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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michael Hart hart@pglaf.org Date: Sep 27, 2006 3:11 PM Subject: [BP] BRITISH LIBRARY SAYS COPYRIGHT LAW NEEDS UPDATING To: Book People bookpeople@pobox.upenn.edu
The British Library has called for a wide-scale revision of existing copyright law, which, it said, inadequately addresses digital content, putting too much control into the hands of content producers and owners. Lynne Brindley, chief executive of the British Library, took aim at digital rights management (DRM) technology in particular, saying that it allows content producers to prevent legitimate uses of content, such as for academic purposes, for archival efforts, or for making content available to people with disabilities. Calling the problem a global issue, Brindley said that without "a serious updating of copyright law to recognize the changing technological environment, the law becomes an ass." The Open Rights Group supported the library's call for revising copyright law, saying that the current situation "allows publishers to write whatever license they like, which is what is happening now." The British Library also said the question of orphaned works should be addressed--works whose proper copyright owners cannot be located easily or at all. CNET, 25 September 2006 http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-6119043.html
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On 27/09/06, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
Upper case original. Good news.
Indeed!
global issue, Brindley said that without "a serious updating of copyright law to recognize the changing technological environment, the law becomes an ass."
It's so nice to be able to say "The British Library says ..." before that quote.
The Open Rights Group supported the library's
I'm on the ORG list. It's good value.
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Erik Moeller wrote:
The British Library has called for a wide-scale revision of existing copyright law, which, it said, inadequately addresses digital content, putting too much control into the hands of content producers and owners.
It would be nice if the British Library heeded its own advice and adopted similarly liberal rules toward the content metadata it collects in its capacity as cataloger as that which it is trying to foist upon content creators:
"Whilst there should be no technical difficulties in accessing the CURL database for record retrieval (provided the library has internet access), there are some issues surrounding re-use of records. Royalty or licence fees are paid to some record suppliers (British Library, SLS), which may rise if the number of records downloaded from the database increases..." http://www.curl.ac.uk/projects/db6.htm
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