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Presentation
Copyright Futures in the Digital Humanities
UMass Digital Humanities Initiative (2013)
  • Laura Quilter, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Abstract

Digital humanities work raises questions around digitization, search, and non-consumptive uses of texts, as well as distribution and access. But traditional humanities work is also confronting copyright questions, simply in terms of publishing, using, and accessing humanities research. This discussion, facilitated by Laura Quilter, UMass Copyright and Information Policy Librarian, will address the issues raised in copyright litigation, particularly the Authors Guild v. HathiTrust case and the "digital humanities" amicus brief, and consider the possible Open Access future presented by the Open Library of Humanities and other initiatives.

Keywords
  • digital humanities,
  • scholarly communication
Publication Date
March 11, 2013
Citation Information
Laura Quilter. "Copyright Futures in the Digital Humanities" UMass Digital Humanities Initiative (2013)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/laura_quilter/27/