Other Matters

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.

On February 19, 2010, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) released an issue brief that reviews the legal status of streaming entire films to students located outside of physical classrooms. The discussion was prompted by recent news of a disagreement between the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and a media equipment trade association over the streaming of films to students...

On April 2, 2009, members of the Library Copyright Alliance joined public interest groups, library associations, and trade associations to urge President Obama to increase the balance in appointments to intellectual property policy positions and to create offices devoted to promoting innovation and free expression within the relevant agencies.

On March 17, 2009, the American Library Association and the Association of Research Libraries joined other nonprofits and industry associations in voicing support for the Solicitor General in advising the Supreme court against granting certiorari in the case of CNN v. Cablevision.

In December 2008, members of the Library Copyright Alliance joined other organizations in releasing a set of agenda items to urge the Administration to safeguard the copyright balance and protect the right to innovate in order to ensure the vitality of the information-driven economy.