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Frankfurt Book Fair 2017: It’s Time to Fix Fair Dealing in Canada
Demand for Canadian educational content remains high, however the ongoing supply of Canadian learning resources remains uncertain after a 2012 change to copyright law.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2017: Concern that Canadian Copyright Disaster Could Spread
The 2012 Copyright Modernization Act in Canada has been a disaster for Canadian educational publishers. But concern over the law’s effects, observers say, is not limited to Canada.
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ALA Honors Jonathan Band with 2017 L. Ray Patterson Copyright Award
Band, a copyright attorney and an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law School, is a longtime advisor and representative for the library community.
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KinderGuides Copyright Case Ends, Appeal Unlikely
The closely watched case is now closed after the plaintiffs dropped the claim of willful infringement. Moppet Books, meanwhile, said they are unlikely to appeal the summary judgment in the case.
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Judge Explains KinderGuides Copyright Case Decision
Judge Jed Rakoff needed just 12 pages to dispatch with Moppet Books' claims that their works were protected by fair use.
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Will Ruling in ReDigi Case Open the Door to a Used E-book Market?
That’s the heart of the question now before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, after a lively hearing on Tuesday in the case of Capitol Records vs. ReDigi.
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Still No Opinion, but Judge's Order Bans Distribution of 'Infringing' KinderGuides
A federal judge has signed off on a permanent injunction immediately barring Moppet Books from distributing in the U.S. any versions of its KinderGuides series held to be infringing.
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For Second Time, Appeals Court Hears GSU E-Reserves Case
The decade-old litigation over digitized course readings made another appearance before the 11th Circuit last week, but the case could still be far from a conclusion.
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Publishers, Authors Win KinderGuides Copyright Case
A federal judge has found that Moppet Books had infringed copyright with its unauthorized children's "learning guides" to a host of classic novels.
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Does Watermarking Actually Cut Down on E-book Piracy?
A discussion on how watermarking e-books plays into publishers' overall DRM strategies, and its effectiveness.
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