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Sovereign Immunity Study

The US Copyright Office was asked by Sens. Tillis and Leahy, in the wake of the Allen v. Cooper decision earlier this year, to study the question of state sovereign immunity in the copyright context. A number of university and library entities, and practitioners in the field, have weighed in: Association of Public and Land-Grant…Continue Reading Sovereign Immunity Study

Supporting Open Ed at the Dept. of Ed.

The Scholarly Communication Dept. submitted comments to the US Department of Education today, on a proposal to require open licensing of grant-funded work. Our comments are available online at UMass-20151203-CommentsDeptEd-OpenLicensing .  The proposal is “Open Licensing Requirement for Direct Grant Programs”, 80 FR  67672 (published Nov. 3, 2015)….Continue Reading Supporting Open Ed at the Dept. of Ed.