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PWxyz: Peter Brantley Weighs in on Orphan Works
After the Authors Guild filed suit against HathiTrust's orphan works plan, AG members discovered some of the candidates on the orphan list were in fact not orphans. The University of Michigan has since suspended the orphan release to improve its processes. But, in our concern over whether or not any given work might be located, notes Peter Brantley, we risk a "trees-and-forest misdirection." It it is safe to assert that there are many works on library shelves for which rights status is uncertain and must be clarified, he notes, and rather than focus on the status of the 140 individual titles in the HathiTrust plan, we should focus on how we can make the determination of rights status more efficient. Read more at PWxyz.
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Library Groups Blast Authors Guild Lawsuit
The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), a group of three major library associations, issued a statement yesterday expressing “deep disappointment” over the lawsuit filed this week by the Authors Guild against HathiTrust and its research library partners.
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Library Bats Take Flight
Librarians across the nation are on the lookout for bats—three stuffed, plush bats by the names of Green, Red and Blue, to be exact. Following the success of Bats at the Library and Bats at the Beach, Brian Lies is drumming up anticipation for a third volume, Bats at the Ballgame (Harcourt, 2010) by sending the three intrepid travelers (equipped with passports) on a whirlwind tour.
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