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Amicus Briefs

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.

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LCA 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....

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LCA 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

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LCA 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.

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LCA 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

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LCA 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...

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