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open...: A Modest Proposal: "How to Fix Capitalism"

sennoma — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:09:00 -0500

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open...: The Copyright Ratchet Racket Explained

sennoma — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:08:00 -0500

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SSRN-Real Copyright Reform by Jessica Litman

sennoma — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:20:00 -0500

Abstract: A copyright system is designed to produce an ecology that nurtures the creation, dissemination and enjoyment of works of authorship. When it works well, it encourages creators to generate new works, assists intermediaries in disseminating them widely, and supports readers, listeners and viewers in enjoying them. If the system poses difficult entry barriers to creators, imposes demanding impediments on intermediaries, or inflicts burdensome conditions and hurdles on readers, then the system fails to achieve at least some of its purposes. The current U.S. copyright statute is flawed in all three respects. In this article, I explore how the current copyright system is failing its intended beneficiaries. The foundation of copyright law’s legitimacy, I argue, derives from its evident benefits for creators and for readers. That foundation is badly cracked, in large part because of the perception that modern copyright law is not especially kind to either creators or to readers; instead, it concentrates power in the hands of the intermediaries who control the conduits between creators and their audience. Those intermediaries have recently used their influence and their copyright rights to obstruct one another’s exploitation of copyrighted works. I argue that the concentration of copyright rights in the hands of intermediaries made more economic sense in earlier eras than it does today. The key to real copyright reform, I suggest, is to reallocate copyright’s benefits to give more rights to creators, greater liberty to readers, and less control to copyright intermediaries. Tagged by sennoma under intellectualproperty, copyright,

Forever Minus a Day? Calculating the Optimal Term of Copyright.

sennoma — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:50:00 -0400

The optimal term of copyright has been a matter for extensive debate over the last decade. Based on a novel approach we derive an explicit formula which characterises the optimal term as a function of a few key and, most importantly, empirically-estimable parameters. Using existing data on recordings and books we obtain a point estimate of around 15 years for optimal copyright term with a 99% condence interval extending up to 38 years. This is substantially shorter than any current copyright term and implies that existing terms are too long. Tagged by sennoma under copyright,

Scholarly Communications @ Duke » A model copyright law

sennoma — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:58:00 -0400

The goal of the Draft Law is to provide librarians and their legal advisers with practical ideas to help them understand and influence the policy making process when national copyright laws are being revised. It is directed toward developing countries, from which the majority of eIFL’s membership is drawn. But there is much for all of us, in the US and the EU as in the developing world, to learn from this document. Its clear set of definitions and the explanatory notes that accompany each exception and limitation make it ideal for gaining a synoptic view of the state of international copyright law. Most important is the consistent focus on the public interest and the socially beneficial purpose that copyright law is intended to serve. Tagged by sennoma under kevinsmith, copyright,

Scholarly Communications @ Duke » Choosing between reform and revolution

sennoma — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:03:00 -0400

Tagged by sennoma under copyright, fairuse, kevinsmith,

SSRN-Infringement Nation: Copyright Reform and the Law/Norm Gap by John Tehranian

sennoma — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:54:00 -0400

Tagged by sennoma under copyright, fairuse,

Fair Use Evaluator

sennoma — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:07:00 -0400

via: http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/2009/07/23/fair-use-evaluator-and-exceptions-for-instructors-etool-released/ Tagged by sennoma under copyright, scholarlycommunication, intellectualproperty, fairuse,

Scholarly Communications @ Duke » That pesky checklist

sennoma — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:34:00 -0400

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Scholarly Communications @ Duke » How fair use was born

sennoma — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:07:00 -0400

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Scholarly Communications @ Duke » Fair use, by comparision

sennoma — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:07:00 -0400

the flexibility that fair use offers versus the certainty offered by more specific exceptions for research and teaching found in the copyright laws of most other countries Tagged by sennoma under fairuse, intellectualproperty, copyright, kevinsmith,

Hearing on: H.R. 6845, the "Fair Copyright in Research Works Act"

sennoma — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:08:00 -0400

This is the hearing where Zerhouni estimated the NIH support for publication charges at 80 to 100 million/year Tagged by sennoma under oa.money, oa.numbers, oa.mandates,

Quantitative Study of the Impact of Research Funders' Open Access Mandates - Georgia Tech's Institutional Repository

sennoma — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:04:00 -0400

A year after the Wellcome Trust inaugurated its pioneering open access publications mandate in 2005, it commissioned SHERPA to undertake a quantitative study of how well publishers' existing policies were complying with its requirements. The study was based on a bibliography of 3,766 journal articles emanating from Wellcome Trust funded projects, and these were checked against copyright policies registered in the SHERPA/RoMEO database. The results revealed that 70% of the articles could have complied with the mandate, with only 5% definitely not complying. Since 2005, over 40 further research funders have also implemented open access mandates. Publishers have responded by adjusting their open access policies and/or introducing hybrid paid OA schemes in order to accommodate or even exploit funders' mandates. The resulting landscape is not a level plain. There are several ways in which a publisher may or may not comply with funders' rules. This paper will outline the results of the original quantitative study, and then compare this with a re-analysis of the data set against publishers' current revised policies. This will show how the level of theoretical compliance with the Wellcome Trust mandate has changed, and reveal the qualitative differences in how compliance is achieved or evaded. This theoretical compliance can then be compared with actual compliance. More generally, the paper will show how the landscape has changed over the past three years, and provide evidence for deciding whether or not funders' open access mandates have been a step in the right direction. Tagged by sennoma under oa.mandates,

