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Publishers’ Lawsuit Accuses Libgen of “Staggering” Copyright Infringement

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

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Sci-Hub Founder: Academic Publishers Are the Real Threat to Science, Not Sci-Hub

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The major academic publishers such as Elsevier, Wiley, and American Chemical Society are not happy with the rogue research library. This has resulted in several lawsuits including two that were won by publishers through default judgments in U.S. “Nobody is complaining about ‘compromised security’ except academic publishers.

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Google's Inclusive Copyright Thesis Award

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The thesis must have been submitted to an institution of higher education in 2022, in the framework of a Master’s degree program. Requirements The thesis must have been submitted to, and accepted by, an institution of higher education in 2022, in the framework of a Master’s degree program.

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Frameworks for Sustainability on Campus

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The 50-page white paper examines six of the most popular frameworks that higher education institutions use. Rachel Martin , global director of sustainability at Elsevier, tells me why the science publisher undertook this analysis and how institutions stand to benefit from supporting sustainability frameworks.

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Colorado Law Restricts Use of Facial Recognition Technology by Government Agencies

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Ramping up the state’s continued focus on data privacy, on June 8, 2022, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed legislation aimed at limiting the use of facial recognition technology by government agencies and state institutions of higher education.

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Making College (Textbooks) Affordable

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Publishing industry analyst Bill Rosenblatt wrote for Publishers Weekly that higher education is the publishing segment undergoing the most disruptive changes today. These new models aim to help more students afford to attend college in their chosen fields of study.

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Anti-Piracy Group Warns of a Problematic Textbook Piracy Culture Among Students

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“Unfortunately, we see an unhealthy culture in higher education, where every other student has acquired study books illegally. Pia Vigh, Head of the Secretariat for Danish Education Publishers, hopes that the broader educational system will put the piracy issue on the agenda.