Submitted by Daniel A. Freeman on November 18, 2008 - 10:36am
Of course, we aren’t all experts, and we don’t all have law degrees. If you are a layperson who just wants to know what all of this means, there are a number of places you can turn. ARL offers this great overview, which also includes a “Guide for the Perplexed” if you want more detail. The Fred von Lohmann piece mentioned above is another treasure trove of useful information.
In the library community, no blog has done a better job of covering this issue than Disruptive Library Technology Jester. You can see their very informative posts here, here, here and here.
No matter what your level of understanding may be, in the coming months we will all get a chance to experience what this settlement means, and how this new technology will change the way we look at books.
