The Laboratorium
"A place for experimentation, culture-jamming, critical thinking, artistic risk-taking, and the creative use of computers. I believe in the promise of redemptive technology, in new wine in old bottles, in unexpected connections, and the profound joy of understanding."
Author: James Grimmelmann is an associate professor at New York Law School.
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Recent Posts from The Laboratorium
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GBS: Hirtle et al. on Institutional Digitization
Peter Hirtle has been busy. He, along with Emily Hudson and Andrew Kenyon, also has out a new book, Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for Digitization for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums. It’s not directly…
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Texting, Telegraph Style
Douglas Baird’s chapter about INS v. AP in Intellectual Property Stories contains the following remarkable example of the compression techniques people resorted to when every letter was costly: t scetus tdy dodd 5 pw f…
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GBS: Peter Hirtle Thinks There's No Room for a Legislative Solution
His point is that there is so much room separating the Marybeth Peterses and Brewster Kahles of the world that no “legislative solution” could actually satisfy all the people calling for one: In summary, if…
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GBS: Matthew Sag's Predictions for Monday
He writes: The most desirable change from an antitrust perspective would be to allow Google’s competitors to exploit orphan works on the same terms as Google. The problem with this solution is that it further…
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GBS: I Like to Read
Just a reminder to all the academics in the audience that I’m interested in what you’re doing in relation to the settlement. If you publish something or post it online, let me know so I…
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GBS: OBA's Baseline Requirements for the Revised Settlement
In advance of Monday’s forthcoming settlement, the Open Book Alliance has issued a list of what it calls “baseline requirements” for Settlement 2.0: In advance of Monday’s forthcoming settlement, the Open Book Alliance has issued…
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GBS: Visual Artists Out
In an unsurprising turn of events this week, Judge Chin denied the visual artists’ motion to intervene. I say “unsurprising” because this is the second time Judge Chin has denied their request. Their first request…
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GBS: The Best Explanation I've Seen of the French Lawsuit
As I suspected, the crux of the case is whether French or U.S. law applies to the scans being made in the U.S. Also worth reading for the following quote: “It is an infernal machine,…
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GBS: Two Online Symposia
Two online magazines have posted symposia on the Google Book Search settlement. There’s original writing from some of the top scholars working in the area. Unfortunately, both of these magazines feature gated access! Big frowny…
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GBS: NYT on the Chinese Brouhaha
Sharon LaFraniere, In China, Objections to Google’s Book Scans, New York Times, Oct 31, 2009, at B4: A long-running dispute over Google’s efforts to digitize books has spread this month to China, where authors have…