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Anticompetitive Practices Reduce Diversity of Knowledge
In June, a bipartisan group of US lawmakers introduced a package of antitrust reform bills targeted at curbing anticompetitive practices in online markets. The bills followed a series of House...
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ARL Board Affirms Transparency as Core Operating Principle of Licensing
At its summer meeting, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Board of Directors approved the following statement, reiterating a long-standing licensing best practice of declining to sign nondisclosure agreements (NDAs)...
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Biden’s Competition Order Advances Right-to-Repair Movement
Today, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy.” Among other provisions, the order aims to address anticompetitive terms imposed by manufacturers that restrict third-party...
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ARL Positions on Open Access Principles and Practices
A new openness in scholarly and research environments is transforming how knowledge is created, shared, and sustained. Open practices accelerate the dissemination of scholars’ work and improve its quality, impact,...
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Report on the Symposium on Antitrust Issues Surrounding Scholarly and Legal Publishing
Report on the IAA and AAI Symposium on Antitrust Issues Surrounding Scholarly and Legal Publishing, published in C&RL News in May 2005, by Lee C. Van Orsdel. iaa-symposium-report-feb2005.pdf
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“Can Antitrust Save Academic Publishing?” by Albert A. Foer
Presentation given by Albert A. Foer, president, the American Antitrust Institute, at ALA Annual in June 2004. iaa-antitrust-save-jun04.pdf
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Comments to the European Commission on “Study on the Economic and Technical Evolution of the Scientific Publication Markets in Europe”
In May 2006, the Information Access Alliance sent comments to the European Commission regarding their "Study on the Economic and Technical Evolution of the Scientific Publication Markets in Europe." IAA...
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Summary of Antitrust Lawsuit: SkyRiver & Innovative Interfaces v. OCLC
On July 28, 2010, SkyRiver Technology Solutions joined with Innovative Interfaces to file suit in San Francisco federal court against OCLC Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) alleging numerous anticompetitive business...
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Letter to William F. Cavanaugh re: Google Library Project Settlement (Dec. 15, 2009)
The American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the Association of Research Libraries (the Library Associations) write to follow-up on our May 27, 2009 meeting with...
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Issue Brief: John Wiley and Sons Acquisition of Blackwell Publishing
issue-brief-wiley-blackwell-2007.pdf
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