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Thoughts on the Section 108 Reform Discussion Draft
On Friday, September 15, 2017, the Copyright Office released a discussion document on proposed reform to Section 108 of the Copyright Act, the provision that sets out specific limitations and...
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ARL Urges FCC To Maintain Strong Net Neutrality Provisions, Submits Two Sets of Reply Comments
Last week, ARL submitted two sets of reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) urging the Commission to maintain strong protections for net neutrality. ARL joined with eight other...
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DOJ Overreach in Case Demanding Information on Website Visitors Threatens First, Fourth Amendments
On July 12, the Department of Justice has issued a request to web hosting provider, DreamHost, seeking information on visitors to a website that was used to organize protests against...
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Will This Be the Congress to Finally Pass ECPA Reform?
Today, July 27, 2017, Senators Lee (R-UT) and Leahy (D-VT) introduced the ECPA Modernization Act of 2017, a bill to reform the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). ECPA is a...
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ARL and Higher Education Groups Urge FCC to Protect Net Neutrality
*Cross-posted from ARL News* The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has joined with eight higher education associations in submitting comments, due today, July 18, 2017, to the US Federal Communications Commission...
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Battle for the Net: Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality
Today, July 12, 2017, ARL is joining thousands of websites and tens of thousands of individuals in participating in an Internet-wide Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality. This day...
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Celebrating 20 Years of Internet Free Speech
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Supreme Court of the United States' decision in Reno v. ACLU, a case that determined that certain provisions of the Communication Decency Act (CDA)...
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Updates on Court Cases on President Trump’s Travel Ban
Since the last ARL Policy Notes update on the Court Cases on Trump's Travel Ban (March 16, 2017), two federal courts of appeals, the Ninth Circuit and the Fourth Circuit, have...
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Drinking our own champagne: a toast to the success of LISSA!
*This is a guest blog post by Judy Ruttenberg,Program Director at the Association of Research Libraries and the co-director of SHARE. She serves on the SocArXiv Steering Committee and the...
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Fair Use Industries Contribute $2.8 Trillion to U.S. Economy
The Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) released an updated report on Fair Use in U.S. Economy: Economic Contribution of Industries Relying on Fair Use. The report notes that fair...