Academic copyright

Elizabeth Townsend has started a sub blog:

"In the next few months, I will be posting stories I find about scholars and copyright. I encourage others to submit their experiences -- good and bad. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- experiences gaining permissions (tips, struggles, etc)
- experiences with literary executors (good and bad)
- stories about deciding not to research something because of potential copyright roadblocks
- using public domain materials
- using international materials
- getting cease and desist letters regarding web materials
- stories about distance learning experiences
- questions on any copyright-related topics (specific questions welcome, specific scenarios welcome, although this would NOT constitute LEGAL ADVICE).
- rumors about copyright problems; tales you have heard from others about copyright problems."

As an engineer/technologist who has been trying in vain to wake my academic colleagues up to the importance to the education sector of developments in intellectual property , I'll be really pleased to see Elizabeth's stories develop rapidly in richness and reach.