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LCA Joins Other Organizations in Letter Expressing Concerns Over ACTA “Consolidated Text for Public Release”
On April 23, 2010, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) joined other organizations in a letter expressing concerns over the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreeement "Consolidated Text for Public Release." Letter (PDF)
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LCA Joins Other Organizations in Letter Urging U.S. to Take Article 2.2.2 Off the ACTA Table
On April 19, 2010, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) joined other organizations in a letter urging the U. S. to take Article 2.2.2. off the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement table. Letter...
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A court case that threatens the Net as we know it.
image courtesy Mr. T in DC via CC license. The Internet we know and love—the one that lets anybody use any device to browse any site and send or receive...
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LCA Members and Other Groups File Amicus Brief in Viacom v. YouTube
On April 12, 2010, members of the Library Copyright Alliance joined other groups in filing an amici curiae brief urging the Court to reject the Plaintiffs' interpretation of Section 512...
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Libraries at the Fulcrum: Our Comments to the IP Czar.
Photo by nzgabriel under a CC license Comments of ARL, ALA, ACRL to the IP Enforcement Coordinator (PDF) — 24 March 2010 Last Wednesday afternoon ARL, ALA, and ACRL submitted...
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LCA Members File Comments to IPEC in Regard to PRO-IP Act
On March 24, 2010, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the American Library Association (ALA), and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) submitted comments to the Intellectual Property...
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ARL, ALA, and ACRL Join Other Nonprofits in Letter Expressing Concern over Leaked ACLA Text
Letter to Ambassador Ron Kirk, United States Trade Representative, concerning ACTA. Letter (PDF)
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Letter to Ron Kirk re: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Negotiations (Mar. 22, 2010)
Letter to Ambassador Ron Kirk, United States Trade Representative, concerning ACTA. lt-kirk-acta-leak-22mar10.pdf
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ARL, Center for Social Media, PIJIP to Prepare Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries
Announcement that of ARL's joint project with the Center for Social Media at American University, and the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property in American University's Washington College of...
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ARL, ALA, and ACRL and Other Groups File Amicus Brief in Vernor v. Autodesk, Inc.
On February 11, 2010, the Library Copyright Alliance members joined the Consumer Federation of America (CFA), the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Public Knowledge (PK), and U.S. Public Interest Research Group...