Bibliography of open access journals

This bibliography presents selected English-language scholarly works that are useful in understanding open access journals.

Neo Victorian Studies e-journal publishes using open access licence

Neo-Victorian Studies is an e-journal that is "dedicated to contemporary re-imaginings of the nineteenth century in literature, the Arts and Humanities. The journal is published in accordance with Creative Commons: Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives license.

The impact of open access on the tradional role of libraries

An interesting article at the Inside Higher Ed blog about the way Open Access Journalsprovide challenges to libraries:

Can libraries support the open access movement by reallocating funds from paying for content to providing support for open access publications, or does that somehow go against the library's mission to support its local clientele?

College students face penalties for sharing music files

Students at some Hudson Valley colleges who illegally share digital, copyrighted music could end up doing community service, shut off from Internet use — or thrown out of school — as a penalty.

The Recording Industry Association of America, which represents the Universal, Warner, Sony and EMI record labels, had for years filed lawsuits against those it accused of engaging in music piracy.
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Youtube wins copyright case

In the lawsuit filed by Viacom against Google/YouTube, it looks like the federal jury is learning in favor of the defendant. The $1 billion infringement claim was filed because of an alleged breach of copyright, due to the numerous videos featuring Viacom-owned content uploaded throughout YouTube-- that includes clips from CBS TV shows, Paramount movies, The Jersey Shore, you name it.
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Canada Introduces Legislation to Amend Copyright Laws

via businessweek

June 2 (Bloomberg) -- Canada today introduced new copyright legislation that will protect digital locks companies put on DVDs and other content, allow transfers for personal use and free Internet providers of liability for piracy by users.

“This legislation will ensure that Canada’s copyright laws are forward-looking and responsive to a fast-paced digital world,” Industry Minister Tony Clement said in a statement.

Proposal to Protect Traditional Knowledge 'Doomed'

Cape Town — A Department of Trade and Industry proposal to incorporate protection of indigenous knowledge into existing copyright legislation was doomed to fail, a leading patent lawyer said yesterday, as this type of knowledge did not meet the criteria for registration of intellectual property contained in law
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A Passion for Copyright

One librarian’s love-hate relationship
Copyright is a subject with which I believe most librarians have a love-hate relationship. I am mostly in the love-it camp, but not necessarily in the love-all-the-regulations-and-guidelines one. I enjoy immensely the detective-work aspect of finding the copyright owner and then requesting permission for use of a copyrighted work. Nothing makes my day more than having a faculty member talk to me about a publication for which permission is needed.
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Clinto- Era Digital Copyright Law needs overhaul

A 12-year-record of abuses and misuses of a law designed to prevent digital piracy shows definitively that it isn’t working as intended, said a digital rights group in a new report released Thursday.
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Copyright Law Could Get Ugly If ACTA Is Adopted as Is

Lora Bentley spoke to Jim Burger, an intellectual property attorney in the Washington, D.C., offices of Dow Lohnes, about the proposed Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and the impact it would have on the tech industry.
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