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Fair Use Challenges in Academic and Research Libraries
This report summarizes research into the current application of fair use to meet the missions of U.S. academic and research libraries. Sixty-five librarians were interviewed confidentially by telephone for around...
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GSU Fair Use Order
This is a copyright infringement case brought against various officials of the University System of Georgia, including officials of Georgia State University. Plaintiffs are three publishing houses who claim that...
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LCA Releases Issue Brief on Streaming Films for Educational Purposes
This paper considers three provisions of the Copyright Act that could permit streaming of this sort: Sections 107, 110(2), and 110(1). While all three provisions may apply, Section 107 fair...
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Research Library Issues, no. 266 (Oct. 2009)
RLI issue 266 includes: Removing All Restrictions Cornell’s New Policy on Use of Public Domain Reproductions Evolving Preservation Roles and Responsibilities of Research Libraries SPARC Explores Income Models for Supporting...
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Performance of or Showing Films in the Classroom
This piece was written in hopes of clarifying one aspect of the confusion on digital delivery of content to the "physical" classroom. films-in-classroom10sep09.pdf
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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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ARL, ALA and ACRL and Other Groups File Amicus Brief in Salinger v. Colting
On August 3, 2009, the Library Copyright Alliance members joined the Organization for Transformative Works and the Right To Write Fund in filing an amici curiae brief asking the U.S....