A Win for Publishers

By Carl Straumsheim. Academic publishers on Friday notched a win in the ongoing legal debate about digital access to copyrighted works, as an appeals court rejected a broad ruling on how to determine fair use.
In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, which covers Alabama, Georgia and Florida, guarantees Cambridge v. Patton has a long and litigious road ahead of it by reversing the lower court’s opinion and sending the case back for further deliberations. Read more...