LCA Submits Comments on DMCA Reform Bill
On December 1, 2020, the Library Copyright Alliance responded to Chairman Tillis’s questions regarding a possible Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) reform bill.
View Post View DocumentConfirmation for DMCA Filing for Disability Services Offices
On December 18, 2017, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) filed a long comment regarding a proposed exemption under 17 U.S.C. 1201, which would allow educational institution’s disability offices to circumvent technological protection measures for motion pictures in order to make them accessible to people with disabilities.
View Post View DocumentLCA Testifies Regarding DMCA Section 1201
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.
View Post View DocumentLCA Submits Reply on Exemptions to DMCA Section 1201
On February 2, 2009, the LCA and Music Library Association submitted comments in support of the renewal and modest broadening of the existing exemption for film clip compilations in two related ways: works included in any college or library, and works used in classrooms by instructors in all subjects.
View Post View DocumentStatement of David Hansen Before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary
On June 2, 2020, David Hansen, associate university librarian and lead copyright & information policy officer at Duke University, testified on behalf of the Association of Research Libraries, the American Library Association, and the Association of College and Research Libraries at a Senate subcommittee hearing on the DMCA notice-and-takedown system. Hansen testified that most universities and research libraries straddle both...
View Post View DocumentLCA Submits Final Comments on Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
On October 27, 2016, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted comments to the US Copyright Office regarding section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
View Post View DocumentLCA Applauds Introduction of the Barriers to Innovation Act
On April 17, 2015, the Library Copyright Alliance issued a statement applauding the introduction of the Barriers to Innovation Act of 2015, which addresses serious problems with the rulemaking process under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
View Post View DocumentLCA Submits Comments on the Prohibition of Circumvention of Technological Protection Measures
On February 6, 2015, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted comments to the US Copyright Office, Library of Congress, regarding the DMCA’s prohibition on the circumvention of technological protection measures as a barrier to fair use.
View Post View DocumentStatement for the Hearing on Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
On March 12, 2014, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted a statement on the importance to libraries of the safe harbors provided by Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary.
View Post View DocumentLCA Members and Other Groups File Amicus Brief in Viacom v. YouTube
On April 12, 2010, members of the Library Copyright Alliance joined other groups in filing an amici curiae brief urging the Court to reject the Plaintiffs’ interpretation of Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
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