AbstractTitle: The Debate on Google Books: a critical discourse analysis of newspapers and blogs.(Debatten om Google Books. En kritisk diskursanalys av dagspress och bloggar.)Number of pages: 44 (47)Author: Karin EngströmTutor: Martin FredrikssonCourse: Media and Communication Studies CPeriod: Autumn 2009University: Institution of Informatics and Media, Uppsala UniversityAim: The aim of this study is to survey the debate on Google Books in Swedish newspapers andblogs and to see if the arguments and opinions differ depending on media type and writer.Furthermore, the aim of this study is to put the debate in a bigger perspective, with the copyrightlaw, and the future of copyright law, in focus.Material/Method: 15 articles on Google Books from the two biggest Swedish newspapers, Dagensnyheter and Svenska dagbladet, and blogs discussing the articles were studied. The theoretical andmethodological scope of the study is critical discourse analysis inspired by Norman Fairclough'sthree-dimensional model.Main Results: The results of this study suggest that most authors and IT workers, as well as libraryrepresentatives, were overwhelmingly positive to Google Books, while publishers and somejournalists expressed a more skeptical point of view. The newspapers studied publishedcontributions from all sides – authors, journalists, representatives from publishing houses andlibraries, as well as workers in the IT sector. The arguments of the publishers' representatives wereallowed slightly more space in newspapers, while the blogs analyzed featured debate contributionsfrom authors and journalists. In addition to publishing representatives, also influental in the debatewere those who fall under the category of "academic discourse", such as the Royal Library'sresearch director Pelle Snickars. The arguments of the various media did not differ significantly,but as the majority of blogs were written by professional authors, there was a greater tendencytowards positive views of Google Books. The debate on Google Books in Sweden has also largelybeen about copyright, and many of the debaters are also arguing for a change in copyright thatbetter fits with today's IT society.Keywords: Google Books, Copyright, Newspapers, Blogs, Discourse

Digitisation of Copyrighted Works The thesis deals with the issue of digitisation of copyrighted works. The aim of this work is to provide a comprehensive account of the digitisation phenomenon in relation to copyrighted works from the point of view of the Czech Copyright Act and to analyse two digitisation projects to identify practical issues and, if possible, solutions to these. The text is divided into five chapters, each of them dedicated to a different aspect of the topic presented. The first of the two introductory chapters focuses on the legal institute of copyrighted work as defined by the Copyright Act of the Czech Republic. The five subchapters analyse the concept of copyrighted work, examine legal fiction expanding the set of protected objects and specify the respective protected objects within the category of copyrighted works. The two subchapters comprising the following chapter study the phenomenon of digitisation from the factual point of view. The first subchapter describes the concept of digitisation, focusing on technical aspects, while the second one makes distinction between the digitisation and born-digital materials. The third chapter provides ground for merging the legal aspects of copyrighted works and the factual aspects of digitisation into the key issue of digitisation of...

Magistro darbo temos pavadinimas – Elektroninė leidyba: autorių teisių aspektai. Darbo tikslas yra išnagrinėti esamą autorių teisių, reguliuojančios elektroninę leidybą, reguliavimą, įvertinti, ar jis atitinka šiuolaikines ekonomines ir technologines tendencijas, palyginti nacionalinį, Europos Sąjungos ir įtaką turinčių kitų valstybių, ypatingai JAV, reguliavimą bei pasiūlyti reikalingus pokyčius teisiniame reguliavime arba tinkamą esamo reguliavimo aiškinimą. Elektroninės leidybos sąvoka yra nagrinėjama plačiai, įtraukiant ir elektroninių bibliotekų, darančių didelę įtaką tiek leidėjų ekonominiams interesams, tiek visuomenės poreikiui į lengvą kūrinių prieinamumą, klausimą. Nagrinėjami Lietuvos, Europos Sąjungos teisės aktai, turintys įtakos elektroninei leidybai bei elektroninių bibliotekų kūrimui. Pirmoje darbo dalyje nagrinėjamas nacionalinio reguliavimo tinkamumas besivystantiems elektroninės leidybos teisiniams santykiams – teisinio reguliavimo skirtumai tarp materialių ir nematerialių laikmenų, tarp tradicinių ir elektroninių knygų. Nagrinėjamas platinimo teisės išnaudojimo principo taikymas, knygų panauda bibliotekose, reglamentavimo ypatumai, atsirandantys dėl nematerialių formų nepatekimo į išleidimo sąvoką, reprografinio atgaminimo išimties taikymo aspektai. Patariama, kaip reikėtų pritaikyti leidybos sutartis, siekiant išlaikyti autorių ir leidėjų teisių pusiausvyrą elektroninėje leidyboje. Analizuojami nauji Autorių teisių ir gretutinių teisių įstatymo pakeitimai... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The title of this master's thesis is E-publishing: Aspects of Copyright. The purpose of this paper is to examine the current E-publishing copyright legislation, evaluate its compliance with modern-day economical and technological tendencies, compare national and European legislation, suggest the necessary changes or interpretations of current legislation. The term “E-publishing” is considered broadly and analysis includes digital libraries legislation and legal perspectives, which has a significant impact on both public interest and interests of copyright right holders – publishers and authors. Firstly, the national copyright legislation and its relevance to electronic publishing is analyzed – legal differences between tangible and intangible media, including differences between traditional and electronic books, rights exhaustions principle, book lending in libraries, photocopying exception, etc. Adaptations of publishing contracts necessary for E-publishing are suggested. The new wording of Law on Copyright and Related Rights and its compliance with E-publishing is analyzed, focusing on new copyright exemptions, especially reproduction of a work for teaching and scientific research purposes, allowing public libraries to make digital copies of books and make them available to the public by dedicated terminals on the premises of the said institutions. Finally, the digital libraries and their legislation as well as perspectives and suggestions are analyzed, including the famous... [to full text]

