Return to normal view · Wider · Narrower Return to normal view · Wider · Narrower Yesterday, a U.S. District Court for the Central District of California judge ruled that the long-claimed copyright in the song, “Happy Birthday” is invalid. From the New …
Year: 2015
Scholarly Content from ProQuest Now Discoverable in Google Scholar
Return to normal view · Wider · Narrower Return to normal view · Wider · Narrower Return to normal view · Wider · Narrower According to a press release from ProQuest, “the full text of its scholarly content – including journals and working papers – is now …
Lenz v. Universal ruling: Fair Use must be considered…even with a dancing baby.
Today the Ninth Circuit Court ruled in favor of Stephanie Lenz in a Fair Use case that may have long-reaching consequences. In 2007, Lenz posted a 29 second video to Youtube of her baby …
Study Identifies Gaps in the Research Sources Being Taught in Law School
Return to normal view · Wider · Narrower Rebecca S. Trammell, Law Library Director of Stetson University College of Law has recently completed a dissertation on Technology & Legal Research: What Is Taught & What Is Used in the …
Availability of Westlaw at UW Law Library
Return to normal view · Wider · Narrower Please be advised that public access to Westlaw will no longer be available at the UW Law Library after August 30th. We have cancelled our subscription to Westlaw Patron Access. Access …
Free Tool to Convert, Merge/Split, Compress & Unlock PDF Files
I recently discovered a new, free tool called Smallpdf that allows you to do some sophisticated PDF management that you can’t do with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. For example, with Smallpdf, you can convert …
"Happy Birthday" Copyright Smoking Gun Unearthed by Law Librarians
Warner/Chappell Music, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group, has long claimed to own the rights to “Happy Birthday to You,” probably the most recognized English language song in the world. However, new evidence unearthed by …
Recent UW Law School Faculty and Staff Scholarship
Here is the latest faculty and staff scholarship from the University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Studies Research Papers series found on SSRN. “Realizing the Promise of Padilla Through a Law School/Public Defender Collaboration” 2015 …
A Zotero Update and work-around for the UW Catalog
2015 has been a whirlwind year of change for UW Libraries, even though most of it is not obvious to users. The campus (and entire UW system!) recently switched our library catalog platform and modified …
JFC Motion Would Severely Restrict Access to WI Drafting Records and other Legislative "Deliberative Materials"
Late last night, Wisconsin’s Joint Committee on Finance passed a motion (motion #999) to the Wisconsin state budget that would exempt “deliberative materials” like legislative drafting records and legislative briefings from Wisconsin’s open records laws. …