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Library Copyright Alliance Releases User Guide to Marrakesh Treaty for Blind
On June 27, a Diplomatic Conference of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) held in Marrakesh, Morocco, adopted the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who...
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The Marrakesh Treaty
by guest blogger Jonathan Band, policybandwidth Read the full text of A User Guide to the Marrakesh Treaty On June 27, 2013, a Diplomatic Conference of the World Intellectual Property...
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Library Copyright Alliance Submits Statement to House Committee Regarding Copyright and Innovation
Yesterday, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted a statement on the role of copyright in innovation (PDF) to the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary. The committee has been...
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LCA Submits Statement to House Committee Regarding Copyright and Innovation
On July 24, 2013, Jonathan Band, on behalf of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), submitted a statement on the role of copyright in innovation to the US House of Representatives...
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Good fair use news from the 2d Circuit in #GBS
This morning a panel of judges from the Federal Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a short but significant opinion in the hotly-contested Google Books litigation. In less...
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LCA Submits Statement to WIPO in Support of Treaty for Blind
On June 27, 2013, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted a statement to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in support of a Treaty for the Blind. Statement (PDF)
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The Beginning of the End of the Book Famine
What a difference a week makes! After a lengthy negotiation process that had many advocates wondering whether the result would be worth the effort, last night the WIPO negotiators in...
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Library Copyright Alliance Hails WIPO for Landmark Victory for the Blind
The Library Copyright Alliance applauds the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for finalizing the Treaty for the Blind, a treaty that will allow nations to share or make accessible copies...
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Great Fair Use Advice from Reed Elsevier (Seriously!)
Sometimes litigation creates strange bedfellows. We have watched with great interest the case of White v. West, a lawsuit challenging legal research databases Lexis and Westlaw for their practice of...
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LCA Hails WIPO for Landmark Victory for the Blind
On June 16, 2013, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) hailed the World Intellectual Property Organization for finalizing the Treaty for the Blind. Press Release (PDF)
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