Comments for Scholarly Communications @ Duke http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm Duke's source for advice and information about copyright and publication issues Sat, 17 May 2008 23:52:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on In search of a problem? by Scholarly Communications @ Duke » Getting off the copyright merry-go-round http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/01/31/search-of-problem/#comment-115701 Scholarly Communications @ Duke » Getting off the copyright merry-go-round Sat, 17 May 2008 20:37:38 +0000 http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/01/31/search-of-problem/#comment-115701 [...] amendment to the copyright law that would have allowed much larger damage awards for infringement. As I wrote some while ago, this was a huge grab at more money for the recording industry especially, but that provision was [...] [...] amendment to the copyright law that would have allowed much larger damage awards for infringement. As I wrote some while ago, this was a huge grab at more money for the recording industry especially, but that provision was [...]

]]> Comment on “It’s the links, dummy” by aegelis http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/04/24/links/#comment-111851 aegelis Sun, 11 May 2008 10:01:58 +0000 http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/04/24/links/#comment-111851 I agree but google has changed the thoughts of the few people that care about search engine optimization. There is a new breed who insist on optimizing search and site for google and it's drone bots rather than living breathing humans who bring site revenue. With new algorithms at random times, rankings are spanked and the new breed is kept in check. Finding ways to completely loosen the stranglehold of Google on the web community keeps access to scientific research within reach regardless of copyright limitations http://www.i.nput.net I agree but google has changed the thoughts of the few people that care about search engine optimization. There is a new breed who insist on optimizing search and site for google and it’s drone bots rather than living breathing humans who bring site revenue. With new algorithms at random times, rankings are spanked and the new breed is kept in check. Finding ways to completely loosen the stranglehold of Google on the web community keeps access to scientific research within reach regardless of copyright limitations

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]]> Comment on Trying to sue State U by Copyright Advisory Network » Blog Archive » Georgia State’s E-reserve lawsuit http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/04/16/sue-state-u/#comment-109661 Copyright Advisory Network » Blog Archive » Georgia State’s E-reserve lawsuit Thu, 08 May 2008 16:17:24 +0000 http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/04/16/sue-state-u/#comment-109661 [...] versus fair use issue obscures the present imbalance in the world of scholarly publication. The Duke Scholarly Communications blog puts this issue bluntly: “The real irony is that [the lawsuit] is justified as an attempt to [...] [...] versus fair use issue obscures the present imbalance in the world of scholarly publication. The Duke Scholarly Communications blog puts this issue bluntly: “The real irony is that [the lawsuit] is justified as an attempt to [...]

]]> Comment on Access to legal scholarship by :: CultureLibre.ca :: Carnet droit d’auteur Internet bibliothèques vie numérique » Blog Archive » Accès libre au droit http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/05/05/access-to-legal-scholarship/#comment-109041 :: CultureLibre.ca :: Carnet droit d’auteur Internet bibliothèques vie numérique » Blog Archive » Accès libre au droit Wed, 07 May 2008 13:39:52 +0000 http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/05/05/access-to-legal-scholarship/#comment-109041 [...] travers le carnet virtuel de la bibliothèque de droit de la Duke University, Kevin Smith nous invite à lire l’essai suivant : Danner, Richard A. (2007) Applying the Access [...] [...] travers le carnet virtuel de la bibliothèque de droit de la Duke University, Kevin Smith nous invite à lire l’essai suivant : Danner, Richard A. (2007) Applying the Access [...]

]]> Comment on Blogging law by Scholarly Communications @ Duke » Access to legal scholarship http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/02/07/blogging-law/#comment-108121 Scholarly Communications @ Duke » Access to legal scholarship Tue, 06 May 2008 00:37:44 +0000 http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/02/07/blogging-law/#comment-108121 [...] have written several times before about scholarship in the field of law (here, for example, and here). For a variety of reasons, legal scholarship is an excellent laboratory for [...] [...] have written several times before about scholarship in the field of law (here, for example, and here). For a variety of reasons, legal scholarship is an excellent laboratory for [...]

