Oregon Legal Research BlogThe American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) has updated its:
Model Law Firm Copyright Policy
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Model U.S. Law Firm Copyright Policy (AALL, 2016)
Articles Tagged with Fair use
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April Fool, or Not: The Oregon State Bar is Looking for Lawyer Poets
Calling all Poets (from the OSB Legal Pubs blog)
But if you’re going to write haiku, please, please, please do it right. (Sigh.) Haiku isn’t what you wrote in 5th grade (or even for your first love or your first legal newsletter submission, no matter how much you were patted on the head for your, um, creativity.) Haiku is creative writing, but there are Rules, just like brief writing. (Sorry.)
My favorite for beginners “how to write haiku” book is this one by David Coomler, but there are others (including websites) and don’t forget Senryu, which can be described as Japanese satirical poems. (Senryu can be very, very funny or simply a gurgle of amusement.)
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Can Lawyers Copyright their Briefs (so to speak): Think “Fair Use”
Link to case and commentary from LLB2: “Court Holds West, Lexis Legal Briefs Offering Is Fair Use”
Re: White v. West Publishing Company and Reed Elsevier (USDC Southern District NY) (12 Civ. 1340 (JSR)), decided 7/3/14.
Excerpt from blog post: “One of the running issues I had been following is the attempt to copyright legal briefs with the intention to gain royalties or prevent others from using them. The particular case that litigates the issue is White v. West Publishing Company and Reed Elsevier (USDC Southern District NY). District Judge Rakoff ruled that the use by West and Lexis is fair use….” [Link to full post and case.]
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Free Copyright-Status Handbook: “Is it in the Public Domain?
From UC Berkeley Law, Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic:
Creative Commons: May 27, 2014, by Menesha A. Mannapperuma, Brianna L. Schofield, Andrea K. Yankovsky, Lila Bailey, and Jennifer M. Urban
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Free Copyright Treatise for Lawyers, Librarians, and Artists
Lawyers at Adler Vermillion & Skocilich, LLP have made this remarkable copyright resource publicly available – and free. (Thank you!)
Copyright Codex (Beta): A Free Treatise for Lawyers and Artists
Many thanks for the tip from Robert Ambrogi’s LawSites blog, where you will find information about the Copyright Codex and much more, including a link to a Trial of Whitey Bulger website.