Comments on: An update on locked-up / “owned” government information: In Honor of National Library Week http://thelearnedfangirl.com/2008/04/16/update-on-company-owned-government-information/ a critical take on online culture and social media Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:03:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Check Out “The Learned Fangirl” – Fair Use Lab http://thelearnedfangirl.com/2008/04/16/update-on-company-owned-government-information/#comment-42 Check Out “The Learned Fangirl” – Fair Use Lab Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:38:44 +0000 http://thelearnedfangirl.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-42 [...] April 16: Over the past two years for National Library Week, I have posted about the importance of openness of publication and accessibility of government information and the limitations of relying on Google. Free Government Information, Public.Resource.org, [...] [...] April 16: Over the past two years for National Library Week, I have posted about the importance of openness of publication and accessibility of government information and the limitations of relying on Google. Free Government Information, Public.Resource.org, [...]

]]> By: #Amazonfail, the Google Books Settlement, and the importance of open access for preserving cultural heritage: In honor of National Library Week « The Learned Fangirl http://thelearnedfangirl.com/2008/04/16/update-on-company-owned-government-information/#comment-41 #Amazonfail, the Google Books Settlement, and the importance of open access for preserving cultural heritage: In honor of National Library Week « The Learned Fangirl Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:36:14 +0000 http://thelearnedfangirl.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-41 [...] by r Over the past two years for National Library Week, I have posted about the importance of openness of publication and accessibility of government information and the limitations of relying on Google. Free Government Information, Public.Resource.org, [...] [...] by r Over the past two years for National Library Week, I have posted about the importance of openness of publication and accessibility of government information and the limitations of relying on Google. Free Government Information, Public.Resource.org, [...]

]]> By: r http://thelearnedfangirl.com/2008/04/16/update-on-company-owned-government-information/#comment-40 r Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:16:48 +0000 http://thelearnedfangirl.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-40 On June 26, 2008, <a href="http://public.resource.org/gao.gov/index.html" rel="nofollow">Public Resource.org </a>has reported the release of scanned legislative history materials, including 10 DVDs of materials, containing 619,481 PDF files by the Government Accountability Office. In response Public Resource.org, has "proposed an unsolicited joint venture which would allow the GAO to ship to us the same materials they shipped to Thomson West. The cost to the GAO would be minimal, and this valuable resource would see the light of day!" On June 26, 2008, Public Resource.org has reported the release of scanned legislative history materials, including 10 DVDs of materials, containing 619,481 PDF files by the Government Accountability Office.

In response Public Resource.org, has “proposed an unsolicited joint venture which would allow the GAO to ship to us the same materials they shipped to Thomson West. The cost to the GAO would be minimal, and this valuable resource would see the light of day!”

]]> By: linreigu http://thelearnedfangirl.com/2008/04/16/update-on-company-owned-government-information/#comment-39 linreigu Thu, 01 May 2008 23:10:10 +0000 http://thelearnedfangirl.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-39 Hi, BBC Radio 4 interviewed me about my paper-liberation project. More here: http://web.splashcast.net/go/so/2/p/BVOA1593YS/s/OWWM6184EA/sc/983328/fs/ I hope this will inspire others to start liberating papers. yours always, Erik Hi,

BBC Radio 4 interviewed me about my paper-liberation project. More here: http://web.splashcast.net/go/so/2/p/BVOA1593YS/s/OWWM6184EA/sc/983328/fs/

I hope this will inspire others to start liberating papers.

yours always,

Erik

]]> By: R http://thelearnedfangirl.com/2008/04/16/update-on-company-owned-government-information/#comment-38 R Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:25:28 +0000 http://thelearnedfangirl.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-38 This issue of locked-up government documents in databases is not limited to the U.S. Eric Ringmar discusses this issue in the London Times: "Think about this for a second. Here is a company that lays exclusive claim to material produced by the elected representatives of the people. A company whose business idea it is to restrict access to our common heritage. This is upsetting first of all because it goes against the rights of citizens in a democracy to have the documents produced by their parliament freely available. Second, ProQuest is claiming copyright to material whose copyright has long expired. And finally it makes academic research far more difficult. Unless you belong to a university that's prepared to pay for the stuff, you won't get to read it." http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=401386&c=1 This issue of locked-up government documents in databases is not limited to the U.S. Eric Ringmar discusses this issue in the London Times:

“Think about this for a second. Here is a company that lays exclusive claim to material produced by the elected representatives of the people. A company whose business idea it is to restrict access to our common heritage. This is upsetting first of all because it goes against the rights of citizens in a democracy to have the documents produced by their parliament freely available. Second, ProQuest is claiming copyright to material whose copyright has long expired. And finally it makes academic research far more difficult. Unless you belong to a university that’s prepared to pay for the stuff, you won’t get to read it.”

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=401386&c=1

]]> By: Copyright Advisory Network » Blog Archive » A post about limitations on access to public domain materials http://thelearnedfangirl.com/2008/04/16/update-on-company-owned-government-information/#comment-37 Copyright Advisory Network » Blog Archive » A post about limitations on access to public domain materials Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:54:58 +0000 http://thelearnedfangirl.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-37 [...] recent blog post discusses the interaction between the public domain materials and contracts signed by libraries [...] [...] recent blog post discusses the interaction between the public domain materials and contracts signed by libraries [...]

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