In The News

["Olga Francois" <ofrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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From: U.S. Copyright Office
http://www.copyright.gov/

February 19: Deadline for the second round of comments in  the 
Copyright Office triennial rulemaking proceeding on exemptions from the 
prohibition on circumvention of technological measures that control 
access to copyrighted works. Those who oppose or support any exemptions 
proposed in the initial comments will have the opportunity to respond 
to the proposals made in the initial comments and to provide
factual information and legal argument addressing whether a proposed 
exemption should be adopted. (67 FR 63578)

February 24: Beginning date to submit reply comments on Static Control 
Inc.'s petition to consider a newly proposed class of works to be 
exempted from the prohibition on circumvention of technological 
measures that control access to copyrighted works as part of a pending 
rulemaking pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
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Verizon, RIAA Trade Claims of Harm 
By Roy Mark , Internet.com, February 13, 2003
http://dc.internet.com/news/article.php/1583621

"WASHINGTON -- U.S. District Judge John D. Bates heard arguments 
Thursday  morning on Verizon's latest legal maneuver to avoid complying 
with a Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) subpoena 
requesting the name of a Verizon Internet subscriber who allegedly 
downloaded more than 600 copyrighted music files in a single day"
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UCITA hits snag with lawyer group
By Grant Gross, ITworld.com 2/12/03
http://www.itworld.com/Man/2681/030212ucita/

"The future of a proposed law that would standardize software licensing 
agreements across the U.S. appeared to be in doubt after the American 
Bar Association (ABA) failed to approve it at its national meeting last 
week."
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New Kazaa software released
By Dawn Kawamoto , News.com, February 13, 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-984525.html

"The new software adds little to the basic functions of the Net's most 
popular file-swapping program. However, Kazaa users will see an 
increase in the proportion of advertiser-paid, copy-protected search 
results as they hunt for their favorite artists or movies, the company 
said. "
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Labels turn guns on workplace pirates
By John Borland , CNET News.com, February 13, 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-984548.html

"Trade groups for the record and film industries are turning up the 
heat in their efforts to get corporations to crack down on music and 
video piracy conducted on workplace networks. "
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From: SPARC, February 14, 2003
LUND UNIVERSITY ESTABLISHES DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS
Open Society Institute and SPARC Support Far-Reaching Library Project

"Washington, DC - The Information Program of the Open Society 
Institute, along with SPARC (The Scholarly Publishing and Academic 
Resources Coalition) and Lund University Libraries, Sweden, today 
announced the establishment of the Directory of Open Access Journals 
(DOAJ, http://www.doaj.org). The project will create a directory of 
open access journals and will be completed in late spring 2003."
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[SPARC-IR] New IR Resources from SPARC
Two new resources on institutional repositories are now available from 
SPARC.

SPARC Institutional Repository Checklist and Resource Guide, a free, 
online manual detailing the issues that institutions and consortia need 
to address in implementing an institutional repository. The publication 
is found at http://www.arl.org/sparc/IR/IR_Guide.html and may be 
printed and distributed freely.

Also on the SPARC Institutional Repositories web page, a select list of 
institutional repositories around the world. The list is included in 
the Guide as an appendix, but can be bookmarked and directly accessed 
at http://www.arl.org/sparc/core/index.asp?page=m1. Updates and 
questions may be directed to Kerri Allen at kerri@xxxxxxxx