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"Orphan Works" Unresolved in HathiTrust Ruling - 2 views

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    This statement from the Authors Guild explains their disagreement with the ruling in favor of the HathiTrust Digital Library. Accusing the project of carelessness in searching for the copyright-holders of "orphan works," the article expresses disappointment in the lack of action taken by the courts.
Matt Barrow

University of Michigan Project to Identify Orphan Works in HathiTrust Collection - 2 views

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    This article presents the Orphan Works project near its inception. It identifies the nature of the problem to be the sheer size of the project's scope, which claims about 73% of the HathiTrust's collection to be eligible for fair use as soon as they are proven to be orphan works.
Matt Barrow

HathiTrust Orphan Works Project Grows as University of California, Others Join Up - 1 views

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    Another early announcement of the HathiTrust's Orphan Works initiative, this article discusses the pros and cons of the project, and the potential changes that it may bring. The author speculates on possible benefits while pointing to the important decisions that will have to be made regarding copyrights.
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Copyright Clash: Authors Guild and Others Sue HathiTrust and Five Universities - 2 views

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    This article is an early announcement of the Authors Guild's lawsuit against the HathiTrust Digital Library. It explains the accusations of copyright infringement from the Authors Guild, who seek the complete halt of the HathiTrust's reproduction and distribution of digitized works, not limited to the Orphan Works project.
Matt Barrow

Steering an Elephant | Peer to Peer Review - 2 views

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    This article helps to give a general overview of the current state of fair use, specifically with regards to the HathiTrust project. The author is hopeful, giving the project's Orphan Works undertaking more credit than the Authors Guild. He argues that the meticulous nature of the work being done is promising, and may lead to solutions to the many and various problems raised by the public domain.
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HathiTrust Digital Library - 2 views

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    The HathiTrust Digital Library is a partnership of research institutions and libraries working to securely preserve historical collections to be accesible long into the future. These collections are open access, and include a wide spectrum of cultures across a variety of different time periods. The partnership has been recently engaged in legal disputes regarding alleged copyright infringement in their Orphan Works Project. In addition to basic access to many of the collections, the HDL offers search functions within the documents that allow for new uses of the texts, such as text mining.
Matt Barrow

Copyright Review Management System - IMLS National Leadership Grant - 2 views

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    This program is used by the HathiTrust Digital Library to seek out "orphan works" that have no apparent benefactors, and make them available to the general public. This project's noble purposes have been called into question by organizations like the Authors Guild, who argue that it often fails to find those who are due compensation.
Matt Barrow

Judge Says Fair Use Protect Universities in Book Scanning Project - 1 views

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    This article gives a brief overview of the environment surrounding the HathiTrust litigation, and gives some added insight to the cases in which Google has been involved. It specifically notes Google's exclusion from the Orphan Works project, citing Judge Denny Chin's assertion that private parties should not be allowed to "establish a mechanism for exploiting unclaimed books.
Matt Barrow

ARL Resource Packet on Orphan Works: Legal and Policy Issues for Research Libraries - 0 views

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    This extensive resource packet provides detailed information regarding the HathiTrust lawsuit. The writer is in favor of the defendants, arguing in various ways the lawfulness and usefuleness of the project.
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