Fair Use

• Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week

  Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week is an annual celebration of the important doctrines of fair use and fair dealing. It is designed to highlight and promote the opportunities presented by fair...

• Copyright and Streaming Audiovisual Content in the US Context

  On January 5, 2023, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and Ithaka S+R released Copyright and Streaming Audiovisual Content in the US Context, by Danielle Cooper and Katherine Klosek. The...

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  ARL and Ithaka S+R Explore Copyright and Streaming Audiovisual Content in US Academic Libraries

  Today the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and Ithaka S+R released Copyright and Streaming Audiovisual Content in the US Context, by Danielle Cooper and Katherine Klosek. The paper summarizes the...

• Copyright Guides for Software Collections Webinar

  Would you like to learn how you can provide access to software by using library exceptions to copyright alongside fair use and fair dealing? Join this free webinar on Tuesday, October 4, at...

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  KnowYourCopyrights.org Helps Library Advocates Assert Rights in Digital Era

  Today the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) launched KnowYourCopyrights.org, a revamped resource to support library leaders, practitioners, and advocates in proactively asserting library rights in the digital era. Libraries, as...

• Copyright and Contracts: Issues and Strategies

  In 2020, ARL’s Advocacy and Public Policy Committee launched a digital rights initiative focused on understanding and safeguarding the full stack of research libraries’ rights: to acquire and lend digital...

• Controlled Digital Lending

  This paper discusses ARL's position on controlled digital lending of library materials and lays out considerations that may support research libraries in crafting their use case and preparing for a...

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  ARL Comments on Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

  The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is pleased to submit these comments to the US Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, in consideration of its process to propose amendments...

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  ARL Joins Fair-Use Amicus Brief in Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith

  In the case of Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Lynn Goldsmith and Lynn Goldsmith, Ltd., the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has joined associations representing libraries,...

• CASE Act Toolkit

  About this toolkit The content of this toolkit is informed by the work of Rachael Samberg, scholarly communication officer and program director, Office of Scholarly Communication Services, University of California,...

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