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Library Association Response to the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator’s Request for Comments on the Joint Strategic Plan
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the American Library Association (ALA), and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) respond to the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator's (IPEC) request for...
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A Guide for the Perplexed Part III: The Amended Settlement Agreement
On Friday, November 13, 2009, Google, the Authors Guild, and the Association of American Publishers filed an Amended Settlement Agreement (ASA) in the copyright infringement litigation concerning the Google Library...
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LCA Releases Issue Brief on ACTA
On October 15, 2009, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) released an issue brief on the Anti-Conterfeiting Trade Agreement. Copyright
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Issue Brief–International Copyright: Why it Matters to Libraries
On October 12, 2009, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) released an issue brief on international copyright and why it matters to libraries. Issues Brief (PDF)
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U.S. Delegation to WIPO Submit Statement on Facilitating Access to Copyrighted Works for the Blind or Other Persons with Disabilities at SCCR 19
On October 12, 2009, the U. S. Delegation to the World Intellectual Property Organization submitted a statement on facilitating access to copyrighted works for the blind or other persons with...
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Background and Update On Google Book Search and the Proposed Settlement
gbs-summary-for-board.pdf
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The Google Books Settlement: Who Is Filing And What Are They Saying?
The Association of Research Libraries, the American Library Association, and the Association of College and Research Libraries have prepared this document to summarize in a few pages of charts some...
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Letter to Rob Kasunic re: August 21 Supplemental Questions to DVD-Related Hearing Panelists (Sept. 8, 2009)
Letter to Rob Kasunic, principal legal advisor, US Copyright Office, in response to questions about proposed DVD-related exemptions to Section 1201. lt-kasunic-dvdpanel-08sep09.pdf
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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...
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Salinger v. Colting: Amicus Brief
Brief of Amici Curiae American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, Association of College and Research Libraries, The Organizations for Transformative Works and the Right to Write Fund in support...
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