How useful is the EU’s gift to libraries?

Scholarly Communications @ Duke 2014-09-16

Summary:

On Thursday the European Union’s Court of Justice issued an opinion that allows libraries to digitize books in their holdings and make those digital copies accessible, on site, to patrons.  In a way, this is a remarkable ruling that recognizes the unique place of libraries in the dissemination and democratization of knowledge.  Yet the [...]

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Link:

http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2014/09/16/pulling-astroturf/

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copyright issues and legislation fair use libraries

Authors:

Kevin Smith, J.D.

Date tagged:

09/16/2014, 21:28

Date published:

09/16/2014, 09:40