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Letter to Senators Hatch, Leahy, Daschle, and Frist re: S. 2560, the Induce Act (Aug. 24, 2004)
Letter from interested organizations, in response to the invitation to witnesses at the hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, suggesting an alternative to S. 2560, the Induce Act. lt-senate-induceact-24aug04.pdf
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Open Access Publication of Scientific Research – FY 2005 Appropriations
Dear Representatives Regula and Obey, Senators Specter and Harkin and Dr. Zerhouni: Our organizations are volunteer and nonprofit HIV/AIDS treatment, vaccine, and prevention advocacy groups with a long history of...
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SPEC Kit 282: Managing Electronic Resources (August 2004)
A scanned version of SPEC Kit 282 is available full view through HathiTrust. View the document here » A print copy is available for $45.00 ($35.00 ARL members) plus shipping and...
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ARL Endorses Digitization as an Acceptable Preservation Reformatting Option
ARL has endorsed digitization as an accepted preservation reformatting option for a range of materials. This endorsement comes from the work of the ARL Preservation Committee, and this statement was...
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Letter to Orrin Hatch re: S. 2560, Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004 (Jul. 6, 2004)
Letter from interested organizations requesting that United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary hold hearings on S. 2560, the "Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004" before taking action. lt-hatch-leahy-induceact-06jul04.pdf
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SPEC Kit 281: The Information Commons (July 2004)
A scanned version of SPEC Kit 281 is available full view through HathiTrust. View the document here » A print copy is available for $45.00 ($35.00 ARL members) plus shipping and...
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Cheney v. US District Court (appeal): Amicus brief in support of Sierra Club and Judicial Watch
Amicus brief in support of Sierra Club and Judicial Watch, Inc. cheney-appeals-29nov04.pdf
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Libraries Support H.R. 107, Digital Media Consumers’ Rights Act
H.R. 107, the Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act, is needed to restore a proper balance in copyright law between the rights of copyright users and the rights of copyright owners--a...
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Personal Technology Freedom Coalition Created
Press release announcing that a broad group of organizations and companies representing diverse sectors of the U.S. economy has come together to form a new organization, the Personal Technology Freedom...
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Letter to Porter J. Goss and James Sensenbrenner re: H.R. 3179, the “AntiTerrorism Intelligence Tools Improvement Act of 2003” (Jun. 15, 2004)
Letter from interested organizations advising that consideration of H.R. 3179, should be postponed until Congress has conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the Patriot Act authorities. lt-goss-sensenbrenner-hr3179-15jun04.pdf