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On April 20, 2012, members of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) filed a friend of the court brief to defend the fair use rights of libraries. The libraries’ brief was prepared by Jonathan Band.

On February 27, 2012, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted reply comments to Copyright Office regarding renewal of the existing DVD exemption with respect to higher education. In their comments, they argue that the existing formulation of wording provides sufficient flexibility for educators to use film clips effectively and efficiently, and that the exemption should be renewed without change to...

On January 13, 2012, the Supreme Court by a 6-2 vote affirmed the Tenth Circuit decision in Golan v. Holder. The American Library Association (ALA), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) joined an amicus brief written by Electronic Frontier Foundation in support of reversal. This brief, referred to as the ALA...

On December 21, 2011, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) sent a letter to members of the US House Judiciary Committee thanking them for their vigorous advocacy of First Amendment rights and the value of an open and secure Internet during last week’s markup of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).

On December 14, 2011, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) sent a letter to members of the US House Judiciary Committee, outlining its concerns with the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). The letter focused on the Manager’s Amendment, specifically that it did not address the problems with treatment of streaming video that LCA identified in its November 8, 2011, letter (see...

On November 29, 2011, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted comments to the Library of Congress in response to their Notice of Inquiry (NOI) regarding 1201 of the Copyright Act. LCA asks that the previous exemptions for the prohibition of circumvention of copyright protection systems for access control technologies be renewed.

On November 8, 2011, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) sent a letter to members of the US House Judiciary Committee, outlining its concerns with the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). The letter focused on section 201, specifically the definition of willfulness in section 201(c) and the expansion of criminal penalties to public performances in section 201(a), which together could threaten...

On September 14, 2011, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) released the following statement concerning the lawsuit, Authors Guild, Inc., et al. v. HathiTrust et al., against HathiTrust and its research library partners.

On June 21, 2011, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the American Library Association (ALA), and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) joined the Internet Archive, the Wikimedia Foundation, and the University of Michigan Library in Ann Arbor in an amicus brief, arguing that Amici share a concern that the effects of Section 514 of the Uruguay Round...

On June 20, 2011, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the American Library Association (ALA), and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) joined the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Public Knowledge (PK) the Consumer Federation of America, and the Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) in an amicus brief, arguing that Vernor v. Autodesk presents a crucial opportunity to clarify...