Comments of the Software Preservation Network in re Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications, Data and Code Resulting From Federally Funded Research
Formal comments submitted by the Software Preservation Network to the Office of Science and Technology Policy in response to a Request for Information regarding “Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications, Data and Code Resulting From Federally Funded Research.” Thank you …Continue Comments of the Software Preservation Network in re Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications, Data and Code Resulting From Federally Funded Research
Law Posts, News
A Law and Policy Bonanza for SPN in February and March 2020
It’s been an extremely busy couple of months in the law and policy realm for SPN. We have multiple Supreme Court case updates, comments filed on the next Register of Copyrights, and much, much more. Here’s the bullet-point version: The …Continue A Law and Policy Bonanza for SPN in February and March 2020
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Copyright Guide for Scientific Software
About the Guide This guide covers how to make it easier for others to use your software and how to build on the software that others have written. Today, science involves software. And although many scientists understand that their work …Continue Copyright Guide for Scientific Software
Guides, Resources
SPN Law & Policy Agenda
Goals The Software Preservation Network endeavors to ensure that cultural memory institutions and related entities can exercise broad and clear legal rights to engage in software preservation (including providing access for research, teaching, and learning). We do this in two …Continue SPN Law & Policy Agenda
Publications, Resources
A Preservationist’s Guide to the DMCA Exemption for Software Preservation, 2nd Edition
About the Guide A Joint Product of the Software Preservation Network and the Harvard Cyberlaw Clinic @ the Berkman Klein Center. Every three years the Library of Congress adopts a set of exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) …Continue A Preservationist’s Guide to the DMCA Exemption for Software Preservation, 2nd Edition
Guides, Resources
Google v. Oracle: A Landmark Software Copyright Case
This term the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Oracle v. Google, a major software copyright case. SPN members should keep a close watch on this case, as it could shape the scope of copyright protection for software as well as …Continue Google v. Oracle: A Landmark Software Copyright Case
Law Posts, News
Brandon Butler
As SPN Law & Policy Advisor, Brandon Butler oversees SPN’s policy agenda and legal strategy for securing lawful preservation, sharing and reuse of software. Components of this work may include developing SPN policy briefs; representing SPN in future DMCA exemption …Continue Brandon Butler
Bios, Staff
Software Preservation Networks Joins Amicus Brief Filed with the Supreme Court
Last week, the Software Preservation Network joined an amicus brief filed with the Supreme Court. In this blog post, I’ll say a little bit about the case, Allen v. Cooper, and, since this is the first time SPN has joined an …Continue Software Preservation Networks Joins Amicus Brief Filed with the Supreme Court
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Is Old Licensed Software Legal Kryptonite? Lessons from the Adobe Letter.
Oh hello! I’m Brandon Butler, the Law and Policy Advisor for SPN, and this is a new regular-ish blog feature called I am Not Your (Software) Lawyer. The name is apt, because although I am indeed a lawyer, I am not your …Continue Is Old Licensed Software Legal Kryptonite? Lessons from the Adobe Letter.
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International Implications
In this seventh and final episode of a series about using the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use, you’ll learn: Why licensing isn’t a viable solution to copyright issues in preservation projects with global reach How U.S. fair use …Continue International Implications
BP4FairUse, Resources, Webinars
Making the Code Part of Software Preservation Culture
In this sixth episode in a seven-part series about using the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use, you’ll learn: The difference between a document and a shift in practice How other communities have incorporated fair use into their professional …Continue Making the Code Part of Software Preservation Culture
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Understanding the Anti-circumvention Rules and the Preservation Exemptions
In this fifth episode in a seven-part series about using the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use, you’ll learn : What the DMCA anti-circumvention provisions are and how they relate to copyright, fair use, and the Code How the …Continue Understanding the Anti-circumvention Rules and the Preservation Exemptions
BP4FairUse, Resources, Webinars
Working with Source Code and Software Licenses
In this third episode in a seven-part series about using the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use, you’ll learn about: How fair use enables institutions to provide access to software for use in research, teaching, and learning settings while …Continue Working with Source Code and Software Licenses
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Making Software Available Within Institutions and Networks
In this third episode in a seven-part series about using the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use, you’ll learn about: How fair use enables institutions to provide access to software for use in research, teaching, and learning settings while …Continue Making Software Available Within Institutions and Networks
BP4FairUse, Resources, Webinars
Beginning the Preservation Workflow
In the second episode in the series, speakers cover how to read the Situations in the Code (parsing descriptions, Principles, and Limitations), and explore how fair use applies to the foundational steps in a preservation workflow including stabilizing, describing, evaluating, …Continue Beginning the Preservation Workflow
BP4FairUse, Resources, Webinars
The Code of Best Practices for Fair Use in Software Preservation, Why and How?
In this introduction to the webinar series about using the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Software Preservation, you’ll learn: What the Code is What the copyright doctrine of fair use is How it addresses problems such as …Continue The Code of Best Practices for Fair Use in Software Preservation, Why and How?