Georgia State, Copyright, and You

After four years, a judge has finally decided upon the merits of the copyright lawsuit between Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Sage Publications and Georgia State University.  Although the outcome legally affects only the northern third of Georgia,  this ruling will affect the way we do business in this library.

The library is sponsoring a web cast from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) in which the ACRL copyright committee will discuss the specific ruling of the Georgia State case in detail, the affect that the case will have on future fair use analyses, the impact on library policies such as course reserves and interlibrary loan, and the way we will work with academic publishers from now on. Anyone who is interested in attending will be welcome. Please let me know if you will be attending.

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand the history of the Georgia State University copyright infringement lawsuit
• Understand the judge’s decision in the Georgia State University copyright infringement lawsuit
• Discover the impact upon Fair Use analyses
• Recognize some of the local library policies that will need to change
• Identify possible changes in the relationships between libraries and academic publisher

 Live Webcast
July 20, 2012 2 p.m.
Room 142