International Treaties and Trade Agreements

On June 9, 2017, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted comments regarding exceptions and limitations, exhaustion, intermediary safe harbors, and copyright term in NAFTA negotiations.

On September 15, 2015, the Library Copyright Alliance commented on the bill, advocating for the adoption of a flexible fair dealing clause.

On February 5, 2015, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted a letter to the Senate Committee on Finance urging reconsideration of fast track authority on trade promotion.

On March 3, 2014, the Library Copyright Alliance submitted a response the European Union’s Public Consultation on the Review of EU Copyright Rules.

On May 10, 2013, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted comments regarding the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), offering recommendations during the preliminary stage.

On January 28, 2013, members of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), along with the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA), commented on the November 23, 2012, draft text of an international instrument/treaty on limitations and exceptions for visually impaired person or persons with print disabilities. WIPO’s Extraordinary General Assembly, at its meeting in December 2012, authorized an international diplomatic...

August 14, 2012 – The American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, American Association of Law Libraries, and the Special Libraries Association wrote to Ambassador Kirk in support of paragraph 2 of the US proposal for copyright exceptions and limitations in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TTP) Agreement. The language would ensure that nothing in TTP would in any direct or indirect...

On July 25, 2012, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted comments to WIPO regarding copyright exceptions and limitations relating to libraries and archives, specifically their opposition to the proposed text for Article D of SCCR/23/7 regarding the provision of aggregated data to rights holders. LCA argues, in part, that the proposed text would “invite publishers to second-guess the procedures of...

On July 19, 2012, Lori Driscoll, international copyright advocate and librarian, represented the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) at WIPO’s 24th Copyright and Related Rights Standing Committee session (SCCR) and gave a statement regarding copyright limitations and exceptions for educational institutions. Read ALA blog: http://www.districtdispatch.org/2012/07/library-copyright-alliance-touts-copyright-exceptions-at-international-assembly/

On July 9, 2012, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted comments to WIPO regarding copyright exceptions and limitations relating to libraries and archives, and outlining ten specific areas of exception including preservation, library lending, orphan works, and others.