[ccccip] Publishers sue university over publication of classreading materials

[martine courant rife]

Thanks for sending that copy of the complaint Charlie. If anyone
doesn't have time to read all 57 pages, I summarized it here

http://martinecourantrife.blogspot.com/

I thought one of the most remarkable things was that the publishers
seem to be arguing that the use of their materials across the
university as a whole should determine whether the use is "fair." The
traditional mode of making this determination is to look on a
case-by-case basis at the individual infringer – i.e. in this case,
the faculty member. But because digital technologies permitted
publishers a global view of the use across the entire university,
they've decided to offer a unit of infringement as that of the entire
university.

I'd be interested to know your thoughts! Martine

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Charlie Lowe <cel4145 at cyberdash.com> wrote:
> FYI: This came through on digital-copyright at lists.umuc.edu. Here is the
> link to the complaint which was filed:
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> http://www.publishers.org/main/PressCenter/documents/GSUlawsuitcomplaint.pdf
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> Charlie
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