As a hurricane bore down on the city, the Court disregarded wind and weather to hear oral arguments in Kirtsaeng v. Wiley, a major copyright case. At issue is whether the first-sale doctrine, a pillar of U.S. copyright law, applies to goods produced and bought in foreign markets and imported to this country. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
Journalism
“Ditch the Monograph”
A lot of scholarly books have more pages than readers. What if authors and publishers embraced shorter forms as well as traditional monographs? Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
“Hot Type: Art Publishers Look to Yale Press for Glimpse Into Their Digital Future”
Digital art-history publishing has been a swamp of difficulties. It's a pain to clear rights to images, and authors in visually oriented fields still love print. Yale University Press hopes to come with a viable model to make art e-books more appealing. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
“Digital Library’s Win in Court Continues Run of Rulings for Academic Fair Use”
A federal judge handed the HathiTrust Digital Library and its university partners a resounding victory in a copyright-infringement lawsuit brought against them by the Authors Guild and other authors' groups. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
“Publishers Settle Long-Running Lawsuit Over Google’s Book-Scanning Project”
After 7 years of litigation over alleged copyright infringement, publishers and Google make a deal. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
