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On May 5, 2008, the Library Copyright Alliance delivered a letter to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property expressing appreciation for the introduction of H.R. 5889, which limits remedies in copyright infringement cases involving orphan works.

On May 1, 2008, the Library Copyright Alliance delivered a letter to Senator Patrick J. Leahy (D, Vermont), Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary and Senator Orrin Hatch (R, Utah) expressing appreciation for the introduction of S. 2913, which limits remedies in copyright infringement cases involving orphan works.

On March 12, 2008, the Library Copyright Alliance delivered letters to U.S. Representatives Howard L. Berman (D, California), Howard Coble (R, North Carolina), and the members of the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property expressing gratitude to the House Committee on Science and Technology’s Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight for holding a hearing on orphan works. The letter...

On January 25, 2008, the Library Copyright Alliance, NetCoalition, and others published comments discussing the PRO IP Act of 2008 and its weakening of the “one work” rule.

On December 12, 2007, the Library Copyright Alliance hand delivered a letter to U.S. Representatives Howard L. Berman (D, California) and Howard Coble (R, North Carolina) expressing serious concerns with the proposed Section 104 of H.R. 4279. The letter states that section 104 would exacerbate the orphan works situation by greatly increasing the amount of statutory damages plaintiffs could recover...

In August 2007 the Library Copyright Alliance wrote a letter to Deborah Platt Majoras, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in strong support of a request for an investigation and complaint for injunctive relief filed by the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA). The CCIA filed a FTC complaint on behalf of consumers against Major League Baseball, the National...

On March 21, 2007, the Library Copyright Alliance sent a letters to the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives in strong support of the introduction of the Freedom And Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship (FAIR USE) Act of 2007, H.R.2001. At the end of 2006, Dr. Billington, the Librarian of Congress, approved six exemptions from the prohibition on circumvention of...

On February 27, 2007, the LCA distributed a press release in strong support of the Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship (FAIR USE) Act of 2007, H.R. 1201.

On September 7, 2006, the Library Copyright Alliance, wrote in support of the Orphan Works Act. The Act will help resolve issues surrounding orphan works, works whose owners are difficult or impossible to locate. Resolving the orphan works issue will present significant new educational opportunities because these works will be publicly accessible and available to students, faculty and the public.

On July 20, 2006, members of the Library Copyright Alliance signed on to a legal brief in support of Google in Perfect 10 Inc., v. Google, Inc. The brief addresses three issues of essential importance for the future of the internet, (1) whether providing a link to an image hosted on a third party website directly infringes a copyright owner’s...