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Library Copyright Alliance Supports Orphan Works Reform
Orphan works are works whose copyright owners cannot be identified and located. Libraries and archives possess millions of orphan works in their collections, in the form of photographs, letters, manuscripts,...
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Faulkner v. National Geographic Society: Amicus Brief in support of National Geographic Society
amicus-faulkner-v-natgeo.pdf
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios v. Grokster and Jerry Leiber Music v. Grokster: Amicus brief in support of Grokster
Brief of Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, American Association of Law Libraries, Medical Library Association,...
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc, v. Grokster, Ltd.: Amicus brief in support of Grokster.
Brief of the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of San Diego and Imperial Counties, the American Library...
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Eldred v. Ashcroft: Amicus Brief in support of Eldred
The U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ("DC Circuit") erroneously held that Congress' grant of twenty additional years of copyright protection as set forth in...
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Letter to Representatives re: H.R. 1201, The FAIR USE Act (Mar. 21, 2007)
Letter from the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) strongly supporting the introduction of the Freedom And Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship (FAIR USE) Act of 2007, H.R. 1201. ltr_fairuse-cosponsor-hr-21mar07.pdf
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ALA and ARL Response to the Section 108 Study Group Regarding Interlibrary Loan and Other Copies for Users
section108study-libresponse26feb07.pdf
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Library Copyright Alliance Strongly Supports HR 1201, the FAIR USE Act (Feb. 7, 2007)
Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) press release in support of the introduction of the Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing US Entrepreneurship (FAIR USE) Act of 2007, HR 1201. lca_fair_use_feb07.pdf
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Letter to Steve Leggett re: comments in support of a study on the current state of recorded sound preservation in the United States (Jan. 26, 2007)
This statement is submitted on behalf of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in response to the request by the Library of Congress for comments in support of a study...
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The Google Print Library Project: A Copyright Analysis
On August 11, 2005, Google announced that it would not scan copyrighted books under its Print Library Project until November, so that publishers could decide whether they want to opt...