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ARL Disappointed in Senate’s Passage of Flawed Cybersecurity Bill
On October 27, 2015, the U.S. Senate voted 74-21 to pass the flawed Cyberinformation Sharing Act (CISA), a slightly modified version from the bill that passed the House of Representatives...
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New 1201 Rules on Exemptions to Prohibition on Circumvention of Technological Protection Measures Released
On October 27, 2015, the Library of Congress released its final rules for the current cycle of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's (DMCA) Section 1201 rulemaking, setting forth exemptions from the...
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Libraries Comment on Copyright Office Extended Collective Licensing Proposal
In June 2015, the Copyright Office released its report on Orphan Works and Mass Digitization. When the report was released, ARL noted flaws with the report for both the orphan...
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It’s #OAWeek
Open Access Week 2015 is in full swing! Here's a list of events happening this week worldwide. Just a couple quick points of note. First, Congress continues to consider S. 779,...
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Second Circuit Affirms Fair Use in Google Books Case
*This blog post is now available in a PDF version as an issue brief here* On October 16, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously affirmed...
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Analysis of the Final TPP (Leaked) Text on Intellectual Property: Mixed Results
*This post is also available as an issue brief here* On October 5, 2015, the twelve trade ministers of the TPP negotiating parties (Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico,...
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TPP Trade Ministers Announce Agreement
On October 5, 2015, the twelve trade ministers of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement announced that an agreement had been reached after five years of negotiations. The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement is...
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Re:create Coalition Opposes Creation of Copyright Office as an Independent Agency
On September 30, 2015, the Re:Create Coalition released a letter supporting modernization of the Copyright Office while opposing the establishment of the Copyright Office as an independent agency (as suggested...
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Court Finds Warner Does Not Hold Rights to “Happy Birthday” Song
In the Marya v. Warner/Chappel Music dispute over the copyright status of the song "Happy Birthday," the District Court for the Central District of California found in its September 22, 2015 opinion that...
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Libraries File Amicus Brief Supporting Net Neutrality
On September 21, 2015, ARL joined the American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, and Chief Officers of State Library Agencies in filing an amicus brief in the...