Code of Best Practices in Fair Use

• Code of Best Practices in Fair Use/Fair Dealing for OER: Webinar and Workshop

  Fair use and fair dealing are the rights to use copyrighted content without asking the rightsholder for permission. This statutory safeguard is key to a balanced copyright regime, allowing creativity...

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  Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Software Preservation

  The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Software Preservation provides clear guidance on the legality of archiving legacy software to ensure continued access to digital files of all...

• Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Software Preservation

  The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Software Preservation provides clear guidance on the legality of archiving legacy software to ensure continued access to digital files of all...

• Advocacy and Public Policy Update—February 2018

  An update of key advocacy and public policy issues of interest to the research library community in Canada and in the US from September 23, 2017, through February 22, 2018,...

• The Copyright Permissions Culture in Software Preservation and Its Implications for the Cultural Record

  A report released on February 9, 2018, The Copyright Permissions Culture in Software Preservation and Its Implications for the Cultural Record, finds that individuals and institutions need clear guidance on...

• LCA Files Amicus Brief: Cambridge University Press v. J. L. Albert in Support of Affirmance

  On February 13, 2017, members of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) filed an amicus brief in support of affirmance in the Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Inc., and Sage...

• Five Videos from ARL Libraries Celebrate Fair Use and Fair Dealing

  *This week is Fair Use Week, an annual celebration of the important doctrines of fair use and fair dealing. It is designed to highlight and promote the opportunities presented by fair...

• Library Copyright Alliance Responds to Copyright Office Inquiry on Visual Works

  The Library Copyright Alliance filed a response to the U.S. Copyright Office's Notice of Inquiry on Copyright Protection for Certain Visual Works, focusing largely on the importance of fair use...

• Best Practices for Orphan Works and Relationship to ARL’s Code of Best Practices

  The Center for Media & Social Impact (CMSi) recently released its Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use of Collections Containing Orphan Works for Libraries, Archives, and Other Memory Institutions....

• Videos Show Value of Code of Best Practices in Fair Use

  Today, October 21, 2014, ARL released three videos on the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries, a clear and easy-to-use statement of reasonable approaches...

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