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Hidden Collections, Scholarly Barriers: Creating Access To Unprocessed Special Collections Materials Innorth America’s Research Libraries
On behalf of the ARL Task Force on Special Collections, UIUC's Barbara Jones prepared this white paper that lays out the problem, the opportunities, and some recommendations for how ourcommunities...
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Dastar Corporation, Petitioner v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Et al.
In this case, we are asked to decide whether ß43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U. S. C. ß1125(a), prevents the unaccredited copying of a work, and if so, whether...
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Publisher Mergers: A Consumer-Based Approach to Antitrust Analysis
In this paper, the Information Access Alliance (Alliance) describes the issues that have emerged as the industry has become increasingly concentrated and advocates for a new standard of antitrust review...
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Libraries Urge Justice Department to Block Cinven and Candover Purchase of BertelsmannSpringer
The Information Access Alliance, a group of six library organizations, is urging the U.S. Department of Justice to block Cinven and Candover's proposed purchase of BertelsmannSpringer. The Alliance is concerned...
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Joint Letter in Support of LC FY2003 Budget Request (May 5, 2003)
Library association letter in support of the FY2003 budget request of the Library of Congress. lt-loc-senate-04budget.pdf
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Joint Letter in Support of LC FY2003 Budget Request (Apr. 24, 2002)
Library association letter in support of the FY2003 budget request of the Library of Congress. lt-loc-house-03budget.pdf
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Joint Letter in Support of LC FY2003 Budget Request (Apr. 24, 2002)
Library association letter in support of the FY2003 budget request of the Library of Congress. lt-loc-senate-03budget.pdf
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Memo to Directors: “Super” DMCA Legislation in the States
The Motion Picture Industry Association of America (MPAA), cable operators, and others are aggressively promoting model legislation in quite a few states that would amend state telecommunications and cable security...
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Letter to J. Dennis Hastert re: draft Domestic Security Enhancement Act (Apr. 2, 2003)
Letter from interested organizations urging Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert to ensure that the House of Representative follows normal parliamentary procedures when it takes up any new antiterrorism...
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How “Patriot Act 2” Would Further Erode the Basic Checks on Government Power That Keep America Safe and Free
Statement from the ACLU regarding the The USA PATRIOT Act, passed by Congress shortly after September 11, 2001. patriot2analysis.pdf
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