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[Webinar] Copyright Basics (Higher Education Series) - September 20th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

JD Supra Law

Understanding the fundamentals of copyright is crucial to avoiding costly missteps. Join Bricker Graydon attorneys Jeff Knight and Kylie Stryffeler as they review copyright principles, limitations, and fair use in educational settings. By: Bricker Graydon LLP

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Copyright-A Bane For The Students Or A Boon For Copyright Owners?

IP and Legal Filings

The time is ripe to strike a balance between the copyright owner’s economic interests and the public’s right to have access to information and knowledge for growth and development of society before it turns out as blessings of talent over the curse of poverty. Copyright ensures certain minimum rights and it has never been an absolute right.

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A Novel Dataset Measuring Change in Copyright Exceptions

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In 2015, the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) set out to conduct empirical research on the impact of copyright exceptions. We soon realized that information about the changes to copyright law over time – which would be especially useful for empirical studies – was lacking.

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Clash of Colleagues: The Battle for Academic Attribution

BYU Copyright Blog

Wilder alleged that Hoiland had used course materials created by Wilder for a faculty development program, Numeracy Infusion Course for Higher Education (NICHE), in five slides of a presentation Hoiland gave at the Community College Conference on Learning Assessment (CCCLA). And, the use had limited to no effect on the market.

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Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part One: Setting the Record Straight

Michael Geist

Canadian copyright lobby groups have relentlessly lobbied the government to overturn decades of Supreme Court of Canada jurisprudence, seeking unprecedented restrictions on fair dealing that include eliminating it for educational institutions if a licence is available. The addition of “education” was hardly an overhaul.

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IP Scholarship, Citations, and Knowledge Governance: Some Insights from the History of IP Teaching in India

SpicyIP

Mr. Kadirgamar traces it back to 1970 when WIPO conducted two surveys: one, on the teaching of industrial property law and the second on the teaching of copyright law teaching. Upendra Baxi envisaged in his 1986 article, Copyright Law and Justice in India. Ganesan and Jayashree Watal. Here’s a hitch, however.

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HathiTrust Decision Summary

Copycense

More than three-quarters of the books that Google scanned as part of the Books project remain subject to copyright protection. In June 2011, Michigan announced it would share with the public "orphan works" -- works to presumed to be subject to copyright protection, but for whom a copyright owner cannot be found.