The 5th Circuit gave #FairUseWeek a fitting climax on Friday by affirming a district court opinion tossing troll Keith Bell’s lawsuit and ordering him to pay attorneys’ fees for the public school he sued over a tweet. This is great news for so many reasons. 1/x First, it continues to build the dossier against Bell, whose disgraceful shakedown scheme has cost public schools and non-profits tens of thousands of dollars in needless settlements. As more and more courts see him for what he is, more victims will be emboldened to defy him.

Hi all! Thrilled to give a Twitter-ized version of the overview talk I sometimes give about the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Software Preservation. Thanks to @fletcherdurant for inviting me. Read the full Code here: arl.org/focus-areas/co…. 1/15 Software preservation is a really important part of digital preservation, and its value is only going to increase. Almost everything we make, now, is written in a language only computers running the right software can read. #prestc19 2/15