This webinar, led by USF Libraries Copyright Librarian LeEtta Schmidt, covers how copyright and generative AI are intersecting, and what other legal issues might be coming up. Several current lawsuits pertaining to AI & Copyright are discussed, along with tips and …Continue Reading
Category: Copyright
Author’s Alliance Zine on AI and Authorship
The Author’s Alliance has recently released a zine on the intersection of author rights, fair use and AI, and how authors can promote progress with AI: https://www.authorsalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/puttingtheaiinfairuse.pdf. There is an introductory blog post for the zine here: https://www.authorsalliance.org/2024/05/31/introducing-the-authors-alliances-first-zine-can-authors-address-ai-bias/
Fair Use Week 2024
Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week is February 26th-March 1st. This post by our amazing Copyright and Intellectual Property Librarian, LeEtta Schmidt, talks about collections like Google Books or HathiTrust in relation to fair use. Fair Use Infographic. Designed by YIPPA and commissioned by …Continue Reading
10 Things to Do When Getting a Publishing Contract
Guest post by by LeEtta Schmidt, Copyright and Intellectual Property Librarian, and Jason Boczar, Digital Scholarship and Publishing Librarian Read it thoroughly. This includes any click through agreement that might be part of a journal manuscript submission system. Talk with your co-authors. …Continue Reading
Workshops for Researchers in November & December
New workshops have just been added to the line up for our The USF Workshops for Researchers series. These workshops are suitable for active researchers, including faculty, graduate students and undergraduate student researchers. They include: Data Analytics Workshops Introduction to R Wednesday, …Continue Reading
Fair Use Week 2021
Guest post by Copyright and Intellectual Property Librarian, LeEtta Schmidt. One of your research sources makes a provocative statement with authority and insight. You quote this source in your latest article to illustrate how other scholars are analyzing your topic. You have …Continue Reading
Openly Accessible v. Open Access or “public spaces not public property”
This is a guest post from USF Copyright Librarian, LeEtta Schmidt. Imagine that you are walking down the sidewalk in a suburban neighborhood. All around you are houses with big picture windows, gardens, bird baths, dogs, cars, and picket fences. You wouldn’t …Continue Reading