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• ARL Urges Swift Ratification of Marrakesh Treaty on 25th Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act

  On Sunday, July 26, 2015, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) celebrated its 25th anniversary. The ADA passed with strong bipartisan support in 1990 and prohibits discrimination on the basis...

• 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...

• LCA Issues Response to Copyright Office’s Notice of Inquiry on Copyright Protection for Certain Visual Works

  On July 23, 2015, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) responded to questions on copyright challenges for certain visual works. Read Response (PDF). For related copyright issues, visit http://www.librarycopyrightalliance.org/submissions/domestic/orphan-works.

• ARL Joins Amicus Brief in Mavrix Photographs v. LiveJournal

  On June 22, 2015, ARL joined an amicus brief of the Computer & Communications Industry Association, the American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries and the Electronic...

• LCA Submits Comments to the US Copyright Office Regarding Technological Protection Measures for Literary Works Distributed Electronically for Assistive Technologies

  This comment seeks renewal of the exemption previously granted by the Librarian of Congress in the 2012 triennial review, which allows people who are blind, visually impaired, or print disabled, as well...

• Issue Brief: U.S. Copyright Status of U.S. Federal Government Works

  Works that are prepared by employees of the government pursuant to their official duties are in the public domain in the U.S.2 due to an express statutory provision prohibiting the...

• Senate to Move Ahead with Vote on Fast-Track Legislation

  On June 23, 2015, the U.S. Senate cleared the procedural hurdle of attaining 60 votes on a motion for cloture to move ahead with a vote on Trade Promotion Authority...

• Issue Brief: U.S. Copyright Status of U.S. Federal Government Works

  Works that are prepared by employees of the government pursuant to their official duties are in the public domain in the U.S. due to an express statutory provision prohibiting the U.S. Government...

• LCA Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Defendant in Mavrix Photographs v. Livejournal

  On June 22, 2015, members of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) filed an amicus brief in support of defendant in the Mavrix Photographs LLC v . Livejournal, Inc. case being...

• Thoughts on Fair Use and the Copyright Office Report/Proposal on Mass Digitization

  On June 4, 2015 the Copyright Office released its Report on Orphan Works and Mass Digitization. Previous coverage of the orphan works section of the report is available here and...

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