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In the Matter of Global Free Flow of Information on the Internet
Comments from the Center for Democracy and Technology highlight the importance of liability protections for online intermediaries and the way these protections serve to maintain the Internet as a robust...
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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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Principles to Guide Vendor/Publisher Relations in Large-Scale Digitization Projects of Special Collections Materials
Principles endorsed by the Association of Research Libraries Board of Directors on July 26, 2010. principles_large_scale_digitization.pdf
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Concerns with April ACTA Text
Addresses concerns with the text of the public release of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). acta-text-comments-23apr10.pdf
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Comments of the Association of Research Libraries Concerning “Public Access Policies for Science and Technology Funding Agencies across the Federal Government”
ARL supports enhanced access to federally funded research resources because such policies are integrally tied to and support the mission of higher education and scholarship. ARL believes that extending public...
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E- Science and Data Support Services
This study was sponsored by the ARL E-Science Working Group to build an understanding of how libraries can contribute to e-science activities in their institution and identify organizations and institutions...
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Summary of Antitrust Lawsuit: SkyRiver & Innovative Interfaces v. OCLC
On July 28, 2010, SkyRiver Technology Solutions joined with Innovative Interfaces to file suit in San Francisco federal court against OCLC Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) alleging numerous anticompetitive business...
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The Library as Strategic Investment
Presented at "ARL Lib-Value: Return on Investment (ROI) for Academic Libraries Workshop." lib-value-kaufman.pdf
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The ARL 2030 Scenarios: A User’s Guide for Research Libraries
This package, which contains the “ARL 2030 Scenario Set” and an accompanying user’s guide, is the product of a project to promote visioning and scanning activities among research libraries. ARL’s...
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