From The Arts section of today’s New York Times:
A Google Search of a Distinctly Retro Kind
To Satisfy a Lawsuit, Internet Powerhouse Must Turn to Print Ads
By Noam Cohen
To comply with a class-action suit by copyright holders affected by Google’s plan to offer all of literature online, old-fashioned legal notices in 70 languages are being placed in newspapers worldwide.
. . .
Old-fashioned legal notices prove best in tracking down far-flung authors
Here’s an article by Katie Fortney, who was an intern at our library.
Abstract:
An informed democratic society needs open access to the law, but states’ attempts to protect copyright interests in their laws are a major roadblock. This article urges broader access, analyzes the implications and legal arguments for and against copyright in the law, and considers strategies for access advocacy.
Fortney, Katie,Towards an Open Source Legal Operating System(February 20, 2009). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1347158
The New Republic (3/4/09) has two new articles focusing on the decline of newspapers and the impact on democracy/politics:
Goodbye to the Age of Newspapers (Hello to a New Era of Corruption) by Paul Starr
Why American politics and society are about to be changed for the worse.
and
CORRESPONDENCE: A New Era of Corruption? by Yochai Benkler
The newspaper’s decline does not portend anything resembling the end of democracy. Here’s why.
