---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 16:47:31 -0500 Reply-To: list@project-wombat.org To: list-open@project-wombat.org Cornell's library has announced a new policy that it will no longer require permission for patrons to use copies of public domain materials that it provides. Since some of us talk about copyright and property rights to published materials every now and then, I thought the announcement might be of some interest. The news release is available at http://news.library.cornell.edu/com/news/PressReleases/Cornell-University -Library-Removes-All-Restrictions-on-Use-of-Public-Domain-Reproductions.c fm I hope other libraries, archives, and museums will come to the same conclusion. Happy trails, David David Haynes San Antonio