We recently posted about an absolutely ridiculous NY Times op-ed piece in which Pat Choate argued both that patent laws have been getting weaker, and that if we had today's patent laws in the 1970s that Apple and Microsoft wouldn't have survived since bigger companies would just copy what they were doing and put them out of business. We noted that this was completely laughable to anyone who knew the actual history. A day or so ago, someone (and forgive me, because I can no longer find the tweet) pointed me on Twitter to a 45 minute excerpt from a documentary about the early days of Microsoft and Apple and it's worth watching just to show how laughably wrong Choate obviously is.
Showing posts with label copyright. Show all posts
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Saturday, 22 September 2012
Interesting articles to read -- 22-09-2012
Interesting articles to read -- 22-09-2012
From agriculture to stock markets: 8 changes govt can make to keep the reform momentum going Read
The transformer: Gujarat's power sector turnaround story Read
Infosys shows the way on Green walk Read
As if by Magic: What Kolaveri Di's success can teach marketing students Read
Whose Copy, whose Right? Read
Chasing the Monsoon: MakeMyTrip.com founder lists out top travel destinations for monsoon Read
100 Benefits of Meditation Read
Sleep: Slidin’ Away - Stress is a way of life in today’s overworked and Net-worked world. To beat the stress as well as rejuvenate, a power nap is perhaps the best way and companies like Nike & British Airways are all In favour of it. ET Magazine puts together some of its advantages Read
Saturday, 15 September 2012
Interesting articles to read -- 15-09-2012
Interesting articles to read -- 15-09-2012
Smart policies to close the digital divide - Lessons from around the world Read
Global manufacturing outlook Fostering growth through innovation Read
Refrigerator sans electricity: Besides the Mitticool, Gujarat villager Mansukhbhai has developed a range of products in terracotta — such as pressure cooker (with a whistle), non-stick pans, a 0.9-micron water filter etc Read
Pages apart: Copyright theft cannot be condoned in the name of promoting democratic student culture. Read
How to demat your physical shares Read
GANDHI: QUIET SCENES FROM A REVOLUTIONARY LIFE Read
Friday, 27 January 2012
Code of best practices in fair use for academic and research libraries
This is a code of best practices in fair use devised specifically by and for the academic and research library community. It enhances the ability of librarians to rely on fair use by documenting the considered views of the library community about best practices in fair use, drawn from the actual practices and experience of the library community itself.
It identifies eight situations (listed below) that represent the library community’s current consensus about acceptable practices for the fair use of copyrighted materials and describes a carefully derived consensus within the library community about how those rights should apply in certain recurrent situations. These are the issues around which a clear consensus emerged over more than a year of discussions. The groups also talked about other issues; on some, there seemed not to be a consensus, and group members found others to be less urgent. The community may wish to revisit this process in the future to deliberate on emerging and evolving issues and uses.
SUPPORTING TEACHING AND LEARNING WITH ACCESS TO LIBRARY MATERIALS VIA DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES
USING SELECTIONS FROM COLLECTION MATERIALS TO PUBLICIZE A LIBRARY’S ACTIVITIES, OR TO CREATE PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL EXHIBITIONS
DIGITIZING TO PRESERVE AT-RISK ITEMS
CREATING DIGITAL COLLECTIONS OF ARCHIVAL AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS MATERIALS
REPRODUCING MATERIAL FOR USE BY DISABLED STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE USERS
MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF WORKS DEPOSITED IN INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES
CREATING DATABASES TO FACILITATE NON CONSUMPTIVE RESEARCH USES (INCLUDING SEARCH)
COLLECTING MATERIAL POSTED ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AND MAKING IT AVAILABLE
Read this 32 pages document from Association of Research Libraries.
It identifies eight situations (listed below) that represent the library community’s current consensus about acceptable practices for the fair use of copyrighted materials and describes a carefully derived consensus within the library community about how those rights should apply in certain recurrent situations. These are the issues around which a clear consensus emerged over more than a year of discussions. The groups also talked about other issues; on some, there seemed not to be a consensus, and group members found others to be less urgent. The community may wish to revisit this process in the future to deliberate on emerging and evolving issues and uses.
SUPPORTING TEACHING AND LEARNING WITH ACCESS TO LIBRARY MATERIALS VIA DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES
USING SELECTIONS FROM COLLECTION MATERIALS TO PUBLICIZE A LIBRARY’S ACTIVITIES, OR TO CREATE PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL EXHIBITIONS
DIGITIZING TO PRESERVE AT-RISK ITEMS
CREATING DIGITAL COLLECTIONS OF ARCHIVAL AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS MATERIALS
REPRODUCING MATERIAL FOR USE BY DISABLED STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE USERS
MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF WORKS DEPOSITED IN INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES
CREATING DATABASES TO FACILITATE NON CONSUMPTIVE RESEARCH USES (INCLUDING SEARCH)
COLLECTING MATERIAL POSTED ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AND MAKING IT AVAILABLE
Read this 32 pages document from Association of Research Libraries.
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