Archive for April, 2008

Publishers Sue over Electronic Course Packets

The ACRL blog points to this story in the New York Times, detailing how Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and Sage Publications are suing university over use of electronic course packets.

The lawsuit, which may be the first of its kind, raises questions about digital rights, which are confronting many media companies, but also about core issues like the future of the business model for academic publishers.