From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:49:30 -0400 If "we are suing ourselves," as you suggest, who's right, the plaintiff or the defendant? Joe Esposito On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 6:32 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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.) > > ---------------------------------- > Laura Markstein Quilter / [log in to unmask] > Librarian, Geek, Attorney, Teacher > > Copyright and Information Policy Librarian > University of Massachusetts, Amherst > [log in to unmask] > > Lecturer, Simmons College, GSLIS > [log in to unmask] > > > 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 > > > > > > > From: Laura Quilter <[log in to unmask]> > > > Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:18:06 -0400 > > > > > > Sandy, > > > > > > I take it that the problem is with university professors whose work is > > > directly related to (and partially funded by) their university jobs. > > > If a professor creates something unrelated to their job -- they teach > > > history of science; they wrote a popular song -- then conflict of > > > interest wouldn't really arise. > > > > > > Universities have often refrained from asserting ownership under > > > work-for-hire of faculty's teaching and scholarly works, out of > > > tradition and so forth, but if they are regularly being sued on those > > > works, then they might choose not to forego their own legal rights. > > > > > > Laura