Association of Research Libraries (ARL) :: Landmark HathiTrust Decision and the Implications for Research Libraries: ARL to H...

abernard102@gmail.com 2012-10-19

Summary:

"The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) will host a webcast on Wednesday, October 24, 2012, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. eastern time, to discuss the Authors Guild v. HathiTrust decision and the implications of this victory for research libraries. The webcast will be moderated by Brandon Butler, Director of Public Policy Initiatives at ARL, and will feature discussion from: [1] Jonathan Band, of policybandwidth, an expert in copyright law and the co-author of the Library Copyright Alliance amicus brief in the HathiTrust case [2] Peter Jaszi, Professor of Law at American University’s Washington College of Law, as well as co-facilitator of the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries and a member of the legal team that represented the National Federation of the Blind [3] Dan Goldstein, a partner at Brown, Goldstein & Levy, acts as counsel for the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) and has initiated a national legal campaign to ensure access to technology [4] Jason M. Schultz, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic at the University of California Berkeley School of Law To register for the webcast, please visit http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=90208."

Link:

http://www.arl.org/news/pr/hathiwebcast-18oct12.shtml

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.licensing oa.libass oa.universities oa.copyright oa.libraries oa.litigation oa.librarians oa.fair_use oa.hathi oa.arl oa.authors_guild oa.webcast oa.events oa.hei oa.libre

Date tagged:

10/19/2012, 09:08

Date published:

10/19/2012, 05:08