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Publishers’ Lawsuit Accuses Libgen of “Staggering” Copyright Infringement

TorrentFreak

Majors Publishers File Copyright Complaint Against Libgen According to a copyright lawsuit filed in the U.S. Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishing Group, LLC (d/b/a Macmillan Learning, McGraw Hill LLC, and Pearson Education, Inc.) At least 20,000 of those files were published by plaintiffs Cengage Learning, Inc.,

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University Websites Are Being Flooded with Online Piracy Scams

TorrentFreak

In the United States, however, higher education institutions were forced to put the brakes on piracy due to the passing of the Higher Education Opportunity Act ( HEOA ) in 2008. Civil penalties for Federal Copyright infringement range from $750 per song to $150,000 in damages for each willful act.”

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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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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). The purpose was educational and non-commercial.

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Making College (Textbooks) Affordable

Velocity of Content

Publishing industry analyst Bill Rosenblatt wrote for Publishers Weekly that higher education is the publishing segment undergoing the most disruptive changes today. The post Making College (Textbooks) Affordable appeared first on Copyright Clearance Center.

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Friday Fantasies

The IPKat

Christmas markets are already here, the lights are bright and shining, but before November is over, this Kat brings you another bundle of joy in the form of IP events and opportunities. Registrations are open until 3 December 2021 and further information about the workshop can be found here.

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OM Weekly Digest 06/02/22

Olartemoure Blog

Exportation is performed within market conditions according to quantity and modality corresponding to the nature of the product. 06/02/22 – Copyright. Original Source in Spanish. .