Comments on: Humanities Hobbled by Copyright Law http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/12/post_25.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:41:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Frank http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/12/post_25.html/comment-page-1#comment-50976 Frank Tue, 25 Dec 2007 20:34:20 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/12/humanities-hobbled-by-copyright-law.html#comment-50976 Bruce: Yes, the "no commercial value" point is a little weak, given that Ohio State will presumably make some money off the anthology. I'd say that some sort of academic CRT would be useful here--the main purpose would be to permit old works like this to be easily anthologized. Al: I tend to cut the Chron a bit of slack. . . .it seems closer to an INS v AP case than the classic copyright hold-up. But if Inside Higher Ed makes its open format work, there will be no excuse for the Chron. And good writers may well leave it if their influence is limited by a "paywall." Bruce: Yes, the “no commercial value” point is a little weak, given that Ohio State will presumably make some money off the anthology.

I’d say that some sort of academic CRT would be useful here–the main purpose would be to permit old works like this to be easily anthologized.

Al: I tend to cut the Chron a bit of slack. . . .it seems closer to an INS v AP case than the classic copyright hold-up. But if Inside Higher Ed makes its open format work, there will be no excuse for the Chron. And good writers may well leave it if their influence is limited by a “paywall.”

]]> By: Al http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/12/post_25.html/comment-page-1#comment-50975 Al Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:56:51 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/12/humanities-hobbled-by-copyright-law.html#comment-50975 Frank, Ah, I love this--the link is to the Chronicle's stone wall! How appropriate for a post on copyright's effect on scholarship. Thanks for the attention to this important topic. Of course scholars need to be the preservers of the memory of their discipline; I'd imagine that's easier for the older fields. It's substantially easier in terms of permissions to put together an anthology on the antebellum era than on the New Deal era. Frank,

Ah, I love this–the link is to the Chronicle’s stone wall! How appropriate for a post on copyright’s effect on scholarship.

Thanks for the attention to this important topic. Of course scholars need to be the preservers of the memory of their discipline; I’d imagine that’s easier for the older fields. It’s substantially easier in terms of permissions to put together an anthology on the antebellum era than on the New Deal era.

]]> By: Al http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/12/post_25.html/comment-page-1#comment-50974 Al Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:55:33 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/12/humanities-hobbled-by-copyright-law.html#comment-50974 Frank, Ah, I love this--the link is to the Chronicle's stone wall! How appropriate for a post on copyright's effect on scholarship. Thanks for the attention to this important topic. Of course scholars need to be the preservers of the memory of their discipline; I'd imagine that's easier for the older fields. It's substantially easier in terms of permissions to put together an anthology on the antebellum era than on the New Deal era. Frank,

Ah, I love this–the link is to the Chronicle’s stone wall! How appropriate for a post on copyright’s effect on scholarship.

Thanks for the attention to this important topic. Of course scholars need to be the preservers of the memory of their discipline; I’d imagine that’s easier for the older fields. It’s substantially easier in terms of permissions to put together an anthology on the antebellum era than on the New Deal era.

]]> By: Bruce Boyden http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/12/post_25.html/comment-page-1#comment-50973 Bruce Boyden Sun, 23 Dec 2007 06:56:50 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/12/humanities-hobbled-by-copyright-law.html#comment-50973 Frank, in the new and improved (i.e., not "archaic") copyright regime, how do articles get valued? It seems to me there are three options: market rate; statutory rate (set by something like the CRT perhaps); or $0 (i.e., freely appropriable). The last two have their own issues, I believe. Frank, in the new and improved (i.e., not “archaic”) copyright regime, how do articles get valued? It seems to me there are three options: market rate; statutory rate (set by something like the CRT perhaps); or $0 (i.e., freely appropriable). The last two have their own issues, I believe.

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