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On July 9, 2009, LCA and other institutions responded to Robert Kasunic, Principal Legal Advisor at the Office of the General Council regarding screen capture software and its relationship to DMCA Section 1201.

On July 6, 2009, the Library Copyright Alliance submitted a letter to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to voice concern over the use of the term “piracy” in Section 328 of H.R. 2410, the Foreign Relations Authorization Act.

The WIPO Development Agenda is a set of 45 recommendations adopted on September 28, 2007 by the WIPO General Assembly, aimed to address the interests and needs of developing and least developed countries within the international intellectual property system. It originated in an effort to ensure that intellectual property law and policy continue to serve the public good by encouraging...

June 12, 2009 – LCA members publish a summary, by Jonathan Band, of the amendment between Google and the University of Michigan that expanded the 2004 agreement, which allowed Google to scan books in the Michigan library for inclusion in Google’s search database.

On May 25, 2009, the Library Copyright Association, the Electronic Information for Libraries, and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions submitted a Statement of Principles on copyright limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives to the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights in Geneva.

On May 6, 2009, Jonathan Band testified on behalf of LCA on renewal and expansion of the film clip compilation exemption to the DMCA Section 1201 prohibition on circumvention of access control technologies.

May 4, 2009 – The American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the Association of Research Libraries (the Library Associations) file comments to explain their concerns with the Google Library Project Settlement and how the Court’s oversight can ameliorate those concerns.

On April 28, 2009, the Library Copyright Alliance submitted comments in response to the Notice of Inquiry (NOI) published by the Copyright Office in the Federal Register on March 25, 2009, on the topic of facilitating access to copyrighted works for the blind or persons with other disabilities.

On April 2, 2009, members of the Library Copyright Alliance joined public interest groups, library associations, and trade associations to urge President Obama to increase the balance in appointments to intellectual property policy positions and to create offices devoted to promoting innovation and free expression within the relevant agencies.

On March 17, 2009, the American Library Association and the Association of Research Libraries joined other nonprofits and industry associations in voicing support for the Solicitor General in advising the Supreme court against granting certiorari in the case of CNN v. Cablevision.