Monastic Musings: Copyfraud - something I never thought about

sennoma — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:52:00 -0400

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SSRN-Copyfraud by Jason Mazzone

sennoma — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:52:00 -0400

Copyfraud is everywhere. False copyright notices appear on modern reprints of Shakespeare's plays, Beethoven's piano scores, greeting card versions of Monet's Water Lilies, and even the U.S. Constitution. Archives claim blanket copyright in everything in their collections. Vendors of microfilmed versions of historical newspapers assert copyright ownership. These false copyright claims, which are often accompanied by threatened litigation for reproducing a work without the owner's permission, result in users seeking licenses and paying fees to reproduce works that are free for everyone to use. Tagged by sennoma under copyright, copyfraud,

Even the Loons are Licensed

sennoma — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:50:00 -0400

good intro to copyright Tagged by sennoma under oaos.talks, dorotheasalo, copyright, fairuse,

The State of Scholarly Publishing Challenges and Opportunities Albert N. Greco, Editor

sennoma — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:16:00 -0400

For decades, university presses and other scholarly and professional publishers in the United States played a pivotal role in the transmission of scholarly knowledge. Th eir books and journals became the “gold standard” in many academic fi elds for tenure, promotion, and merit pay. Th eir basic business model was successful, since this diverse collection of presses had a unique value proposition. Th ey dominated the scholarly publishing fi eld with preeminent sales in three major markets or channels of distribution: libraries and institutions; college and graduate school adoptions; and general readers (i.e., sales to general retailers). Yet this insulated world changed abruptly in the late 1990s. What happened? This book contains a superb series of articles originally published in The Journal of Scholarly Publishing, by some of the best experts on scholarly communication in the western hemisphere, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Th ese authors analyze in depth the diverse and exciting challenges and opportunities scholars, universities, and publishers face in what is a period of unusual turbulence in scholarly publishing. The topics given attention include: copyrights, the transformation of scholarly publishing from a print format to a digital one, open access, scholarly publishing in emerging nations, problems confronting journals, and information on how certain academic disciplines are coping with the transformation of scholarly publishing. This book is a must read for anyone interested in the scholarly publishing industry’s past, its current focus, or future plans and developments. Tagged by sennoma under scholarlycommunication, publishing, publishing.models,

Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical Journal Publishing and Its Implications: Report of a Symposium

sennoma — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:56:00 -0400

The Symposium on Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical (STM) Journals and Its Implications addressed five key areas. The first two areas addressed--costs of publication and publication business models and revenue--focused on the STM publishing enterprise as it exists today and, in particular, how it has evolved since the advent of electronic publishing. The following section reviewed copyright and licensing issues of concern to the authors and to universities. The final two sessions looked toward the future, specifically, at what publishing may be in the future and what constitutes a publication in the digital environment. Tagged by sennoma under oa.money, publishing, publishing.models,

The Council of Science Editors (CSE) - Events: Presentations From Selected 2009 Meeting Sessions

sennoma — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:39:00 -0400

D2. The Evidence on Open Access Tim Ingoldsby, Director of Strategic Initiatives & Publisher Relations, American Institute of Physics; Philip M. Davis, PhD Candidate, Department of Communication, Cornell University; Jocalyn Clark, PhD, Senior Editor, PLoS Medicine There is growing attention and obligation to disseminate research in open-access forums. Open access provides free availability to and unrestricted use of scientific literature. Speakers will discuss recent research that investigates the impact of open-access publishing and self-archiving on citation, readership, accessibility, and the influence of scientific articles. Moderator: Catherine Nancarrow, Managing Editor, PLoS Computational Biology, PLoS Genetics, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, PLoS Pathogens D2 Presentations Clark Davis Ingoldsby D3. Copyright, Open Access, Subscriptions, and Permissions: What Editors Need to Know in the New Digital Publishing Environment John Wilbanks, VP, Science, Creative Commons; Christopher Kenneally, Director, Author Relations, Copyright Clearance Center; Dale D. Berkley, PhD JD, Senior Attorney, National Institutes of Health Find out what science editors need to know about copyright and how it has traditionally been managed, as well as the various practices in place today (copyright transfer, license to publish, creative commons) and what they mean for authors and publishers (rights, liabilities, permissions). Discover copyright myths and facts, and learn what policies might be on the horizon (derivative use, attributions). Moderator: Joy Moore, VP, Global Partnerships, Seed Media Group D3 Presentations Wilbanks Kenneally F2. Research 101: How to Make Theory, Hypothesis Testing, Experimental Design, Statistics, and Google Analytics Work for You Julie Fiez, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh; Christian Schunn, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh; Robbin Steif, CEO, LunaMetrics, LLC This tutorial will cover how to conduct res Tagged by sennoma under oa, timingoldsby, philipdavis, jocalynclark, johnwilbanks, christopherkenneally, juliefiez, christianschunn,

Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics, Cambridge - Copyright in Scientific Theses is holding us back; Ignore it « petermr’s blog

sennoma — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:25:00 -0400

So let’s abandon copyright in science. What does it gain us? Almost nothing, unless you author a successful textbook. Nowhere else is copyright the slightest use to a scientist and its stands in their way at every step. There are faculty who can’t use their own research work in teaching. There are libraries which can’t let the world see their theses. There are librarians who spend their time negotiating deals with publishers so they can access their own work. Even Laputa could not have designed the bizarre copyright system. Tagged by sennoma under oa.quotes, petermr,