Matt Enis, Library Journal; Tor, OverDrive Comment on Library Ebook Embargo
"In a move that has raised concern throughout the library field,
Macmillan in July announced that it would be testing a four month
embargo on selling new ebooks published by its Tor imprint to libraries.
The publisher said the test would help it determine whether library
lending is having a negative impact on retail ebook sales. For
libraries, the embargo recalled a time less than a decade ago when many
major publishers refused to license ebooks to libraries altogether."
Issues and developments related to Intellectual Property (e.g. Copyright, Fair Use, Patents, Trademarks, Trade Secrets) and Open Movements (e.g. Open Access, Open Data, Open Educational Resources (OER)), examined in the "Intellectual Property and Open Movements" and "Ethics of Data, Information, and Emerging Technologies" graduate courses I teach at the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. -- Kip Currier, PhD, JD
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Tuesday, September 11, 2018
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