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LCA Submits Statement to House Judiciary Committee for Hearing on Copyright Remedies
On July 23, 2014, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) submitted a statement to the HS House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary for a hearing on copyright remedies. In the...
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Library Copyright Alliance files amici brief in Authors Guild v. Google
On July 8, 2014, the Library Copyright Alliance filed an amici brief in the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Authors Guild v. Google in favor of Google’s...
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Library Copyright Alliance Files Amici Brief in Authors Guild v. Google
On July 8, 2014, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA)—the American Library Association (ALA), Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)—filed an amici brief (PDF)...
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Authors Guild v. HathiTrust: Implications for Libraries
Jonathan Band, policybandwidth and legal counsel to the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), released on July 7, 2014, an analysis of the recent Authors Guild v. HathiTrust decision, “What Does the...
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Maps of Fair Use and Fair Dealing around the World
The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) distributed a map of countries with fair use and fair dealing around the world. Map (PDF)
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District Court Releases Order Upholding Fair Use of West Publishing and Reed Elsevier in White v. West Publishing
On July 3, 2014, the District Court for the Southern District of New York issued its memorandum and order in White v. West Publishing following its grant of summary judgment...
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White v. West Publishing 2014 Decision
In July 2014, the district court issued its full memorandum and order in White v. West Publishing, explaining that three of four fair use factors weighed in favor of a...
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Authors Guild v. HathiTrust Decision (June 2014)
On June 10, 2014, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the lower court decision in Authors Guild v. HathiTrust in favor of HathiTrust Digital Library. agvhathitrust-decision-jun2014.pdf
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LCA Files Amicus Brief in Authors Guild v. Google, Inc. Appeal
On July 8, 2014, the Library Copyright Association filed an amicus brief for Authors Guild v. Google, Inc. in the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. amicus-GoogleBooksAppeal-final-8jul2014.pdf
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What Does the HathiTrust Decision Mean for Libraries?
On July 7, 2014, Jonathan Band distributed an article outlining what the HathiTrust decision means for libraries. Article (PDF)