A district judge ruled yesterday that Warner-Chappell does not own the copyright to Happy Birthday. Warner-Chappell had been collecting licensing fees on the song that reportedly totaled 2 million dollars a year. For more information about the ruling: http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2015/09/happy-birthday-to-everyone-candles.html http://www.plainsite.org/dockets/u2yv5yz8/california-central-district-court/rupa-marya-v-warner-chappell-music-inc/
Archives for September 2015
Discrete Analysis – a diamond open access journal
I just came across a blog post about a “diamond” open access journal called, Discrete Analysis. It’s being described as diamond open access because neither the readers nor the authors pay. The journal sits on top of the arXiv infrastructure but maintains the traditional peer review process. The journal will… read more
How has open scholarship helped you?
The Advancing Research Communication & Scholarship (ARCS) conference happened for the first time this past spring. One of the conversations from that conference was about the negative information some people hear about sharing their scholarship more openly. You know, the “if you share your data you’ll get scooped” warning. The… read more
