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Library Copyright Alliance Releases Guide for the Perplexed Part IV, Analysis of Judge Chin’s Rejection of the Settlement
Today the LCA is proud to release A Guide For the Perplexed Part IV: The Rejection of the Google Books Settlement, the latest in the ongoing series of Guides for...
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What the Google Books Decision Said About Fair Use
As pundits and participants weigh in on the meaning of Judge Chin’s rejection of the Google Books settlement, it is important that one thing remain crystal clear: Judge Chin did...
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Library Copyright Alliance Statement on the Google Books Decision
The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) – comprised of the American Library Association (ALA), the Association for College & Research Libraries (ACRL) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) – made...
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Judge Rejects Proposed Settlement In Google Books Dispute
Yesterday afternoon Judge Denny Chin rejected the proposed settlement of the Google Books lawsuit. (For background, see ARL’s GBS page and our past blog posts tagged #gbs). Paths forward are...
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Our Letter to the House: Don’t Roll Back Net Neutrality
In a letter delivered this morning to members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, ARL joined ALA and EDUCAUSE in voicing support for the Federal Communications Commission’s rules to...
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Think Twice Before You Make the Web “Wiretap Ready”
Today we joined fourteen public interest groups and trade associations in a Statement of Concern about potential dangers involved in seeking legislation that would require Internet communications services to make...
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The way forward, after Costco [Updated]
NB: This post has been updated to reflect the availability of the Drug Emporium exception wherever the Costco rule might be applied. The original version stated mistakenly that the exception...
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A Rough End-of-Year for Library Lending (and for Users’ Rights)
A Rough End-of-Year for Library Lending (and for Users' Rights)As Duke University Libraries’ copyright guru Kevin Smith points out in the above-linked blog post, 2010 was a pretty rough year...
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ARL Releases Report On “Fair Use Challenges in Academic and Research Libraries”
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is pleased to announce the release of Fair Use Challenges in Academic and Research Libraries, a report that summarizes research into the current application...
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Protecting Public Networks, Respecting Private Ones, and What About Wireless?
photo CC BY richardmasoner on Flickr. If you’re reading this, you probably don’t need us to tell you about the long slog that net neutrality advocates have had in convincing...