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In this session, Cindy Kristof will present the results of a fall 2020 survey of ARL libraries’ ILL departments regarding their use of, or departure from, CONTU Guidelines or “Rule of Five” to comply with Section 108 of the Copyright Law.

The US Copyright Office Review Board rejected a request to register a computer-generated image of a landscape for copyright protection, explaining that a work must be created by a human being to obtain a copyright.

The US Copyright Office Review Board (“Board”) rejected a request to register a computer-generated image of a landscape for copyright protection, explaining that a work must be created...

Mon, Apr 5th 2021 9:37am — Mike Masnick It's taken over a decade, but the Supreme Court has finally said that Google's copying of the Sun Java API for Android was clearly fair use in a 6-2 ruling (Barrett did not take part since she was not on the Court when the case was heard). The background of this case is actually kind of important to understanding what just happened, so here's a quick(ish) recap. As you'll probably know, this case began in 2010 when Oracle, which had just taken over Sun, sued Google for patent infringement. The patent parts were quickly tossed out and what remained wa...