LCA Principles for Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
On June 23, 2023, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) issues a statement outlining copyright and AI principles, asserting, “The existing U.S. Copyright Act, as applied and interpreted by the Copyright Office and the courts, is fully capable at this time to address the intersection of copyright and AI without amendment.”
A2K Comments on the Second Revised Draft Text for the WIPO Broadcasting Organizations Treaty (SCCR/43/3)
On June 16, 2023, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) signed onto comments to guide the revision of SCCR/43/3, the Chair’s Second Revised Draft Text for the WIPO Broadcasting Organizations Treaty.
LCA Joins Amicus Brief: Gonzalez v. Google
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
LCA Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Termination Rights and the Music Modernization Act’s Blanket License
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...
LCA and SPN Comments on Electronic Deposit and Best Edition Rules
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...
LCA Joins Amicus Brief: Warhol v. Goldsmith
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
LCA Joins Amicus Brief: Valancourt Books, LLC v. Merrick B. Garland
Library Copyright Alliance amicus brief in support of defendants-appellees, Merrick B. Garland and Shira Perlmutter.
LCA Letter Withdrawing Opposition to the SMART Copyright Act
On June 2, 2022, LCA withdrew its opposition to S. 3880 upon being excluded from the scope of the bill.
LCA Response to Copyright Office Notice of Inquiry Concerning Standard Technical Measures and Section 512
On May 26, 2022, the Library Copyright Alliance submitted comments to the Copyright Office Notice of Inquiry concerning standard technical measures and section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA).