Ga. State’s Loss in ‘E-Reserves’ Case Might Actually Be a Win for Librarians
Wired Campus 2014-10-20
Summary:
In May 2012 fair-use advocates celebrated a federal judge’s decision in a high-profile copyright case. The ruling was seen as a decisive victory for Georgia State University, whose librarians wanted to be able to make freely available as much copyrighted material as possible to students via its electronic reserve system.
On Friday a federal appeals court ended that celebration by reversing the judge’s decision and sending the “e-reserves” case back to the lower court for further action.
At a gla...