[air-l] Software to store webpages

[Dan L Burk]

I'm not sure if Laura is still monitoring air-l after being "graced" with
the administrative burden as Head of her department.  I know a fair bit
about the "Cyberliteracy" story, but will wait a little in case Laura is
around to recount the story first-hand.  DLB


On 9 Jun 2005, Kirsten A. Foot wrote:
> In Dan Burk's last post regarding Laura Gurak's appendix on fair use, he
> wrote:
> 
> >Laura was graced with a publisher who was willing to back her principled
> stance <snip> Having said that, I think we also need to recognize that
there
> is something of a chicken-and-egg problem involved; publishers and
> universities are more likely to back the fair use of authors and
researchers
> if we demand that they do so.  Consequently, someone has to be willing to
> take the initial
> risk of asserting fair use.  I would hope that the research community
would
> be willing to step forward and take that initial risk, but it's necessary
> to understand the potential downside before doing so.
> 
> My sentiments exactly, Dan. When *Cyberliteracy* came out I expressed
> appreciation personally to Laura for doing just that (as I'm sure Dan
did).
> Laura-- if you're reading this-- could you give us some of the background
on
> how Yale Press came to publish the appendix on fair use? Were you
'graced' or
> did you make the inclusion of that appendix a condition of publication
for
> you in selecting a publisher?
> 
> This is a timely conversation, as Steve Schneider and I are currently
> involved in negotiating a book contract with an academic press (the name
of
> which I will not disclose at this time) for a book that uses many
archival
> Web objects-- all duly attributed (to the author/producer), located (with
> original & archival URLs), dated (time-stamped when collected). We have
sent
> the press a copy of Laura's appendix, and have made it clear that it is a
> high priority to us to employ the model she used of *not* seeking
permissions
> from  
> 
> 
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Dan L. Burk
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University of Minnesota Law School
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