]]> Comment on How bad are the proposed Orphan Works bills? by Blake Walter http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/04/28/how-bad-are-orphan-works-bills/#comment-106081 Blake Walter Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:20:19 +0000 http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/04/28/how-bad-are-the-proposed-orphan-works-bills/#comment-106081 Thanks, Kevin -- this is a helpful distillation of two conflicting, complex potential additions to the already treacherous landscape of copyright regulation. When I started working in libraries almost 20 years ago, I readily embraced the fact that I was also going to have to become a computer geek to do well at my job. I am now wondering if I am also going to have to become a legal geek to continue. To my mind, a key phrase from your posting is "it has been a long time since a genuinely user-centered proposal has even been considered by Congress." User-centric will never have the lobbying clout of business-centric, but I hope this trend can continue. Thanks, Kevin — this is a helpful distillation of two conflicting, complex potential additions to the already treacherous landscape of copyright regulation. When I started working in libraries almost 20 years ago, I readily embraced the fact that I was also going to have to become a computer geek to do well at my job. I am now wondering if I am also going to have to become a legal geek to continue. To my mind, a key phrase from your posting is “it has been a long time since a genuinely user-centered proposal has even been considered by Congress.” User-centric will never have the lobbying clout of business-centric, but I hope this trend can continue.

]]> Comment on How bad are the proposed Orphan Works bills? by Molly Kleinman » Blog Archive » Perspectives on the new orphan works bill http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/04/28/how-bad-are-orphan-works-bills/#comment-105511 Molly Kleinman » Blog Archive » Perspectives on the new orphan works bill Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:43:05 +0000 http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/04/28/how-bad-are-the-proposed-orphan-works-bills/#comment-105511 [...] Kevin Smith takes a more hopeful position, though he also sees the bills as limited at best. He focuses on [...] [...] Kevin Smith takes a more hopeful position, though he also sees the bills as limited at best. He focuses on [...]

]]> Comment on “It’s the links, dummy” by aisha http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/04/24/links/#comment-105291 aisha Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:23:14 +0000 http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/04/24/links/#comment-105291 "access restrictions created by an outmoded system of law (copyright) and an outmoded economic model for publishing." I concur greatly with this idea and would add that these systems and economic models attempt to replicate a print based system of indexing and retrieval. This replication while protecting the rights of publishers is to the detriment of current day researchers (who access information in hybrid formats). “access restrictions created by an outmoded system of law (copyright) and an outmoded economic model for publishing.” I concur greatly with this idea and would add that these systems and economic models attempt to replicate a print based system of indexing and retrieval. This replication while protecting the rights of publishers is to the detriment of current day researchers (who access information in hybrid formats).

]]> Comment on “It’s the links, dummy” by Roger Loyd http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/04/24/links/#comment-104021 Roger Loyd Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:08:26 +0000 http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2008/04/24/links/#comment-104021 I'd like to hear more about the limits of keyword searching and how copyright revision might enable the semantic web to improve. Unfortunately, imho, librarians are moving the other way with cool tools like Endeca that don't always live up to their billing. Thanks for the information. I’d like to hear more about the limits of keyword searching and how copyright revision might enable the semantic web to improve. Unfortunately, imho, librarians are moving the other way with cool tools like Endeca that don’t always live up to their billing. Thanks for the information.

]]> Comment on Scanning to add to a Blackboard course site by Kathleen Wallace http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2006/12/26/scanning-to-add-to-a-blackboard-course-site/#comment-103061 Kathleen Wallace Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:22:14 +0000 http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2006/12/26/scanning-to-add-to-a-blackboard-course-site/#comment-103061 If I understand it properly, fair use is a positive defense rather than a "right" so theoretically one could be sued even if one thinks that one's use meets fair use standards. Moreover, DMCA seems to increase the probability of being sued with respect to digital material, whether or not there is a strong or reasonable fair use defense that could be made. The current environment is making it increasingly difficult to rely on fair use in a reliable way it seems to me. If I understand it properly, fair use is a positive defense rather than a “right” so theoretically one could be sued even if one thinks that one’s use meets fair use standards. Moreover, DMCA seems to increase the probability of being sued with respect to digital material, whether or not there is a strong or reasonable fair use defense that could be made. The current environment is making it increasingly difficult to rely on fair use in a reliable way it seems to me.

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