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From: "Maurice J. Freedman" <mitchjf@gmail.com> Date: September 13, 2011 11:42:07 AM EDT To: "METRO-L" <metro-l@list.metro.org> Subject: [metro-l] NY Times 20110913 Business Section Article; & Related Conference Reply-To: "Maurice J. Freedman" <mitchjf@gmail.com>

NY Times Article, Business Section http://tinyurl.com/6ecg7h3 "Lawsuit Seeks the Removal of a Digital Book Collection

"Three major authors’ groups and eight individual authors filed suit against a partnership of research libraries and five universities on Monday, arguing that their initiative to digitize millions of books constituted copyright infringement."

Come to A Digital Public Library of America: Perspectives and Directions conference, and hear Robert Darnton, Director of the Harvard University Library; Pamela Samuelson, Professor of Law and Information Management at the University of California, Berkeley; and Tom Allen, CEO, Association of American Publishers, address this and related issues.

Information about the conference and registration are at these unabashedlibrarian.com URLs:

Conference Information: http://tinyurl.com/5vzd4oc Registration: http://tinyurl.com/686fr2b

Note Friday, September 15, 2011, is the last day of the $10 Early Bird discount special.

mitch Maurice J. Freedman, MLS, PhD Publisher, The U*N*A*B*A*S*H*E*D Librarian, the 'how I run my library good' letter Past-President, American Library Association Interim Director, Purchase (NY) Free Library

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