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In December 2023, the Library Copyright Alliance issued a statement on digital content licensing in libraries, arguing that licenses undermine the public policy objectives established through the US Copyright Act.

On May 22, 2024, the Library Copyright Alliance, along with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Computer & Communications Industry Association, and Authors Alliance, signed on to an amicus brief in support of defendant-appellee and affirmance.

On May 2, 2024, LCA joined an amicus brief in Whyte Monkee Productions, LLC; Timothy Sepi v. Netflix, Inc.; Royal Good Productions, LLC in support of the defendants-appellees limited petition for partial panel rehearing and rehearing en banc.

On January 10, 2024, LCA filed an amicus brief in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. John Edward Kurtz, Appellant, in support of appellant Kurtz.

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.

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....

On December 7, 2023, the Library Copyright Alliance joined the amicus brief Matthew D. Green, et al. v. United States Department of Justice, et al., “Corrected Amicus Brief of Accessibility, Archival, and Security Fair Users” in support of the plaintiffs-appellants.

On December 6, LCA joined Authors Alliance in filing comments in reply to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) initial comments on copyright and artificial intelligence.

Brief of amici curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation, Authors Alliance, American Library Association, and Association of Research Libraries in support of petitioners Warner Chappell music, Inc. Read Warner Chappell v. Nealy brief

On October 30, 2023, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted reply comments on the proposed rulemaking concerning access to electronic works, supporting adoption of the proposed rule.