Copyright Comic
am 05.04.2006 von Handakte WebLAWgGoogle’s project to democratise knowledge has been adopted and taken one stage further by Duke University’s law school in the US, which has tackled the complex area of copyright law in a peculiarly novel format. It is attempting to explaining the law in a comic book — or, as the authors might prefer, in a graphic book format. Copyright is an area …
Will the Online Book Publishing Flap Rewrite Copyright Law?
nach-recht-en / Auf den Seiten von der Wharten School gibt es einen Artikel über die urheberrechtlichen Fragen und Probleme beim Onlinepublishing: “Will the Online Book Publishing Flap Rewrite Copyright Law?”…
Google Doesn’t Wait for EU Governments
Law & Justice / Google has launched its books scan engine Google Print in eight European countries (local-language sites): Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and Spain. Google Print enables users to look for scanned books from lib…
ES>EN trade mark translator sought
Transblawg / I take the liberty of reposting an entry from IPKAT, the trademark blog: Translations into English IPKat co-blogmeister Jeremy is looking for a bit of assistance from someone who can translate trade mark cases from Spanish to English with a view to…
Authors Hit Google With Copyright Lawsuit
Law & Justice / An organisation of more than 8000 authors accused Google of massive copyright infringement, claiming that Google cannot put its books in the public domain for commercial use without permission of the authors. Associated Press has more on the backgro…
Google Print : A Copyright Analysis
Law & Justice / In the last issue of the Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce, Jonathan Band has given insights on Google Print Library Project. He has described the difference between Print Publisher Program and Print Library Project. On August 11, 2005, Goo…
Copyright Office Posts Copyright & Related Laws
Handakte WebLAWg / The U.S. Copyright Office announced that its publication, Copyright Law of the United States, is now available on the agency’s Web site. SEE: Copyright Law of the United States Quelle: U.S. Copyright Office, October 2007 Feed abonnieren, Beitra…
Copyright WebQuest
LAWgical / To develop an understanding of copyright law and how it applies to you, you need to develop a thorough understanding of what you are allowed to do under copyright, and, what you are not allowed to do. One way for you to get there is to critically ana…
Microsoft Goes Google
Law & Justice / Microsoft announced that it will digitise about 100.000 books in collaboration with the British Library. Unlike Google Print, Microsoft says to limit itself to out-of-copyright books, thereby trying to avoid a legal minefield such as Google is conf…
