I would like to be very clear at the outset. It is my view that if Congress does not continue to provide serious responses to online piracy, the U.S. copyright system will ultimately fail. The premise of copyright law is…
Posts Tagged ‘system’
ACRL Signs Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and the Humanities
20
Oct
Quoting from ACRL Insider: ACRL has long supported open access to scholarship as a central principle for reform in the system of scholarly communication. In ACRL’s new strategic plan, the plan for excellence, the goal in the area of research…
"From soup to nuts, the legal system needs an overhaul:" Glassmeyer’s Record-setting Blog Post
29
Sep
Quoting Sarah Glassmeyer from her Everything Sucks post. about which she tweets “I try for a new record on how many times a person can use the word ‘suck.'” I countered something like 35 times and that was just in…
Do Systems Establishing Quasi-Peer Review of Articles Submitted to Student-Edited Law Journals Make Sense?
19
Aug
Recently Chicago made a provisional decision to join the ranks of law reviews like Harvard, Yale and Stanford by establishing a quasi-peer review system for article submissions. In Chicago Law Review Chutzpah, Stephan Bainbridge, William D. Warren Distinguished Professor of…
Nightmare for Public Library After Its Twitter Account Was Hacked
11
Jul
An Indian company reportedly hacked into the Hennepin County Library’s Twitter account and changed the library system’s URL, email, password and its content on July 6th. Senior Librarian Meg Knodl spent her day off trying to contact Twitter, regain control…
ISPs To Get Involved in Copyright Enforcement
07
Jul
Various news outlets are reporting that major content providers have reached a voluntary agreement with major ISPs to police copyrights on their networks. The system takes the form of a six strikes rule where ISPs will send subscribers escalating email…
Innovative Solution to Closure of Camden Public Library’s Main Branch May Point the Way for Struggling County Law Libraries
06
Jun
The downtown “branch” of New Jersey’s Camden City Public Library was closed in February when Mayor Dana Redd decided the city could no longer afford its 100-year-old public library system while facing a $26.5 million budget deficit. “As soon as…
Illinois Reports 1831 – 2011 RIP
01
Jun
The Illinois Supreme Court has adopted the public-domain electronic citation system for appellate opinions and discontinues publication of the official Illinois Reports and Illinois Appellate Reports. The contract for the official Illinois publications, currently held by West, expires July 31,…
