LCA Submits Comments Regarding NAFTA Negotiations
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.
View Post View DocumentLCA Submits Letter to Senate Finance Committee on Trade Promotion Authority
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.
View Post View DocumentLCA Submits Comments Regarding the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
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.
View Post View DocumentLCA Writes to Ambassador Kirk Regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
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...
View Post View DocumentLCA Members Join Associations in IFLA Letter Regarding TPPA
July 4, 2012 – Members of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) joined other library associations in a statement to the International Federations of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) regarding Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) negotiations. Associations are concerned that negotiating texts for the TPPA and countries’ positions have been withheld from the public, and that agreements like ACTA and the TPPA...
View Post View DocumentLCA Joins Other Organizations in Letter Expressing Concerns Over ACTA “Consolidated Text for Public Release”
On April 23, 2010, the Library Copyright Alliance joined other organizations in a letter expressing concerns regarding a “Consolidated Text for Public Release,” issued by the countries negotiating the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
View Post View DocumentLCA Joins Other Organizations in Letter Urging U.S. to Take Article 2.2.2 Off the ACTA Table
On April 19, 2010, the Library Copyright Alliance joined other organizations in voicing concerns over Article 2.2.2 of the proposed ACTA draft, which includes language mandating that ACTA parties allow for the award of statutory damages for copyright infringement as an alternative to actual damages.
View Post View DocumentARL, ALA, and ACRL Join Nonprofits in Letters Expressing Concern Over Leaked ACTA Text
On March 22, 2010, members of the Library Copyright Alliance joined other nonprofits in two letters expressing concerns over leaked comments and proposals related to ACTA negotiations, and asked for a public discussion on the document itself. Read Letter [PDF] Read LCA Concerns [PDF]
View Post View DocumentIssue Brief on ACTA
On October 15, 2009, Janice Pilch authored an issue brief on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) – a proposed international agreement aimed at creating a stronger framework for global enforcement of intellectual property rights, with a scope covering counterfeit trademarked goods and infringing copyrighted works – and the concerns for libraries.
View Post View DocumentALA and ARL Submit Letter to Ambassador Kirk on ACTA Negotiations
On July 14, 2009, members of the Library Copyright Alliance joined other interested organizations in voicing concerns to the United States Trade Representative in regard to the announced Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement negotiations.
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