LCA Amicus Brief: Sony v. Cox
The Library Copyright Alliance joined an amicus brief asking the US Court of Appeals for the full Fourth Circuit to rehear Sony Music Entertainment, Et. Al. v. Cox Communication, Inc. and COXCOM, LLC, arguing that the court’s holding would result in many law-abiding users losing internet access, which is essential to daily life.
View Post View DocumentLCA Amicus Brief: Hachette v. Internet Archive
The Library Copyright Office filed an amicus brief in support of neither party in the case Hachette v. Internet Archive. The brief asks the court to keep in mind the ways that libraries and library users are crucial to the copyright ecosystem, and to craft its decision in a way that preserves the fair use rights of libraries. Read the Hachette v....
View PostLCA Joins Amicus Brief: Green v. DOJ
On December 7, 2023, the Library Copyright Alliance joined the amicus brief Matthew D. Green, et al. v. United States Department of Justice, et al., “Corrected Amicus Brief of Accessibility, Archival, and Security Fair Users” in support of the plaintiffs-appellants.
View Post View DocumentElectronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Brief: Warner Chappell v. Nealy
Brief of amici curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation, Authors Alliance, American Library Association, and Association of Research Libraries in support of petitioners Warner Chappell music, Inc. Read Warner Chappell v. Nealy brief
View PostLCA Joins Amicus Brief: Gonzalez v. Google
Brief of amici curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation, American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, Freedom to Read Foundation, and the Internet Archive in support of respondent, Google LLC. The issue before the court in the case of Gonzalez v. Google is whether Section 230’s liability protections apply to targeted recommendations of third-party content. View Amicus Brief
View PostLCA Joins Amicus Brief: Hunley et al. v. Instagram
Brief of amici curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation, Computer & Communications Industry Association, American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, Association of College & Research Libraries, Authors Alliance, and the Organization for Transformative Works in Support of Defendant-Appellee and Affirmance in Alexis Hunley and Matthew Scott Brauer v. Instagram, LLC.
View Post View DocumentLCA Joins Amicus Brief: Warhol v. Goldsmith
On June 17, 2022, the Library Copyright Alliance joined an amicus brief in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Lynn Goldsmith and Lynn Goldsmith, Ltd. in support of neither party. The brief argues for vacating the judgment and remanding the case for a more particularized consideration of fair use. View Document
View PostLCA Joins Amicus Brief: Valancourt Books, LLC v. Merrick B. Garland
Library Copyright Alliance amicus brief in support of defendants-appellees, Merrick B. Garland and Shira Perlmutter.
View Post View DocumentLCA Joins Amicus Brief: Apple Inc. v. Corellium, LLC
On February 16, 2022, the Library Copyright Alliance joined an amicus brief by the Software Preservation Network (SPN) in the case of Apple v. Corellium, urging the circuit court to affirm that security research is a fair use. SPN argues as a matter of law that providing access to software for research can be (and often is) transformative fair use, even in...
View Post View DocumentLCA Files Amicus Brief: Matthew D. Green v. Department of Justice
On January 19, 2022, the Library Copyright Alliance filed an amicus brief in support of the appellants in Matthew D. Green, et al., v. United States Department of Justice, et al. LCA members urged the DC Circuit Court to strike down a controversial copyright law as unconstitutional.
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