tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261995.post2968623867671938808..comments2024-01-11T05:21:20.602-05:00Comments on THE JERSEY EXILE: Occupy CopyrightTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09129772985016857146noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261995.post-90039101977878537262011-11-07T14:24:18.394-05:002011-11-07T14:24:18.394-05:00Dear Anonymous,
Thank you for your comments, but ...Dear Anonymous,<br /><br />Thank you for your comments, but it is you who are incorrect about the Authors' Guild lawsuit against the HathiTrust and five universities. The AG is suing Hathi et al to impound seven million Google scans in order to block the scheduled release of select orphan works to authorized library users at each university which holds said items.<br /><br />Much has been written about the (dubious) merits of this lawsuit elsewhere- check out Kevin Smith's excellent summary at http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2011/09/13/stop-the-internet-we-want-to-get-off/.<br /><br />Your language of course says everything- I never thought I'd see the day when librarians would be branded as "would-be pirates" who are guilty of "stealing" in-copyright works. But there you have it. <br /><br />The exceptions carved out for libraries in U.S. Copyright are just as vital as authors' rights themselves, and it is extremely disingenuous to declare one party in violation of the law when the courts are only just beginning to figure out which set of rights ends the other begins. <br /><br />Peace.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09129772985016857146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261995.post-85504173151094004692011-11-07T13:41:12.910-05:002011-11-07T13:41:12.910-05:00The article is factually bankrupt and dishonest.
...The article is factually bankrupt and dishonest.<br /><br />As to Google and the Hathi Trust being sued, the author lies outright. They are being sued over massive infringement. If Google, the Trust, and other would-be pirates took "real" Orphan works (that are actually in the public domain) rather than stealing in-copyright work, no one would care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5261995.post-11988193333571394012011-11-07T01:20:56.643-05:002011-11-07T01:20:56.643-05:00I completely agree. As a professor, I get very fru...I completely agree. As a professor, I get very frustrated to see how institutions bend over backwards to avoid being subject to (unfair) litigation. Not that it isn't understandable, given the number of frivolous copyright suits that are filed every day.marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13339639747213787334noreply@blogger.com