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On October 30, 2023, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted comments on the intersection of artificial intelligence and copyright. LCA believes existing U.S. Copyright Act is capable of addressing this intersection without amendment. While generative AI has potential to democratize teaching, learning, and research, new legislation is not needed to address copyright issues related to generative AI. The comments also discuss issues...

On September 27, 2023, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted comments supporting adoption of the rule proposed by the Copyright Office regarding access to electronic works.

On July 5, 2023, LCA submitted comments in response to the request for information issued by the Office of Science and Technology Policy concerning national priorities for artificial intelligence. The recent emergence of generative AI systems has focused significant public attention on the intersection of copyright and AI. LCA has developed principles for copyright and AI that we believe should...

Brief of amici curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation, American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, Freedom to Read Foundation, and the Internet Archive in support of respondent, Google LLC. The issue before the court in the case of Gonzalez v. Google is whether Section 230’s liability protections apply to targeted recommendations of third-party content. View Amicus Brief

On December 1, 2022, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) signed onto an Authors Alliance letter to Suzanne V. Wilson, Associate Register of Copyrights, voicing support for the US Copyright Office’s notice of proposed rulemaking regarding termination rights under the Music Modernization Act’s blanket license. LCA’s primary interest in the rulemaking is to ensure that authors’ termination rights under Sections 203...

Brief of amici curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation, Computer & Communications Industry Association, American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, Association of College & Research Libraries, Authors Alliance, and the Organization for Transformative Works in Support of Defendant-Appellee and Affirmance in Alexis Hunley and Matthew Scott Brauer v. Instagram, LLC.

On July 18, 2022, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) and Software Preservation Network (SPN) submitted comments responding to the Copyright Office’s Notice of Inquiry on electronic deposit and best edition rules. The organizations oppose removal of the best edition requirement from the registration deposit process in section 408 because of the adverse effect it will have on the deposit of...

On June 17, 2022, the Library Copyright Alliance joined an amicus brief in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Lynn Goldsmith and Lynn Goldsmith, Ltd. in support of neither party. The brief argues for vacating the judgment and remanding the case for a more particularized consideration of fair use. View Document

Library Copyright Alliance amicus brief in support of defendants-appellees, Merrick B. Garland and Shira Perlmutter.

On June 2, 2022, LCA withdrew its opposition to S. 3880 upon being  excluded from the scope of the bill.