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September 2023
ARL Public Policy Briefing (September 2023) This issue includes: Accessibility ARL Responds to Proposed Regulations on Americans with Disabilities Act Library of Congress Commemorates 10 Years of Marrakesh Treaty Copyright...
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Summer 2023
ARL Public Policy Briefing (Summer 2023) This issue includes: Appropriations Update ARL Opposes Appropriations Language That Would Defund Public Access to Research in the US ARL Joins Higher Education Associations...
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ARL, Coalition Partners to Congress: Do Not Restrict the Promise of Generative AI
Today the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) joined libraries, civil society organizations, and legal experts and scholars in a letter expressing concern to Congress about calls for new copyright restrictions...
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ARL, Coalition Partners to Congress: Do Not Restrict the Promise of Generative AI
On September 11, 2023, ARL joined libraries, civil society organizations, and legal experts and scholars in expressing concern to Congress about calls for new copyright restrictions in response to the...
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US Copyright Act Can Address AI without Amendment
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a technology that can help authors and other creators brainstorm ideas, edit original works, conduct research, and more. But rather than rely on existing law...
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A Federal Right of Publicity May Address AI-generated Deepfakes While Protecting Free Expression
During July 2023's Senate hearing on artificial intelligence and copyright, witnesses and Senators discussed how deepfakes—images or videos created using machine learning algorithms that appear to be real—can be used...
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Applying Intellectual Property Law to AI: An Interview with Betsy Rosenblatt
For Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2023, Betsy Rosenblatt, professor at University of Tulsa College of Law, shared her expertise on intellectual property law and her analysis of its application to...
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Library Copyright Alliance Celebrates Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week: February 20–24, 2023
Students, faculty, librarians, journalists, and all users of copyrighted material rely on fair use and fair dealing on a daily basis. Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week is a time the community...
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Generative AI and Copyright: An Interview with Jonathan Band
For Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2023, Association of Research Libraries (ARL) senior director of Scholarship and Policy, Judy Ruttenberg, interviewed Jonathan Band, counsel to the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), which...
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Library Impact Research Report: Open Access Publishing: A Study of UC Berkeley Faculty Views and Practices
As part of ARL’s Research Library Impact Framework initiative, a team at the University of California (UC) Berkeley Library studied the relationship between faculty’s attitudes toward open access (OA) and their...