Although citation counts are widely used to support research evaluation, they can only reflect academic impacts, whereas research can also be useful outside academia. There is therefore a need for alternative indicators and empirical studies to evaluate them. Whilst many previous studies have investigated alternative indicators for journal articles and books, this thesis explores the importance and suitability of four web indicators for conference papers. These are readership counts from the online reference manager Mendeley and citation counts from Google Patents, Wikipedia and Google Books. To help evaluate these indicators for conference papers, correlations with Scopus citations were evaluated for each alternative indicator and compared with corresponding correlations between alternative indicators and citation counts for journal articles. Four subject areas that value conferences were chosen for the analysis: Computer Science Applications; Computer Software Engineering; Building & Construction Engineering; and Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering. There were moderate correlations between Mendeley readership counts and Scopus citation counts for both journal articles and conference papers in Computer Science Applications and Computer Software. For conference papers in Building & Construction Engineering and Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, the correlations between Mendeley readers and citation counts are much lower than for journal articles. Thus, in fields where conferences are important, Mendeley readership counts are reasonable impact indicators for conference papers although they are better impact indicators for journal articles. Google Patent citations had low positive correlations with citation counts for both conference papers and journal articles in Software Engineering and Computer Science Applications. There were negative correlations for both conference papers and journal articles in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. However, conference papers in Building and Construction Engineering attracted no Google Patent citations. This suggests that there are disciplinary differences but little overall value for Google Patent citations as impact indicators in engineering fields valuing conferences. Wikipedia citations had correlations with Scopus citations that were statistically significantly positive only in Computer Science Applications, whereas the correlations were not statistically significantly different from zero in Building & Construction Engineering, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering and Software Engineering. Conference papers were less likely to be cited in Wikipedia than journal articles were in all fields, although the difference was minor in Software Engineering. Thus, Wikipedia citations seem to have little value in engineering fields valuing conferences. Google Books citations had positive significant correlations with Scopus-indexed citations for conference papers in all fields except Building & Construction Engineering, where the correlations were not statistically significantly different from zero. Google Books citations seemed to be most valuable impact indicators in Computer Science Applications and Software Engineering, where the correlations were moderate, than in Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, where the correlations were low. This means that Google Book citations are valuable indicators for conference papers in engineering fields valuing conferences. Although evidence from correlation tests alone is insufficient to judge the value of alternative indicators, the results suggest that Mendeley readers and Google Books citations may be useful for both journal articles and conference papers in engineering fields that value conferences, but not Wikipedia citations or Google Patent citations.

Seit dem Artikel des Geisteswissenschaftlers Roland Reuß „Open Access: Eine heimliche technokratische Machtergreifung“ und dem Heidelberger Appell im März 2009 entstand eine heftige Debatte um Open Access und die Publikationsfreiheit. Der folgende Vortrag gibt eine kurze Einführung in Google Books und das Google Book Settlement, den Reaktionen der VG Wort und dem Aktionsbündnis für „Urheberrecht in Bildung und Wissenschaft“ sowie dem Open-Access-Prinzip. Anhand von Befürworterstimmen des Heidelberger Appells aus der Presse werden die dortigen Kernaussagen „Open Access sei kostenlos“, „Open Access sei von schlechter Qualität“ und „Open Access würde die Autor/innen ihrer Urheberrechte berauben“ diskutiert und die Undifferenziertheit dieser Aussagen aufgezeigt.

Seit dem Artikel des Geisteswissenschaftlers Roland Reuß „Open Access: Eine heimliche technokratische Machtergreifung“ und dem Heidelberger Appell im März 2009 entstand eine heftige Debatte um Open Access und die Publikationsfreiheit. Der folgende Vortrag gibt eine kurze Einführung in Google Books und das Google Book Settlement, den Reaktionen der VG Wort und dem Aktionsbündnis für „Urheberrecht in Bildung und Wissenschaft“ sowie dem Open-Access-Prinzip. Anhand von Befürworterstimmen des Heidelberger Appells aus der Presse werden die dortigen Kernaussagen „Open Access sei kostenlos“, „Open Access sei von schlechter Qualität“ und „Open Access würde die Autor/innen ihrer Urheberrechte berauben“ diskutiert und die Undifferenziertheit dieser Aussagen aufgezeigt.