{"id":29,"date":"2016-01-18T11:10:46","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T19:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lis.iwaruna.com\/copyright-toolkit\/?p=29"},"modified":"2018-02-16T14:08:11","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T22:08:11","slug":"news-organizations-blogs-to-follow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lis.iwaruna.com\/copyright-toolkit\/news-organizations-blogs-to-follow\/","title":{"rendered":"News & organizations to follow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last modified\u00a016 February 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n

Librarians and LIS institutions are at the center of fair use and copyright! Here are additional resources to help you keep on top of this fast-moving\u00a0field.
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News to follow: blogs & columns<\/h2>\n

Copy-Me<\/a> seeks to “debunk the myths of copying and copyright” through a webseries of videos.<\/p>\n

Creative Commons annual report, State of the Commons<\/a>, measures CC and public domain usage.<\/p>\n

Dear Rich: An Intellectual Property Blog<\/a> follows the insight and advice of the well-known attorney and educator.<\/p>\n

Kevin L. Smith’s<\/a> articles on Library Journal<\/em> offer thoughtful perspectives on copyright in libraries.<\/p>\n

Follow Duke’s Public Domain Center<\/a> on Twitter for the latest news around the world and in the US.<\/p>\n

Mary Minow, IP lawyer, former librarian and instructor at the San Jos\u00e9 State University MLIS program, writes at the LibraryLaw<\/a> blog as well as the Stanford University Libraries’ Fairly Used<\/a> blog.<\/p>\n

QuestionCopyright (more under Advocacy organizations<\/strong>) posts copyright news on their website<\/a> and via Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Readers’ Bill of Rights<\/a> are a group of activists and librarians against DRM on Twitter.<\/p>\n

Academic resources<\/h2>\n

Copyright Advisory Office at Columbia University Libraries<\/a> includes advice and articles on how intellectual property affects academia.<\/p>\n

Copyright & Fair Use by the Stanford University Libraries<\/a> is one of the foremost sites containing tools, readable introductions and policy descriptions, permissions tips, and research in the field<\/p>\n

CyberLaw: Center for Internet & Society<\/a> at Stanford Law School broadly covers policies on the Internet and emerging technologies (intellectual freedom, privacy, and intellectual property).<\/p>\n

Open Culture<\/a>\u00a0offers a vast array of free cultural (especially arts and humanities) resources for education and research.<\/p>\n

Scholarly Communications @ Duke<\/a> is blog with advice and news regarding copyright and publishing, from the Duke University Libraries.<\/p>\n

Advocacy organizations<\/h2>\n

Remember to read the article on open access<\/a> as a copyright alternative!<\/p>\n

ALA District Dispatch<\/a> covers federal activity regarding copyright, and other ALA\u00a0lobbying efforts.<\/p>\n

American Foundation for the Blind<\/a>\u00a0(AFB), like NFB, is another non-profit that supports people with vision impairments as well as works on public policy<\/a> that promotes equal rights and access.<\/p>\n

Defective by Design<\/a>, part of the Free Software Foundation<\/a>,\u00a0is one of the biggest and earliest non-profit organizations to work towards eliminating “DRM as a threat to innovation in media, the privacy of readers, and freedom for computer users.” Loads resources on DRM-free media, policy work, as well as open source and open access projects.<\/p>\n

Digital Right to Repair<\/a> promotes consumers’ rights to fix the goods they purchase, including jailbreaking.<\/p>\n

EveryLibrary<\/a>\u00a0is a national organization that supports\u00a0political action,\u00a0from local up to federal levels, that promote and expand library services \u2014 including bonds, tax bills, and related election movements.<\/p>\n

National Federation of\u00a0the Blind<\/a>\u00a0(NFB) has been a foremost not-for-profit advocate for making Kindle content accessible to all<\/a>. They are also quite active in legislative and regulatory areas<\/a> regarding universal access for persons with disabilities.<\/p>\n

Public Knowledge<\/a> works towards open access for the Internet, licensing, and telecommunications. It’s one of the largest public interest groups advocating copyright reform, net neutrality, patent reform, and so forth.<\/p>\n

The Re:Create Coalition<\/a> is a group of organizations and individuals that provide tips and news regarding a more balanced approach to copyright. Re:Create also produces a podcast<\/a>\u00a0and infographics<\/a> to help educate and inform creators, librarians, educators, and consumers.<\/p>\n

QuestionCopyright<\/a>\u00a0is a non-profit that promotes the education and expansion of open distribution for cultural enrichment<\/p>\n

Readers’ Bill of Rights for Digital Books<\/a> (<\/a>Twitter<\/a>) is supported by librarians and advocates against DRM.<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers First<\/a>\u00a0advocates better ebook access and user experience for libraries and their patrons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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