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Coalition Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee re NSA Surveillance Programs (July 30, 2013)
On July 30, 2013, ARL, together with 59 other privacy and civil liberties groups, sent this letter to the US Senate Judiciary Committee, calling on Congress to evaluate the National Security...
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LCA Submits Statement to House Committee Regarding Copyright and Innovation
On July 24, 2013, Jonathan Band, on behalf of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), submitted a statement on the role of copyright in innovation to the US House of Representatives...
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Letter Urging US Attorney General to Release Reports on Telephone Surveillance (July 8, 2013)
On July 8, 2013, ARL, along with 22 other good-government groups, sent this letter to the US Department of Justice urging Attorney General Eric Holder to make public any reports...
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Letter Requesting Public Report on Government Surveillance (July 8, 2013)
On July 8, 2013, ARL, together with 19 other privacy and civil liberties groups, sent this letter to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), calling on the PCLOB...
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LCA Submits Statement to WIPO in Support of Treaty for Blind
On June 27, 2013, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted a statement to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in support of a Treaty for the Blind. Statement (PDF)
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Letter Urging US Senate to Protect Americans’ Privacy in Cybersecurity Legislation (June 25, 2013)
On June 25, 2013, ARL joined 37 other privacy and civil liberties organizations and companies in a letter urging the US Senate to adhere to a basic set of principles...
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Letter Asking Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to Urge Disclosure re NSA Surveillance (June 18, 2013)
On June 18, 2013, ARL joined with 33 other organizations in a letter to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board asking them to urge President Obama to order the...
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LCA Hails WIPO for Landmark Victory for the Blind
On June 16, 2013, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) hailed the World Intellectual Property Organization for finalizing the Treaty for the Blind. Press Release (PDF)
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Library Associations Letter Supporting Nomination of Davita Vance-Cooks as US Public Printer (June 11, 2013)
On June 11, 2013, five major library associations—ARL, American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), American Library Association (ALA), Medical Library Association (MLA), Special Libraries Association (SLA)—sent this letter to the US Senate Committee...
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SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE) Proposal
The Association of American Universities (AAU), the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and ARL have drafted a proposal in response to the OSTP memo: The SHared Access Research...