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On January 8, 2014, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted comments to the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary for a hearing on a “making available” right. In the comments, LCA explains its concerns about the impact of the adoption of a making available right on the statute of limitations in copyright cases.

On January 8, 2014, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted additional comments on the US Department of Commerce “green paper,” Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy, following a public meeting held by the Commerce Department in December. The post-meeting comments focus on four issues: the recent fair use court decision in the case Bouchat v. Baltimore Ravens,...

On March 4, 2010, the American Library Association (ALA), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announce the release of “GBS March Madness: Paths Forward for the Google Books Settlement.” This diagram, developed by Jonathan Band, explores the many possible routes and outcomes of the Google Books Settlement, including avenues into the...

On November 14, 2013, after eight years of litigation, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York upheld the fair use doctrine when the court dismissed Authors Guild v. Google, a case that questioned the legality of Google’s searchable book database. The Library Copyright Alliance welcomes Judge Denny Chin’s decision to protect the search database that allows...

On November 13, 2013, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) provided comments on a number of issues raised in the US Department of Commerce “green paper” on Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy. LCA commented on issues relating to statutory damages, online licensing, collective rights organizations, and contractual restrictions on copyright exceptions.

On July 24, 2013, Jonathan Band, on behalf of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), submitted a statement on the role of copyright in innovation to the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary for a hearing on innovation and copyright.

On June 6, 2013, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted a statement to the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet in regard to the hearing on H.R. 1123: The Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act.

On June 3, 2013, members of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) filed an amicus brief with the Second Circuit Court in support of HathiTrust.

On May 13, 2013, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) issued a statement applauding the introduction in the US House of Representatives of H.R. 1892, the Unlocking Technology Act of 2013. The bill guarantees that legitimate uses of digital works and technologies will not run afoul of copyright law, even if they require breaking digital locks. Prompted by the recent uproar...

On April 26, 2013, members of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) filed an amicus brief in support of Georgia State University in its case against Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and Sage Publications.