From: "Lazan-Young, Betsy" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:05:17 +0000
Dave et al,
The Wall Street Journal had an excellent summary and discussion of the
issues raised by this case earlier in the month:
New Fight Breaks Out Over Digital Rights to Old Books by Jeffrey
Trachtenberg. Wall Street Journal [New York, N.Y] 11 Jan 2012: B.7.
Betsy Lazan-Young
Librarian
Law and Research Library
Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records
A division of the Arizona Secretary of State
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
www.lib.az.us
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From: LibLicense-L Discussion Forum
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 5:07 PM
Subject: Harper Collins E-books Case
From: "Hansen, Dave" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:58:20 +0000
I recently saw news that Harper Collins had filed suit against Open
Road Media. This case was filed over the holidays and raises the issue
of whether older author-publisher contracts cover e-books rights. It
seems to revisit the issue that was raised by Random House v. Rossetta
Books back in 2002 (see
http://itlaw.wikia.com/wiki/Random_House_v._Rosetta_Books). This is
the post I saw on the Harper Collins case :
http://mhpbooks.com/46575/pandoras-box-about-to-be-reopened-harpercollins-sues-its-ex-ceo/
Does anyone know anything more about this?
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David R. Hansen
Digital Library Fellow
Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic
UC Berkeley School of Law
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