Category Archives: Legal Issues

ARL, "Know Your Copy Rights What You Can Do" ™ (2007)

Know Your Copy Rights What You Can Do” ™ (free pdf)

By the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)

Using works in your teaching —
Tips for faculty & teaching assistants in higher education

U.S. CONST. art. I, § 8, cl. 8: “The Congress shall have Power . . . To promote the Progress of  Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors, the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.”

Penguin agrees to $75M settlement in Apple iBooks price fixing lawsuit

Why can’t everyone be a good corporate citizen?

Book publisher Penguin announced on Wednesday it has reached a $75 million “comprehensive agreement” with U.S. State Attorneys General and private class plaintiffs over e-book price fixing allegations connected to Apple and its iBookstore for iOS.

http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/05/22/penguin-agrees-to-75m-settlement-in-apple-ibooks-price-fixing-lawsuit

Apple goes to court on June 3 for allegedly colluding in this price-fixing scheme., prefering to have their day in court instead of settling with the attorney general.   Why can’t everyone be a good corporate citizen?