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May 14, 2012

Georgia State e-Reserve Case Decided

The case filed by publishers against Georgia State University over the use of materials in e-reserves was decided last Friday.  The case is not available on the Northern District of Georgia web site.  There is commentary by Kevin Smith from the Duke University Libraries, here.  He indicates that the case is a mixed bag of results, with the publishers failing to establish the most egregious claims of infringement by the University.  There is, however, some liability for some of the activity by the University and some restrictions on the volume of content that can be placed on e-reserves.  The opinion is some 350 pages.  I'll be commenting further on this once I read the full opinion.  I'm curious if any of the reasoning in the opinion will have any effect on the HathiTrust case.  [MG]

May 14, 2012 in Academic Law Libraries, Digital Collections, Education Technology, Electronic Resource | Permalink

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