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On February 5, 2019, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and LCA submitted comments in response to NIST’s draft Green Paper, expressing concern that section E recommends making government-produced software copyrightable.

On December 21, 2018, Jonathan Band distributed an article on the implications of Capitol Records v. ReDigi based on the ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

On December 11, 2018, LCA submitted reply comments on noncommercial uses of pre-1972 sound recordings to the United States Copyright Office.

On November 20, 2018, LCA submitted comments on noncommercial uses of pre-1972 sound recordings to the United States Copyright Office.

On September 24, 2018, Jonathan Band submitted written testimony, a supplemental statement, and a report prepared by the American Library Association (ALA) as an attachment to his testimony to the United State Senate Committee on Rules and Administration regarding the Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017. Testimony Supplemental Statement Lessons From History

On July 13, 2018, the Library Copyright Alliance submitted comments regarding the April 16, 2018 notice of proposed rulemaking concerning “Mandatory Deposit of Electronic-Only Books.”

On June 29, 2018, LCA issued a statement applauding the Senate ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty and adoption of Implementation Act.

On June 11, 2018, the Authors Alliance, Joint Educators, Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), and Organization for Transformative Works submitted a response to post hearing questions regarding exemptions to the prohibition against circumvention of technological measures protecting copyrighted works.  

On June 11, 2018, the Association of Transcribers and Speech-to-Text Providers (ATSP) and Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted a response to post hearing questions on Proposed Class 2 of Section 1201.

On May 24, 2018, LCA signed on to a statement applauding the ACCESS to Recordings Act.