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We provide academic publishing services that are responsive to the needs of scholars, and that foster a sustainable economic model for academic publishing. We also educate and advise the U-M community on copyright and publishing matters, and we advocate for the broadest possible access to scholarly communication everywhere.

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Recent News

Copyright Camp 2013 – Copyright and Data with Michael Carroll

by mslevine May 20, 2013

Copyright is endlessly interesting, intriguing, and debatable – but only at Copyright Camp is copyright fun! Join us on June 20 from 1 to 5 pm. Registration is free – register here. This event fills quickly, and we want to be sure to have enough bunks – I mean chairs – for everyone. Our theme ...

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Announcing the Frankel Institute Annual

by Meredith Kahn May 17, 2013

Michigan Publishing is happy to announce the online availability of a new open access publication, the Frankel Institute Annual. Produced since 2008 by the University of Michigan’s Jean & Samuel Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies, the Annual collects interdisciplinary essays from the Institute’s visiting scholars into a single yearly issue. The most recent issue ...

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Making new expressions from the same facts – copyright, music, and Pi.

by mslevine May 16, 2013

Yes, that’s pi as in 3.14. One of the frequent questions that comes up in my work involves confusion over whether facts and data are subject to US Copyright: they are not. Original expressions or arrangements of facts can, however, be subject to copyright protection. A recent case helps make the distinction clear – and ...

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