I just turned in my final paper for this degree, I won’t say last ever because I thought I was done with study two degrees and a diploma ago, and look what happened.
The paper was for an Internet studies class, but given how much of what we do as librarians is tied up […]
Archive for the 'Copyright' Category
I’m not sure I agree with Meredith’s latest post at TechEssence on the Unintended Consequences of Content Portability.
Although the post focuses on the issue of syndicating content from AP, Reuters and other news wires, which I think is an important discussion, it’s the discussion towards the end I’m not sure of:
What if an anti-death penalty individual’s […]
No sooner had I finished feeling pleased about one of my Flickr photos being used, a photo I took on a tour of the UN in New York last year has made its way into a report.
Intellectual property and human rights: Is the distinction clear now? 3D > Trade - Human Rights - Equitable Economy […]
Creative Commons and Flickr, and a fun email
Published by October 30th, 2006 in Commons and Copyright. 0 CommentsA while back, I made the decision to change the licensing of my work that has a Creative Commons license (even though you say you shouldn’t - I figure these things are still fluid enough to be forgiveable for now) and for all future work on the blog Flickr and wiki (other venues may differ) to be […]
Finally, we can legally format shift
Published by May 14th, 2006 in Law, Parliament and Copyright. 4 CommentsThose Australians who work with copyright law would know that there has long been a major omission in comparison to the law overseas: we’ve never been able to make a back-up for format shift copy of a work. A few exceptions did apply, for example, S107 of the Copyright Act 1968 (Making of a copy […]
Open access reading and writing
Published by April 30th, 2006 in Research/Writing, Open Access, Commons and Copyright. 0 CommentsI just finished reading The Access Principle (Willinsky, 2006) which I would recommend to librarians looking for an introduction to Open Access as a whole (those who read around this subject widely probably won’t find too much new here). Willinsky defines the access principle as:
“commitment to the value and quality of research carries withit a […]
Things have been so hectic lately I didn’t even notice World IP Day passing me by on April 26. In a previous job, one of my roles was to coordinate information for the many days and weeks that the UN designates for various causes. World IP Day is a newer initiative of WIPO:
“The 183 WIPO […]
Australian librarian on Google Book Search
Published by December 22nd, 2005 in Library technology and Copyright. 0 CommentsVia Lessig, Google: Search or destroy? at OpenDemocracy by many prominent Australian IP lawyers, and one of Australia’s best known legal librarians, Moyra McAllister (now Copyright Officer at ALIA). McAllister writes -
“Librarians as a profession are committed to the principles of equitable access to information. The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has as a […]
Breaking the blog-break, here we go.
The decision in the Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd v Sharman License Holdings Ltd [2005] FCA 1242 case (Kazaa) has been handed down (Kazaa plan to appeal).
Weatherall’s blog has some excellent commentary about the case and the likely ramifications of it. I think the case also has some implications for […]
