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LCA Comments on Authors Guild v. HathiTrust Decision
On October 10, 2012, Judge Harold Baer put forth a decision that the HathiTrust Digital Library's (HDL) use of digitized works is a fair use permitted under the Copyright Act....
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Google Books Litigation Family Tree
googlebookslitigation-familytree-10oct12.pdf
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Hon. Harold Baer, Jr. Decision in Authors Guild v HathiTrust (Oct. 10, 2012)
Before the Court are two motions for judgment on the pleadings and three motions for summary judgment. hathitrust-decision10oct12.pdf
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Reply Brief for Petitioner in Kirtsaeng v Wiley
The case of Kirtsaeng v. Wiley & Sons, a case in which the key issue is the proper scope of the "first-sale doctrine" in copyright law. In this case, the...
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Collective Licensing: You Will Be Assimilated!
Collective licensing has been suggested as a possible answer to the most aggravating problems in the copyright system today. Managing orphan works, mass digitization, creating new online services for music...
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Publishers Appeal District Court’s GSU E-reserves Decision
Yesterday the publisher plaintiffs (SAGE, Oxford U Press, and Cambridge U Press) announced that they would appeal the district court’s decision of the GSU electronic reserves case. It looks like...
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LCA Writes to Ambassador Kirk Regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
Letter to Ambassador Ron Kirk, United States Trade Representative, concerning the US proposal for copyright exceptions and limitations in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement ltr-to-kirk-from-lca-re-tpp-15aug2012.pdf
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ARL Joins LCA Colleagues and EFF to File Amicus in Support of #GBS
On August 1, 2012, ARL joined other members of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) (the American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries and Association of College and Research Libraries), as...
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ARL Joins ALA, ACRL, and EFF in Amicus Brief Supporting Google Book Search
On August 1, 2012, members of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) joined EFF in an amicus brief in support of the Google Book Search settlement. Amicus Brief (PDF)
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LCA Submits Statement to WIPO Regarding Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries
On July 25, 2012 the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted a statement to the World Intellectual Property Organization regarding limitations and exceptions for libraries. Statement (PDF)