Copyright

FAQ: Copying Right with Archival Material

Published: Mon, 2012-08-20 11:05 by Elizabeth Alvey

A common feature of reading rooms at special collections libraries & archives is that making copies is rarely as simple as finding the nearest photocopier.

Copying can be constrained for various reasons such as fragility of materials, cultural or access restrictions, and copyright law.

No SOPA

Published: Mon, 2012-01-30 10:18 by Belinda Weaver

Visualisations have been drafted in to support the attempts by prominent US entrepreneurs to scuttle the US Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). An open letter was signed by a who's who of Internet pioneers including Marc Andreessen (Netscape), Sergey Brin (Google), Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia), David Filo and Jerry Yang (Yahoo!) and Craig Newmark, (craigslist).

Out of the 'Too Hard' basket!

Published: Mon, 2011-12-12 10:57 by Belinda Weaver

The laws of copyright and intellectual property need to be updated for the digital age, according to Digital Opportunity: A Review of Intellectual Property and Growth written by Professor Ian Hargreaves.

Scientist meets Publisher

Published: Fri, 2011-10-14 14:53 by Belinda Weaver

Scientist meets Publisher is a YouTube video that aims to get researchers thinking about signing away their copyright. Many researchers unthinkingly assign copyright to journal publishers in the mistaken belief that doing do is the only way to get work published.