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LCA and Other Groups Join Electronic Frontier Foundation to File Amicus Brief in UMG v. Veoh
On July 26, 2010, the Library Copyright Alliance joined a coalition of public interest and consumer groups in an amicus brief written by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) asking the...
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Research Library Issues, no. 270 (June 2010)
RLI issue 270 includes: Celebrating 10 Years of ARL’s Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce ETDs and Graduate Education: Programs and Prospects Urban Copyright Legends Open Access Week: Library Strategies for...
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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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Fair Use Challenges in Academic and Research Libraries
This report summarizes research into the current application of fair use to meet the missions of U.S. academic and research libraries. Sixty-five librarians were interviewed confidentially by telephone for around...
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GSU Fair Use Order
This is a copyright infringement case brought against various officials of the University System of Georgia, including officials of Georgia State University. Plaintiffs are three publishing houses who claim that...
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LCA Releases Issue Brief on Streaming Films for Educational Purposes
This paper considers three provisions of the Copyright Act that could permit streaming of this sort: Sections 107, 110(2), and 110(1). While all three provisions may apply, Section 107 fair...
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Research Library Issues, no. 266 (Oct. 2009)
RLI issue 266 includes: Removing All Restrictions Cornell’s New Policy on Use of Public Domain Reproductions Evolving Preservation Roles and Responsibilities of Research Libraries SPARC Explores Income Models for Supporting...
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Performance of or Showing Films in the Classroom
This piece was written in hopes of clarifying one aspect of the confusion on digital delivery of content to the "physical" classroom. films-in-classroom10sep09.pdf
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Letter to Rob Kasunic re: August 21 Supplemental Questions to DVD-Related Hearing Panelists (Sept. 8, 2009)
Letter to Rob Kasunic, principal legal advisor, US Copyright Office, in response to questions about proposed DVD-related exemptions to Section 1201. lt-kasunic-dvdpanel-08sep09.pdf
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Balanced Copyright Preserves the Right to Innovate
Statement from ARL and other associations arguing that, while copyright promotes creativity, many of the specific measures adopted or recently proposed to protect copyright in the digital age actually impede...
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