This may be of interest to some (and repeating Carla's 'Apologies for
Cross-Posting')
Best wishes,
Vicky
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Vicky Brown, Visual Resources Curator
University of Oxford
History of Art Dept.
Suite 9, Littlegate House
St Ebbes
Oxford OX1 1PT
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***Apologies for Cross-Posting***
US Google Book Settlement: What are your views?
JISC has set up a Write to Reply site to gather views from the community on
the Google book settlement and its implications for UK higher and further
education.
From the JISC site: The US Google Book Settlement represents a major
watershed in the digitisation and access to millions of books, including in
copyright publications and therefore the rediscovery of a huge proportion
of the world's knowledge. Effectively it enables democratisation of access
to information by making books available digitally to new audiences
supported by fully searchable tools. It also provides a solution for
out-of-print works. The settlement is supported by a balanced revenue share
model with authors and other rights holders.
However, the settlement and its potential ramifications have sparked not
only global support, but also controversy and opposition. Recently, the US
Justice Department has urged the US New Court to reject the settlement
because of the anti-trust and copyright issues it raises - not least
because it would give Google the sole authority for books whose copyright
holder could not be found ('orphan works') and provide inadequate
protection to foreign rights holders.
Rachel Bruce, programme director at JISC said: "We are interested in
gathering views from colleges and universities in the UK in order to help
inform JISC's approach to these issues, both in relation to the Google Book
Settlement itself and more broadly. We can assume, even if the current US
Google Book Settlement is not accepted by the Court on 7 October 2009*,
that we will see subsequent settlements that affect UK rights holders and
have an impact on access to information for education and research."
"This is your chance to share your views about the Google Book Settlement
and your response will also help JISC understand any potential implications
associated with any possible future European settlement. We are interested
to not only hear about your opinions leading up to the hearing but also
what you think about the verdict."
To share your views please respond via the Write to Reply website by 26
October 2009.
* This date may be subject to change due to a recent appeal to delay from
Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers
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Karla Youngs, Director
JISC Digital Media - A JISC Advisory Service
Still image, moving image and sound advice
Free Helpdesk for UK Further and Higher Education:
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Online advice documents: <http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/>
Hands-on training: <http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/training/>
For up to date information on forthcoming workshops and free visits
please see the online ARLIS/UK & Ireland Events Calendar 2009 at
http://www.arlis.org.uk/
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