Derivative Works – LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™

Best of 2006: Who owns the copyright in scans of public domain works?

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Ron Coleman

First posted on May 7, 2006. I love Plan59.com. If you’re my age or a little older, almost any click on this smartly designed and […]

Public Domain

Guest Post: Fair Use or Foul Ball?

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Gregory Winsky

When copying 20,000,000 books without permission is not copyright infringement Jim Bouton’s last pitch to Google wasn’t Ball Four, at least according to the […]

Distribution systems

Another highly derivative blog post

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Ron Coleman

We learn from our mistakes. Far better, however, is to learn from the other guy’s mistakes. Here by “our” and “other guy” I am referring […]

Licensing

Who owns the copyright in scans of public domain works?

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Ron Coleman

I love Plan59.com. If you’re my age or a little older, almost any click on this smartly designed and comprehensive website can recreate a certain […]

Scans

The continuing STOR-y

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Ron Coleman

I barely had time to get my arms around the story of Aron Swartz, who was arrested for downloading a ton of stuff off the […]

Distribution systems

Creative license

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Ron Coleman

David Donoghue reports on an interesting copyright issue blowing around Chicago, my home away from home: The Chicago Tribune‘s Ameet Sachdev reported that an ongoing […]