Other Matters

On February 5, 2019, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and LCA submitted comments in response to NIST’s draft Green Paper, expressing concern that section E recommends making government-produced software copyrightable.

On December 21, 2018, Jonathan Band distributed an article on the implications of Capitol Records v. ReDigi based on the ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

On April 10, 2015, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) signed onto a letter to the US International Trade Commission urging the Commission to reconsider its position of authority on pure data transmissions.

On February 21, 2015, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted a statement to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation regarding net neutrality and an open internet for a hearing on protecting the internet and consumers.

On January 22, 2015, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) sent a letter to members of the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The letter emphasized that libraries of all types depend on the open Internet and a balanced copyright system to carry out their missions and protect free speech.

On October 27, 2014, Jonathan Band, counsel to the Library Copyright Alliance, wrote a letter in response to Stephen Colbert’s criticism of an amicus brief filed in Kirtsaeng v. Wiley.

On April 2, 2013, Jonathan Band, on behalf of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), published an issue brief on the impact on libraries in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in the Kirtsaeng v. Wiley case.

On February 15, 2013, the Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic at the University of California, Berkeley, published a white paper on behalf of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA). The paper, “How Flexibility Supports the Goals of Copyright Law: Fair Use and the US Library Experience,” was created for discussion at the 2nd Global Congress on Intellectual Property and...

On January 18, 2013, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) published a one-page FAQ for libraries on the First Sale doctrine and how it relates to the Kirtsaeng v. Wiley case.

On January 31, 2011, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) released a paper, written by Jonathan Band, that examines the much-discussed Costco v. Omega non-decision, which left in place a controversial 9th Circuit ruling that could have significant consequences for library lending practices.