Amicus Briefs: January 2021

Welcome Back! :: Trivia Contest Winners :: Law Dawgs of the Month - Hansi & Kevin Spring Hours :: Campus One Read :: Public Domain 2021

AMICUS BRIEFS

January 15, 2021

Welcome Back!

Alexander Campbell King Law Library

By T.J. Striepe

Welcome Back!

On behalf of the staff of the Law Library I would like to welcome you to the start of our the Spring Semester and wish you a happy 2021. As you may know, Carol Watson retired as the Law Library Director in December after over 30 years of service to the Law School, and I was lucky enough to be named her successor. I look forward to serving the Law School community and making sure all members of our community continue to receive outstanding service, instruction, and access to our resources.

I want to thank all of you for your cooperation with the COVID polices in place at the Law Library. The same policies will apply during this semester: · Always wear your mask when you are in the Law Library · Print resources from our collection will be quarantined for 72 hours upon return · Law students and undergraduates enrolled in law courses have priority seating in the Law Library We will continue to monitor the Law Library’s facilities and adjust our policies as needed. Please notify a staff member if you have any concerns.

We will continue to conduct Law Library reference services virtually via: · Phone: (706) 542-6591 · Chat on our website: http://www.law.uga.edu/chat-reference · E-mail: lawref@uga.edu We have developed an online form for students to request contactless delivery of an item: http://www.law.uga.edu/itemrequest. However, please note that items on reserve will continue to be on a first-come, first-served basis.

If you need assistance with research or otherwise, please reach out to our staff, and we will be happy to help. Best wishes to all of you during this semester. We look forward to supporting all of you so that you are able to have a successful semester.

Trivia Contest Winners

By Geraldine Kalim

Congratulations to the following students who won our trivia contest during fall semester exams! The first student to correctly answer the question posted to Instagram each day was entered into a drawing on the last day of exams.

First Prize: 1L Kaitlin Hocker Second Prize: 2L Taylor Lear Third Prize: 3L Sarah Nelson Huge thanks to our friends at Lexis and Westlaw for providing the generous prizes for our contest!

Law Dawgs of the Month: Hansi & Kevin

By Anne Burnett January’s Law Dawgs are Hansi and Kevin, who live with 2L Emina Herzberger.

Hans-Dieter (Hansi) is a German Shorthaired Pointer who loves nothing more than being outside. Having been raised in the Colorado mountains, he’s still adjusting to Georgia summers and humidity. Kevin is a quarantine rescue kitten who is quickly learning how to be a dog from Hansi, including how to play fetch and beg at the dinner table.

All members of the Law School Community (students, faculty and staff) are invited to submit a photo for possible selection as the Law Dawg. The featured entry for each issue will be selected at random from all entries received. Please note that honorary Law Dawgs (i.e. those of the feline, equine, porcine, avian, reptilian, etc. persuasion) are eligible as well.

Please send your Law Dawg photo(s) to aburnett@uga.edu.

January 15, 2021

Alexander Campbell King Law Library

Public Domain Day, 2021: or, It's Finally Spring Semester Time for the Muppet Great Gatsby!

By Wendy Moore, Stephen Wolfson, and Rachel Evans The time is here, the moment is now, the people have demanded: Give us The Muppet Great Gatsby!

When the clock strikes midnight at the end of the year, while so many of us watch the ball drop in Times Square, sing Auld Lang Syne, and drink our champagne, U.S. Copyright Law celebrates something a bit different: The annual growth of the public domain. Under 17 U.S.C. 305, all copyrights expire on December 31, and this year, that means that works from 1925 are now free for us all to use, without restriction.

HOURS

MondayThursday

7:00am - 9:00pm

Friday

7:00am - 7:00pm

Saturday

9:00am - 5:00pm

So, in the tradition of the greatest version of A Christmas Carol ever made (yes, better than Scrooged!) we present our dream cast for The Muppet Great Gatsby. Get on it, Disney!

Do you have any alternate suggestions? Please share them. Because this is what makes the public domain so great! All of these works are now ours to reproduce, use, and remix as we want. The only limitation is your creativity.

Sunday

1:00pm - 9:00pm

Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby With apologies to Robert Redford, Leonardo DiCaprio is the definitive screen Gatsby, in our opinion. With his casual charm and charisma, it is easy to understand how so many could fall under his spell. And who doesn’t want to see Leo get wacky with some muppets?

Campus Read

Because of how the law works, this is only the third celebration of public domain day. But for many people, this may be the most exciting one, because this year, The Great Gatsby enters the public domain. Considered by many to be one of the best novels ever written, The Great Gatsby has been subject to several remakes, both in film and on stage. But as of yet, there is no Muppet version of this American classic. This must change, and now is the time! Because honestly, tell us something that wouldn’t be improved by the addition of muppets? We’ll wait.

Kermit the Frog as Nick Carraway Really, who else could play Nick? Kermit’s profound sense of ennui will be perfect in this role.

Miss Piggy as Daisy Buchanan Role she was made to play!

Fozzie Bear as Tom Buchanan Casting Fozzie against type is an inspired choice, here. Think Adam Sandler in Uncut Gems or Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Tom Buchanan is boisterous and outspoken, just like Fozzie, and this role will give our favorite studebaker-driving bear the chance to stretch his dramatic legs. Wakka wakka, but seriously.

Emma Stone as Jordan Baker Who doesn’t want to drink and golf with Emma Stone? This is a no-brainer.

Gonzo as George Wilson The working class’s everyman. You may not immediately think of Gonzo in this role, but hear us out. Who else has the range to play an auto mechanic and Camilla’s husband, who is ultimately driven by jealous rage at the conclusion of the story? Only the Great Gonzo, that’s who!

Camilla as Myrtle Wilson Girls just wanna have fun...

Janice as Catherine Playing Myrtle’s sister, Janice is always ready for a good party, even if she technically isn’t invited...

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of desegregation at UGA, UGA Press, the New Georgia Encyclopedia, the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, and the Mary Frances Early College of Education are hosting a Campus Read of An Education in Georgia: Charlayne Hunter, Hamilton Holmes, and the Integration of the University of Georgia by Calvin Trillin.

A free digital copy will be available through the UGA Press Manifold platform by February 1.

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