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18 July 2022CopyrightMuireann Bolger

IP dons rally against publishers in copyright dispute

The legal wrangle pits academics against major companies and the Authors Guild, which have sued a free digitised resource for “mass infringement” |  Harvard Law School | Electronic Frontier Foundation.

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