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Greg Cram of The New York Public Library Represents Library Perspective on the First Sale Doctrine at House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing
On Monday, June 2, 2014, the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet continued with its copyright review with a [field hearing held...
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NYPL Represents Libraries at House Judiciary Subcommittee Copyright Hearing
On June 2, 2014, Greg Cram of the New York Public Library testified on the importance of the first sale doctrine to libraries at "First Sale Under Title 17," a...
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LCA submits additional comments to the Copyright Office on orphan works and mass digitization
On Friday, May 16, 2014, the Library Copyright Alliance submitted additional comments on orphan works and mass digitization in response to the Copyright Office’s notice of inquiry. These comments address...
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Orphan Works and Mass Digitization: LCA Submits Comments to Copyright Office
On Friday, May 16, 2014, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted additional comments on orphan works and mass digitization (PDF) in response to the US Copyright Office’s notice of inquiry....
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Library Associations Select Robert Oakley Scholarship Winner
On May 13, 2014, the American Library Association (ALA) awarded Carla Myers the 2014 Robert L. Oakley Memorial Scholarship. The Library Copyright Alliance—which consists of ALA, the Association of Research...
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LCA Additional Comments to the Copyright Office’s Notice of Inquiry Concerning Orphan Works and Mass Digitization
On May 16, 2014, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted additional comments to the US Copyright Office in response to issues raised during the March 2014 public meeting regarding orphan...
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ALA and LCA Announce Robert Oakley Scholarship Winner
On May 13, 2014, the American Library Association and the Library Copyright Association (LCA) awarded the Robert Oakley Scholarship winner. Press Release (PDF)
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Aspen Doesn’t Want You to Own Your Own Casebooks
Here’s a new assault on the first sale doctrine by Aspen Publishers: via The Laboratorium In brief, students, will be required to “buy” a Connected Casebook, which consists of two...
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ARL Joins Amicus Brief in Garcia v. Google Copyright Case
On Friday, April 11, 2014, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), along with the American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, and other organizations, joined an amicus brief...
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Orphan Works and Mass Digitization Roundtables: Myths and Realities of Copyright and Fair Use
On March 10–11, 2014, the US Copyright Office convened roundtables on orphan works and mass digitization. Several participants attacked fair use and libraries, misstated the purpose of the copyright system...
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