Join us for a series of workshops this fall to help students and faculty navigate the complexities of academic publishing. Taught by copyright experts, librarians with advanced degrees in a range of disciplines, and university press acquiring editors, these sessions will demystify the process of finishing your dissertation, transforming it into a book, and publishing books and articles in a variety of academic areas. Use the links below to register. Copyright and Your Dissertation Wednesday,…
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If you are a U-M faculty, staff member, or student who has recently received a takedown notice from Elsevier regarding research papers posted on Academia.edu, we can offer assistance with finding other mechanisms for sharing your work. Expert staff at Michigan Publishing can help you understand what rights you’ve retained in a publication agreement, where and what version of your work can be posted on personal and third-party websites, and how Deep Blue, the U-M…
Are you planning on a career in the arts? Do you know what “Fair Use” is? Do you know how to market yourself as an artist? This fall, the Copyright Office is hosting a series of workshops aimed at the intersection of the arts, entrepreneurship, and law. Topics include important copyright issues for musicians and artists, an interpretation of common contractual language, and an introduction to marketing strategies for artists. All sessions will be held…
Do you have copyright questions? The Copyright Office at the University of Michigan Library is here to help. Join us for one or all of these short workshops by signing up at teachtech.umich.edu. These sessions are geared for faculty and students but all are welcome. We look forward to seeing you! All sessions are in the Hatcher Graduate Library Faculty Exploratory. General Overview of Copyright, Wed. Sept. 18, 10 – 11 am Fair Use and Copyright…
Claire Tatro is an intern this summer with the Copyright Office here at Michigan Publishing. Claire is a student at the University of Michigan School of Information (M.A. 2014). She is working on a series of highlights about books in the public domain in HathiTrust. Punch and Judy, with twenty-four illustrations designed and engraved by George Cruikshank. And other plates accompanied by the dialogue of the puppet-show, and account of its origin, and of puppet…
I recently gave a talk on Copyright Essentials on campus to a group of faculty and students. It was a pleasure to find the group for this particular Copyright Essentials to be lively, informed, and inquisitive. One participant offered some interesting observations from his experiences. Michael Hortsch, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology from the University of Michigan, Medical School remarked that copyright is best considered at the outset of a project. Keeping…
Yes, that’s pi as in 3.14. One of the frequent questions that comes up in my work involves confusion over whether facts and data are subject to US Copyright: they are not. Original expressions or arrangements of facts can, however, be subject to copyright protection. A recent case helps make the distinction clear – and also shows how the same facts can result in completely different and wonderful expressions. In Erickson v. Blake a composer created…
With last week’s flurry of activity over SOPA/PIPA, perhaps you missed the Supreme Court’s decision in Golan v. Holder [PDF]. The opinion makes it unequivocally clear that it is well within the purview of Congress to remove works from the public domain and reinforces the Court’s opinion in Eldred regarding Congress’s authority to extend copyright duration. In one fell swoop, the majority managed to express a legal opinion out of touch with technological and social…
In case SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, hasn’t given you enough heartburn, here’s another development on the legislative horizon to be concerned about–H.R. 3699, the Research Works Act. The Association of American Publishers has provided a summary of what they hope the bill will accomplish, which is a frightening read for those of us committed to the principles of Open Access. It appears that H.R. 3699 would seriously threaten public access to federally funded…
Today the House Judiciary Committee is debating SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act (also known as H.R. 3261). The bill would allow rights holders and the US Department of Justice to take legal action against websites alleged to be facilitating copyright infringement. Here are a two recent opinion pieces on SOPA and its potential effect on content producers and consumers: Marvin Ammori, “Should Copyright Be Allowed to Override Speech Rights?,” The Atlantic …Congress is considering…