From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:38:13 -0500

Well, the first of these is the GSU case. The second concerns
streaming video, not books or journals. The third is a suit in India,
not the U.S. or Canada. Access Canada is not a publisher.

So, let me rephrase: can you think of a case in the U.S. or Canada
where a PUBLISHER of books/journals has sued a university since 1983,
except for GSU?

P.S. The 1983 case did involve NYU as plaintiff, as well as 9 faculty
members and a local copyshop. It resulted in a consent decree.


> From: Laura Quilter <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:50:16 -0400
>
> Well, these:
>
> * Cambridge Univ Pr v. Becker (ongoing)
> * Ambrose Vide Publishing & AIME v. UCLA (recently settled)
> * Oxford University Press et al v. Delhi University (ongoing)
> * Access Copyright v. York Univ (Canada) (ongoing)
>
> I sort of recall some other litigation outside the US/Canada but it's
> not coming to mind just yet.  That's just the recent/current cases.
>
> Of course Addison-Wesley v. NYU (SDNY 1983) also springs to mind, plus
> various threats to various institutions over the years.
>
> (And please note that in the Georgia State University case, the fact
> that the publishers "did not seek damages" is not exactly a
> demonstration of their good will so much as a demonstration of their
> understanding of Constitutional law.)
>
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> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 4:09 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>  From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]>
>>  Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:33:41 -0500
>>
>>  You say "regularly being sued." As far as I'm aware, the suit against
>>  Georgia State is the first copyright suit brought by publishers
>>  against any university. Previous suits were brought against commercial
>>  copyshops adjacent to university campuses. Do you know of any other
>> suits by publishers against universities? And please note that the
>> suit against GSU aimed only at an injunction against future illegal
>  > copying and did not seek damages for past infringements.
>>
>>
>>  Sandy Thatcher