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Membership Meeting 1998 (Fall): The Digital Millennium: What Does It All Mean?

Proceedings of the 133rd ARL Membership Meeting, "Confronting the Challenges of the Digital Era," October 1998.

pdf mm98fall-lutzker.pdf

Terms:ARL Membership Meeting, Arnold P. Lutzker, Copyright, Fair Use, Proceedings, Publications, Text

Membership Meeting 2011 (Fall): Undue Diligence

Presented at the 159th ARL Membership Meeting, October 2011.

pdf mm11fall-farb.pdf

Terms:2011, ARL Membership Meeting, Copyright, Fair Use, Orphan Works, Proceedings, Publications, Sharon E. Farb, Slide

Detailed Responses to Section 108 Working Group Questions

The Section 108 Study Group released a Background Paper and requested comments on issues relating to library and archival exceptions under Section 108. The library community provided written and oral statements to the Study Group. Based on the additional input from the library community, the responses in this document provide greater detail and in some instances, clarify the earlier statements filed in conjunction with the March Roundtables and the request for comment by the Study Group.

pdf section108-working-group-2006.pdf

Terms:Copyright, Fair Use, Publications, Report, Section 108, Text

In the Matter of Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies: Comments from the Library Associations

Comments submitted in response to the Copyright Office's Notice of Inquiry dated October 15, 2002, on behalf of five major library associations.

pdf noi1201comments18dec02.pdf

Terms:Comment, Copyright, Court Cases, Fair Use, Library Administration, Publications, Text

In the Matter of Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies: Comments of the Library Copyright Alliance and the Music Library Association

Comments of the Library Copyright Alliance and the Music Library Association.

pdf noi1201comments05.pdf

Terms:Comment, Copyright, Court Cases, Fair Use, Legislation, Publications, Text

In the Matter of Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems For Access Control Technologies

Reply Comments of Library Associations following public hearings.

pdf noi1201comments27jun00.pdf

Terms:Comment, Copyright, Court Cases, Fair Use, Legislation, Publications, Text

Letter to Veronica Steadman re: Technological Protection Systems for Digitized Copyrighted Works (Docket No. 2003-C-006): Higher Education Associations’ and Library Associations’ Statement for the Record (Feb. 4, 2003)

Letter from higher education and library associations to the US Patent and Trademark Office.

pdf lt-steadman04feb03.pdf

Terms:Copyright, Court Cases, Fair Use, Legislation, Letter, Publications, Text

ARL, Center for Social Media, PIJIP to Prepare Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries

Announcement that of ARL's joint project with the Center for Social Media at American University, and the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property in American University's Washington College of Law, to prepare a code of best practices in fair use for academic and research libraries.

pdf fair-use-code-1pager.pdf

Terms:Code of Best Practices in Fair Use, Copyright, Fair Use, Publications, Statement, Text

Balanced Copyright Preserves the Right to Innovate

Statement from ARL and other associations arguing that, while copyright promotes creativity, many of the specific measures adopted or recently proposed to protect copyright in the digital age actually impede innovative technologies and services.

pdf balanced-copyright-statement.pdf

Terms:Copyright, Fair Use, Intellectual Property, Publications, Statement, Text

Campus Copyright Rights and Responsibilities: A Basic Guide to Policy Considerations

This document, prepared by the Association of American Publishers, the Association of American Universities, the Association of American University Presses, and the Association of Research Libraries, is intended to present a basic explanation of copyright law with an emphasis on its application to colleges and universities.

pdf campus-copyright-dec05.pdf

Terms:Author Rights, Copyright, Fair Use, Publications, Report, Text

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