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Nothing New Under the Sun
It’s Copyright Week, a series of activities and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of the law, addressing what’s...
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Nothing New Under the Sun
A paper by Jonathan Band, policybandwith, and Caile Morris, Association of Research Libraries, discusses copyright and creativity. Nothing-New-Under-the-Sun.pdf
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Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2016 to Be Celebrated February 22–26
Mark your calendars! Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2016—a community celebration coordinated by the Association of Research Libraries—will take place Monday–Friday, February 22–26. You can participate on a single day during...
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ICYMI: Authors Guild Seeks Supreme Court Review of Google Books Fair Use Case
On December 31, 2015, the Authors Guild filed its petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States asking for review of the Second Circuit's...
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Infographic Shows ARL Transformation and Impact in 2015
The below infographic highlights the Association of Research Libraries’s 2015 transformations and impact in higher education and society. Click the infographic image to view or download a full-size PDF. The...
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Advocacy and Public Policy Update—December 2015
An update on key advocacy and public policy issues from October 1, 2015 to December 22, 2015 by Prudence S. Adler and Krista Cox. 2015.12.22-pr-AdvocacyAndPolicyUpdateDecember.pdf
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Association of Research Libraries Impact Report
This infographic highlights the Association of Research Libraries's 2015 transformations and impact in higher education and society. View the report: 2015_impact_report_final.pdf
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YouTube Announces It Will Defend Some Creators’ Fair Use Claims
YouTube recently announced that it will protect "some of the best examples of fair use on YouTube" by defending some creators in copyright litigation. Under this initiative, YouTube "indemnifies creators whose...
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Google Books Project Ruled Fair Use by US Appeals Court—ARL Releases Issue Brief
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously ruled on Friday, October 16, 2015, in Authors Guild v. Google—also known as the “Google Books” case—that Google’s mass scanning...
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Issue Brief: Second Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Fair Use in Google Books Case
On October 16, 2015, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously affirmed the lower court's fair use decision in Author's Guild v. Google, also known as the...