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Book Copyright s Broken Promise

Download or read book Copyright s Broken Promise written by John Willinsky and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How US Copyright law should be reformed to ensure open access to research and scholarship"--

Book Copyright s Broken Promise

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  • Author : John Willinsky
  • Publisher : MIT Press
  • Release : 2022-12-06
  • ISBN : 0262371472
  • Pages : 189 pages

Download or read book Copyright s Broken Promise written by John Willinsky and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive proposal for reforming copyright law to ensure sustainable public access to research and scholarship. Open access is widely supported by researchers, librarians, scholarly societies, and research funders, as well as large and small publishers. Yet despite this support—and the pandemic’s demonstration of the importance of open access for scientific progress—the scholarly publishing market is failing to deliver open access quickly enough. In Copyright’s Broken Promise, John Willinsky presents the case for reforming copyright law so that it supports, rather than impedes, public access to research and scholarship. He draws on the legal strategy of statutory licensing to set out the terms and structures by which the Copyright Act could ensure that publishers are fairly compensated for providing immediate open access. What sets Willinsky’s analysis apart is its focus on the current state of scholarly publishing. Because copyright offers so little legal support for moving publishing to open access, though it is best for science, he says it is time to stop regarding the Copyright Act as a law of nature that can only be circumvented, contravened, or temporarily set aside. Specifically, he proposes that the Copyright Act add a new category of work, called “research publications,” which would be subject to statutory licensing. This would allow publishers to receive royalty payments from the principal institutional users (universities, industry R&D, research institutes, and so on) and sponsors of the work (foundations and government agencies), while providing immediate open access.

Book Broken Promises   Book Two of the Barrington Family Series

Download or read book Broken Promises Book Two of the Barrington Family Series written by Chris Taylor and published by LCT Productions Pty Limited. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Torn between her career and the man who sets her heart on fire… When homicide detective Charlotte Barrington is dragged from her lover’s bed to attend the scene of a murder, she has no idea the man she spent the night with is the prime suspect. To make matters worse, she fears she might very well be his alibi. A young and successful lawyer, Grayson Thorpe’s life is turned upside down when he arrives home after a night of passion with a beautiful stranger and discovers his wife’s lifeless body. He’s just come from the bed of a woman who has rocked his world and now he’s being interrogated by the police. Even more confronting, the woman he spent the night with is no other than one of the detectives now regarding him with suspicion and distrust. Grayson knows he is innocent, but how will he convince the police of this? More importantly, will the beautiful detective believe he’s telling the truth when all evidence points to his guilt? USA Today bestselling author Chris Taylor’s second book in the hugely popular Barrington Family series will keep you turning the pages right until the very end…

Book The Unrealized Promise of the Next Great Copyright Act

Download or read book The Unrealized Promise of the Next Great Copyright Act written by Christopher S. Reed and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Arial} The Unrealized Promise of the Next Great Copyright Act provides a unique perspective on one of the most active periods of copyright policy discourse in the United States since the enactment of the Copyright Act of 1976. Christopher S. Reed documents and assesses the major issues confronting the U.S. copyright system today, offering an inside view of the Copyright Office’s attempts at reform as part of a comprehensive account of the complex dynamics between key stakeholder communities, government and legislation.

Book Broken Promise

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  • Author : Linwood Barclay
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2015-07-28
  • ISBN : 0698182251
  • Pages : 464 pages

Download or read book Broken Promise written by Linwood Barclay and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay comes an explosive novel set in the peaceful small town of Promise Falls, where secrets can always be buried—but never forgotten… After his wife’s death and the collapse of his newspaper, David Harwood has no choice but to uproot his nine-year-old son and move back into his childhood home in Promise Falls, New York. David believes his life is in free fall, and he can’t find a way to stop his descent. Then he comes across a family secret of epic proportions. A year after a devastating miscarriage, David’s cousin Marla has continued to struggle. But when David’s mother asks him to check on her, he’s horrified to discover that she’s been secretly raising a child who is not her own—a baby she claims was a gift from an “angel” left on her porch. When the baby’s real mother is found murdered, David can’t help wanting to piece together what happened—even if it means proving his own cousin’s guilt. But as he uncovers each piece of evidence, David realizes that Marla’s mysterious child is just the tip of the iceberg. Other strange things are happening. Animals are found ritually slaughtered. An ominous abandoned Ferris wheel seems to stand as a warning that something dark has infected Promise Falls. And someone has decided that the entire town must pay for the sins of its past…in blood.

