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Notes from Register Pallante’s “The Next Great Copyright Act”
By Greg Cram, Rights Clearance Analyst, The New York Public Library On March 4, 2013, Maria Pallante, the 12th United States Register of Copyrights, delivered “The Next Great Copyright Act”...
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Who Owns the Copyright Industries, and Why It Matters
The US Department of Justice might have seen the light and decided not to side with foreign publishers against a US public university, but it appears that the US copyright...
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LCA Submits Reply Comments to Copyright Office Regarding Orphan Works NOI
On March 5, 2013, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) filed reply comments with the US Copyright Office in response to the office's October 22, 2012, Notice of Inquiry (NOI) about...
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LCA Submits Reply Comments to US Copyright Office Regarding Orphan Works NOI
The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) today filed reply comments (PDF) with the US Copyright Office in response to the office’s October 22, 2012, Notice of Inquiry (NOI) about the current...
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Berkeley Clinic Prepares Fair Use White Paper for Library Copyright Alliance
On February 15, 2013, the Library Copyright Alliance distributed a white paper created for discussion at the 2nd Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest at Fundação Getulio...
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Letter from US Department of Justice Declining to File Amicus Brief in Cambridge University Press v. Mark Becker (Feb. 22, 2013)
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) decided not to participate in the appeal of the case Cambridge University Press v. Mark Becker as amicus curiae. The case concerns the use at...
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Motion by US Department of Justice to Extend Time in Which to File Amicus Brief in Cambridge University Press v. Mark Becker
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is evaluating whether to participate in the appeal of the case Cambridge University Press v. Mark Becker as amicus curiae. The case concerns the use...
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CCUMC Endorses #Librarianscode, Retires Guidelines
Today the Consortium of College and University Media Centers has announced two very important moves to empower its members and the many constituencies that look to them for guidance about...
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LCA and COSLA Comment on Nov. 23, ’12 Draft Text of Print Disabilities Treaty/Instrument
On January 28, 2013, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) along with the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies submitted comments on the draft text of an international instrument/treaty on limitations...
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First Sale: The Public View & Fast Facts for Libraries
Two organizations in which ARL partners recently released informational resources about the first-sale doctrine and the Supreme Court case Kirtsaeng v. Wiley & Sons: The Public View: Two-Minute “Person on...