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Who Owns The Law? Why We Must Restore Public Ownership Of Legal Publishing, Leslie A. Street, David R. Hansen
Who Owns The Law? Why We Must Restore Public Ownership Of Legal Publishing, Leslie A. Street, David R. Hansen
Journal of Intellectual Property Law
Each state has its own method for officially publishing the law. This article looks at the history of legal publishing for the fifty states before looking at how legal publishing even in moving to electronic publishing may not ensure public access to the law. The article addresses barriers to free access to the law in electronic publishing including copyright, contract law, and potentially, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The article concludes with prescriptions for how different actors, including state governments, publishers, libraries, and others can ensure robust public access to the law moving forward.
Essentials Of A Publication Agreement, Stephen Wolfson, Mariann Burright
Essentials Of A Publication Agreement, Stephen Wolfson, Mariann Burright
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This session will focus on authors' rights and publishing contracts. When academic publishers agree to publish academic works, they require the authors to sign agreements before doing so. In the past, these “agreements” – contracts, by another name – often have contained provisions that primarily benefit the publishers, including assigning intellectual property rights in the works to the publishers and limiting authors’ abilities to use their works after transferring their rights. Faculty authors often ask librarians for their guidance on how to read and negotiate publication agreements. As such, this session will discuss common provisions found in publishing contracts to …
What's In A Licensing Agreement?, Stephen Wolfson, Mariann Burright
What's In A Licensing Agreement?, Stephen Wolfson, Mariann Burright
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Now that you know the foundations of enforceable contracts, and want to have more familiarity with some nuts and bolts of contract language to become a better negotiator for your institutions, you will want to take this second webinar.
Participants will learn:
• What are the basic provisions or clauses of a contract?
• What do these provisions obligate my institution to do?
• What do these provisions obligate the other party to do?
• What rights does my institution have if the other party breaks its obligations?
Minding Your Own Business: Privacy Policies In Principle And In Practice, Scott Killingsworth
Minding Your Own Business: Privacy Policies In Principle And In Practice, Scott Killingsworth
Journal of Intellectual Property Law
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Uniform Commercial Code Article 2b & The State Contract Law-Federal Intellectual Property Law Interface: Can State Statutes Even Begin To Address Copyright Preemption Of Shrink-Wrap Licenses?, Elizabeth J. Mcclure
Uniform Commercial Code Article 2b & The State Contract Law-Federal Intellectual Property Law Interface: Can State Statutes Even Begin To Address Copyright Preemption Of Shrink-Wrap Licenses?, Elizabeth J. Mcclure
Journal of Intellectual Property Law
No abstract provided.