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In the Matter of Exemption to the Prohibition of Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies Docket No. RM 2008-8
Pursuant to the Notice of Inquiry (NOI) published by the Copyright Office in the Federal Register on October 6, 2008, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) and the Music Library Association...
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How Fair Use Prevailed in the Harry Potter Case
In a highly publicized decision issued on September 8, 2008, US District Court Judge Robert Patterson ruled that Steven Vander Ark's Harry Potter Lexicon infringed J.K. Rowling's copyright. Although J....
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PubMed Central Deposit and Author Rights: Agreements between 12 Publishers and the Authors Subject to the NIH Public Access Policy
This paper, in an effort to help authors make informed choices about their rights, compares and contrasts how the agreements of 12 publishers permit authors to meet the requirements of...
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A Victory For Media Neutrality: The Eleventh Circuit’s En Banc Decision in Greenberg v. National Geographic Society (Jul. 9, 2008)
Sitting en banc, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on June 30, 2008, decided Greenberg v. National Geographic Society, finding that the CD-ROM set, "The Complete National...
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Letter to Patrick J. Leahy and Orrin Hatch re: Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008, S. 2913 (May 1, 2008)
Letter from the Library Copyright Alliance regarding S. 2913, which limits remedies in copyright infringement cases involving orphan works. lca-senate-dark-archive-s-2913-01may08.pdf
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Letter to Patrick J. Leahy and Orrin Hatch re: Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008, S. 2913 (Jun. 17, 2008)
Library Copyright Alliance letter to Patrick Leahy and Orrin Hatch expressing appreciation for continued leadership on S. 2913, which limits remedies in copyright infringement cases involving orphan works. lca-senate-orphan-works-s-2913-17june08.pdf
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Orphan Works Legislation
The orphan works legislation is intended to enable someone, after conducting a "qualifying search" for the owner, to use an orphan work--a copyrighted work whose owner cannot be located. owlegislation.pdf
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Letter to Howard L. Berman and Howard Coble re: H.R. 5889 (May 5, 2008)
Letter from the Library Copyright Alliance expressing appreciation for the introduction of H.R. 5889, which limits remedies in copyright infringement cases involving orphan works. lt-berman-coble-hr5889-05may08.pdf
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Letter to John Conyers and Lamar Smith re: H.R. 4279, Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act (PRO-IP Act) of 2007 (Mar. 5, 2008)
Letter from Library Copyright Alliance and others supporting the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act (PRO-IP Act) of 2007, H.R. 4279 with some changes. lt-proipact-05mar08.pdf
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Letter to Rasenberger Re: Section 108 (April 24, 2008)
Comments from ALA and ARL on the Section 108 Study Group efforts. rasenberger-108-letter-24apr06.pdf