Book Jenna and the Broken Promise

Download or read book Jenna and the Broken Promise written by J.B. Moonstar and published by 4 Horsemen Publications, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-06-15 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into a mystical world filled with fantasy and adventure as Jenna defends her dragon friend from dangerous hunters! Middle Forest is once again being threatened by hunters and twelve-year-old Jenna is the only one who can help them. First Guard to Ituria, the shapeshifting dragon, Knocker, has encountered the hunters before—but in his human form. The hunters promised they would stop hunting, but now that they have discovered the forest where Knocker lives, they seem determined to break their word. The duo’s diabolical plot could ruin everything. Jenna races to discover their plans and stop them before they can find Knocker. With the help of her animal friends, she devises a plan to protect Knocker and Middle Forest, but will her courage, spirit, and a little magic be enough to save the day?

Book Broken Promises

Download or read book Broken Promises written by Daniel Quinn Mills and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines IBM's downfall in the early 1990s, arguing that failed leadership, strategic miscalculation, and disregard for customer and employee relationships were all to blame

Book Illusion of Order

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  • Author : Bernard E. Harcourt
  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
  • Release : 2005-02-15
  • ISBN : 9780674038318
  • Pages : 310 pages

Download or read book Illusion of Order written by Bernard E. Harcourt and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2005-02-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to challenge the broken-windows theory of crime, which argues that permitting minor misdemeanors, such as loitering and vagrancy, to go unpunished only encourages more serious crime. The theory has revolutionized policing in the United States and abroad, with its emphasis on policies that crack down on disorderly conduct and aggressively enforce misdemeanor laws. The problem, argues Bernard Harcourt, is that although the broken-windows theory has been around for nearly thirty years, it has never been empirically verified. Indeed, existing data suggest that it is false. Conceptually, it rests on unexamined categories of law abiders and disorderly people and of order and disorder, which have no intrinsic reality, independent of the techniques of punishment that we implement in our society. How did the new order-maintenance approach to criminal justice--a theory without solid empirical support, a theory that is conceptually flawed and results in aggressive detentions of tens of thousands of our fellow citizens--come to be one of the leading criminal justice theories embraced by progressive reformers, policymakers, and academics throughout the world? This book explores the reasons why. It also presents a new, more thoughtful vision of criminal justice.

Book The Broken Promise of Agricultural Progress

Download or read book The Broken Promise of Agricultural Progress written by Cameron Muir and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food and the global agricultural system has become one of the defining public concerns of the twenty-first century. Ecological disorder and inequity is at the heart of our food system. This thoughtful and confronting book tells the story of how the development of modern agriculture promised ecological and social stability but instead descended into dysfunction. Contributing to knowledge in environmental, cultural and agricultural histories, it explores how people have tried to live in the aftermath of ‘ecological imperialism’. The Broken Promise of Agricultural Progress: An environmental history journeys to the dry inland plains of Australia where European ideas and agricultural technologies clashed with a volatile and taunting country that resisted attempts to subdue and transform it for the supply of global markets. Its wide-ranging narrative puts gritty local detail in its global context to tell the story of how cultural anxieties about civilisation, population, and race, shaped agriculture in the twentieth century. It ranges from isolated experiment farms to nutrition science at the League of Nations, from local landholders to high profile moral crusaders, including an Australian apricot grower who met Franklin D. Roosevelt and almost fed the world. This book will be useful to undergraduates and postgraduates on courses examining international comparisons of nineteenth and twentieth century agriculture, and courses studying colonial development and settler societies. It will also appeal to food concerned general readers.

Book Broken Promises

Download or read book Broken Promises written by Robert Tillman and published by UPNE. This book was released on 1998 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the costs of medical care have skyrocketed, so has the amount of money lost to fraudulent health insurance providers. These bogus operations typically victimize individuals on the lower end of the socioeconomic scale who then face staggering medical bills without coverage. Robert Tillman shows how market conditions and weak regulatory structures have allowed these crimes to occur, and cites recent institutional and legal changes that have created both new demands for insurance and greater opportunities for fraud. He also analyzes the political and economic climate that enables these criminal practices to flourish. Drawing on court documents, congressional hearings, and actual cases, Tillman provides numerous examples of the three most prevalent forms of fraud: scams involving multiple employer welfare arrangements, employee leasing schemes, and fictitious labor unions. He also examines recent innovations in insurance fraud such as "24-hour plans" and coverage offered by dubious religious organizations. With the regulation of health insurance currently in chaos, Broken Promises offers a critical examination of this insidious form of white-collar crime. It is a timely book that raises important questions about the definition of insurance and consumer protection.

