Copyright Clearance Center lawsuit against University Libraries; rapped over financing CCC used specious defence of his actions

Earlier we reported that the Copyright Clearance Center financing litigation against University Libraries was. It seemed strange for me at the time that the CCC was to promote cooperation in different copyright, but in truth, active litigation against the financing was very parties you with work wanted.

Now, Publishers Weekly is reporting that the Association of research libraries complain about this.

A controversial copyright case e reserves in university libraries has grown a little more tense.PW has learned that the Association of research libraries (ARL) sent a letter to the Copyright Clearance Center, its role in financing a current Publisher lawsuit against four people at Georgia State University on the use of electronic course content protestieren.In sent a letter to CCC CEO Tracey Armstrong expressed ARL Director Charles Lowry "deep disappointment at the decision by the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), to draw 50% of the applicant in the proceedings." Lowry noted that the library only by CCC learned the key role in the action after it, District Court in Atlanta was revealed in a footnote in a recent ruling by judge Orinda Evans of the Federal.

Writing Lowry points that CCC was founded as "a collaboration between content creators, content publishers and content users." In fact, the non-profit of CCC's revenues come a considerable part from academic libraries. Since learning of CCC's role in the HSE e reserve case, have some librarians on the idea of bristles that have helped your fees, a lawsuit against you pressure to finance, especially at a time of extreme budget.

While Lowry, who admitted "Balance of interests" of the publishers and users "can be a challenging task", he suggested to support CCC given its central role as a moderator, "Collaboration," rather than litigation. "This action by the CCC signals for the content of user community, CCC will no longer serve the interests of all partners in the scientific communication groups." Lowry urged the CCC "forward to rethink its role of financing is the litigation."

In response, the CCC says that it tried to clarify fair use argument is obviously specious beitragen.Dieses.CCC is financing a dispute by a major publisher.If really means what you said, why you the other side - funds libraries funds not.The result, clarification of the fair use would be still the same.Instead you chose the route that success would make the way the libraries smaller.

"It makes one think about the relationship of the CCC to Verlagen.Deutlich bags are in the Publisher and all your talk of"facilitate licensing"is bullshit. what you really want to do is an enforcement agency geworden.Als corporate lawyer (Emeritus) from this point forward I recommend my clients certainly handle the CCC as an adversary and suggest that you be very careful in any future use of the Center.""All you can say and used against you" is to keep the maxim in mind, now that the CCC has revealed his true bias.

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