From: "Hansen, Dave" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 19:33:37 +0000 Sorry if I’ve missed a discussion about this, but since comments are due to the Copyright Office soon (October 9), I thought I would be hearing more about the Copyright Office’s proposal to create a licensing scheme for mass digitization. http://copyright.gov/policy/massdigitization/ . The way the Office has framed its proposal, it could include licenses for mass digitization/digital access to all types of literary works, including scholarly journals and scholarly monographs. Nonprofit users are the intended licensees. Several librarians and archivists have already weighed in publicly. E.g., SAA had some things to say, and Kevin Smith wrote a nice blog post. I wrote something too, on the DPLA blog, outlining some issues I have with the Office’s proposal. I’m especially interested to know what publishers think. Are you excited about the prospect of such a system? Nervous? Indifferent? ---------- David R. Hansen Clinical Assistant Professor & Faculty Research Librarian UNC School of Law [log in to unmask] http://www.unc.edu/~drhansen/