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PPC News Alerts v. 2 n. 10, October 2016

Public Policy Committee News Alerts support the committee's mission to monitor public policy issues and keep the ARLIS/NA membership informed. The monthly alerts are intended to be conversation starters, help members keep up on public policy issues and alert members to new developments. The news for October 2016 follows:

Open Access:

*         MacKie-Mason, Jeffrey. "Supporting OA2020: Changing the Journal Funding Model to Pre-Payment Doesn't Increase Publisher Market Power<http://madlibbing.berkeley.edu/supporting-oa2020-changing-the-journal-funding-model-to-pre-payment-doesnt-increase-publisher-market-power/>." madLibbing. October 23, 2016.

*         Pai, Madhukar and Eduardo Franco. "What are Predatory Open Access Journals and Why Should We Worry?<http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/dr-madhukar-pai/predatory-open-access-journals_b_12302828.html>" Huffington Post. October 4, 2016.

*         Strasser, Scott. "Stanford University Professor Talks Open Access Publishing<http://www.thegauntlet.ca/stanford-university-professor-talks-open-access-publishing/>." The Gauntlet. September 27, 2016.
Fair Use & Image Rights:

*         Johnson, Shontavia. "Who Owns Your Ink? Tattoos are at the Heart of Lawsuits Involving Celebs, Artists and Even Coffee Shops<http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/who-owns-your-ink-tattoos-are-at-the-heart-of-lawsuits-involving-celebs-artists-and-even-coffee-shops>." National Post. September 15, 2016.

*         Kaplan, Isaac. "Kohl's is the Latest Fashion Retailer Accused of Stealing an Artist's Work<https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-artist-sues-kohl-s-for-allegedly-stealing-drawings>." Artsy. October 4, 2016.

*         "McDonald's Sued for Copyright Infringement for Using Late Artist Dash Snow's Work<http://www.thefashionlaw.com/home/mcdonalds-sued-for-copyright-infringement-for-using-late-artist-dash-snows-work>." The Fashion Law. October 4, 2016.

Copyright:

*         Masnick, Mike. "Shake Up at the Copyright Office a Possible Preview to Fight Over Copyright Reform<https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161024/14573835875/shake-up-copyright-office-possible-preview-to-fight-over-copyright-reform.shtml>." Techdirt. October 25, 2016.

*         Sims, Nancy. "Owning Your Own Work, and Letting Others Share It!<http://simsjd.com/copyrightlibn/2016/09/23/owning-your-own-work/>" Copyright Librarian. September 23, 2016.

*         Smith, Kevin. "At the Edges of Academic Copyright<http://intheopen.net/2016/10/at-the-edges-of-academic-copyright/>." IO: In the Open. October 11, 2016.
Funding:

*         Hutter, Victoria. "Historic Healing Arts and Military Partnership Expands<https://www.arts.gov/news/2016/historic-healing-arts-and-military-partnership-expands>." National Endowment for the Arts. October 26, 2016.

*         "IMLS at 20<https://www.imls.gov/imlsat20>." Institute of Museum and Library Services. October 26, 2016.

*         "National Council on the Arts Public Meeting, Friday, October 28, 2016<https://www.arts.gov/news/2016/national-council-arts-public-meeting-friday-october-28-2016>." National Endowment for the Arts. October 26, 2016.
Intellectual Freedom/Access to Information:

*         Bates, Naomi. "Challenged Books are a Reflection of Our Society and Culture<http://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=7446>." Intellectual Freedom Blog. October 5, 2016.

*         Knox, Emily. "Banned Books Are Often Diverse Books. Check the Stats<http://www.slj.com/2016/09/censorship/banned-books-are-often-diverse-books-check-the-stats/>." School Library Journal. September 28, 2016.
Privacy:

*         Arnold, Bruce Baer. "Has Social Media Really Shifted the Line Between Personal and Private Forever?<https://theconversation.com/has-social-media-really-shifted-the-line-between-personal-and-private-forever-66119>" The Conversation. October 10, 2016.

*         Buschman, John. "The Structural Irrelevance of Privacy: A Provocation<http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/688031>." The Library Quarterly, 86, no. 4 (October 2016): 419-433.

*         Kim, Bohyun. "Cybersecurity and Digital Surveillance Versus Usability and Privacy<http://crln.acrl.org/content/77/9/442.full.pdf+html>." College and Research News, 77, no.9 (October 2016): 442-451.

*         Todaro, Julie. "Library Heroes Reunite to Defeat FBI Surveillance<http://www.districtdispatch.org/2016/09/library-heroes-defeat-fbi-surveillance/>." District Dispatch. September 29, 2016.
Technology and Telecommunications:

*         Fung, Brian. "Everything You Need to Know about AT&T's Deal with Time Warner<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/10/24/everything-you-need-to-know-about-atts-deal-with-time-warner/>." The Washington Post. October 24, 2016.

*         "Have Hackers Turned my Printer into an Offensive Weapon?<http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37552066>" BBC. October 4, 2016.

*         Israel, Solomon. "U.S. Presidential Election Uses Hodge-Podge of Voting Technology<http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/presidential-election-voting-technology-1.3815739>." CBC News. October 23, 2016.

*         Maislos, Ariel. "Hypervisors in Cloud Computing: What is Out There for You?<http://www.cloudcomputing-news.net/news/2016/oct/07/hypervisors-cloud-computing-what-out-there-you/>" CloudTech. October 7, 2016.

This issue compiled by: Alexander Watkins, Sara DeWaay, Mary Wassermann, Daniel Payne, and Caley Cannon


Caley Cannon
Art Librarian
Brand Library & Art Center
1601 W. Mountain St.
Glendale, CA 91201
818.548.2010
web<http://www.brandlibrary.org/> | facebook<https://www.facebook.com/brandlibrary>




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