good and bad points of the now-defunct Google Books settlement from the ongoing copyright infringement lawsuit brought by authors ...
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