Book Broken Promise

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  • Author : Eleanor Robins
  • Publisher : Saddleback Educational Publ
  • Release : 2011-09-01
  • ISBN : 9781616515911
  • Pages : 56 pages

Download or read book Broken Promise written by Eleanor Robins and published by Saddleback Educational Publ. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Themes: Hi-Lo, Life decisions, moral choices. These high-interest novels feature characters in situations encountered by real-life teens everyday. The student body of Dawson High study hard, date, root for the home team, hold down part-time jobs, succeed and fail, just like most American teenagers. Characters are faced with tough choices- and must decide and react based on their principles. However, choices are complicated and learning to do the right thing is almost never easy. Choosing between keeping a promise and keeping a friend is tough. Josh's first few days of driving without an adult passenger may be cut short if his dad learns that Josh drives Cooper and Nikki to the dance. Josh made a promise to his dad, but he wants to help out his friend. How will Josh's dad react to a broken promise?

Book Catalog of Copyright Entries

Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries written by and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 1188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalog of Copyright Entries

Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 1516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book COVID 19 Impacts to Health and Wellness among Native American  Native Hawaiian  Alaska Native Peoples  and Indigenous Groups throughout the World

Download or read book COVID 19 Impacts to Health and Wellness among Native American Native Hawaiian Alaska Native Peoples and Indigenous Groups throughout the World written by Rene Begay and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-09-28 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Broken Promises

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  • Author : S N Cook
  • Publisher : Franklin Classics
  • Release : 2018-10-14
  • ISBN : 9780343145606
  • Pages : 72 pages

Download or read book Broken Promises written by S N Cook and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-14 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Empire of Words

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  • Author : John Willinsky
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 1994-10-31
  • ISBN : 1400821355
  • Pages : 269 pages

Download or read book Empire of Words written by John Willinsky and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1994-10-31 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the meaning of a word? Most readers turn to the dictionary for authoritative meanings and correct usage. But what is the source of authority in dictionaries? Some dictionaries employ panels of experts to fix meaning and prescribe usage, others rely on derivation through etymology. But perhaps no other dictionary has done more to standardize the English language than the formidable twenty-volume Oxford English Dictionary in its 1989 second edition. Yet this most Victorian of modern dictionaries derives its meaning by citing the earliest known usage of words and by demonstrating shades of meaning through an awesome database of over five million examples of usage in context. In this fascinating study, John Willinsky challenges the authority of this imperial dictionary, revealing many of its inherent prejudices and questioning the assumptions of its ongoing revision. "Clearly, the OED is no simple record of the language `as she is spoke,'" Willinsky writes. "It is a selective representation reflecting certain elusive ideas about the nature of the English language and people. Empire of Words reveals, by statistic and table, incident and anecdote, how serendipitous, judgmental, and telling a task editing a dictionary such as the OED can be." Willinsky analyzes the favored citation records from the three editorial periods of the OED's compilation: the Victorian, imperial first edition; the modern supplement; and the contemporary second edition composed on an electronic database. He reveals shifts in linguistic authority: the original edition relied on English literature and, surprisingly, on translations, reference works, and journalism; the modern editions have shifted emphasis to American sources and periodicals while continuing to neglect women, workers, and other English-speaking countries. Willinsky's dissection of dictionary entries exposes contradictions and ambiguities in the move from citation to definition. He points out that Shakespeare, the most frequently cited authority in the OED, often confounds the dictionary's simple sense of meaning with his wit and artfulness. He shows us how the most famous four-letter words in the language found their way through a belabored editorial process, sweating and grunting, into the supplement to the OED. Willinsky sheds considerable light on how the OED continues to shape the English language through the sometimes idiosyncratic, often biased selection of citations by hired readers and impassioned friends of the language. Anyone who is fascinated with words and language will find Willinsky's tour through the OED a delightful and stimulating experience. No one who reads this book will ever feel quite the same about Murray's web of words.

Book Broken Promises

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  • Author : Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman
  • Publisher : Ballantine Books
  • Release : 2011-03-29
  • ISBN : 034552456X
  • Pages : 338 pages

Download or read book Broken Promises written by Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-03-29 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published as In the Lion’s Den Winner of the San Diego Book Award for Best Historical Fiction Director’s Mention, Langum Prize for American Historical Fiction 1861: The war that’s been brewing for a decade has exploded, pitting North against South. Fearing that England will support the Confederate cause, President Lincoln sends Charles Francis Adams, son of John Quincy Adams, to London. But when Charles arrives, accompanied by his son Henry, he discovers that the English are already building warships for the South. As Charles embarks on a high-stakes game of espionage and diplomacy, Henry reconnects with his college friend Baxter Sams, a Southerner who has fallen in love with Englishwoman Julia Birch. Julia’s family reviles Americans, leaving Baxter torn between his love for Julia, his friendship with Henry, and his obligations to his own family, who entreat him to run medical supplies across the blockade to help the Confederacy. As tensions mount, irrevocable choices are made—igniting a moment when history could have changed forever.