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ARL Joins ALA, ACRL, and EFF in Amicus Brief Supporting Google Book Search
On August 1, 2012, members of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) joined EFF in an amicus brief in support of the Google Book Search settlement. Amicus Brief (PDF)
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Finally, An Easy-ish Question
Copyright law can seem so confusing, with simple questions like “when will the song ‘Happy Birthday’ enter the public domain?” prompting elaborate research projects that still do not settle things...
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Thoughts on the Copyright Office’s Priorities for 2011-2013
The Copyright Office (CO) announced its priorities for the next two years yesterday, including several items of interest to research libraries. This blog post will walk through some of the...
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About those orphans
In the days since they filed a wide-ranging lawsuit against research libraries over their collaboration with Google and the nascent Orphan Works Project, the Authors Guild has dropped several clever...
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Library Copyright Alliance Statement re: Authors Guild et al. v. Hathi Trust et al.
We are deeply disappointed by the Authors Guild’s decision to file a lawsuit, Authors Guild, Inc. et al. v. Hathitrust et al., against HathiTrust and its research library partners. The...
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ARL Releases “Resource Packet On Orphan Works: Legal And Policy Issues For Research Libraries”
View or download the PDF HERE. Late yesterday the Association of Research Libraries released a Resource Packet on Orphan Works: Legal and Policy Issues for Research Libraries. Prepared by Prudence...
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Google and Walmart – Wait, what?
In a new filing this week, one of the objectors to the Google Books settlement raised the spectre of the recent Supreme Court decision barring an epic class action sex...
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LCA Issues Statement on Copyright Reform
In the wake of Judge Chin's rejection of the Google Books Settlement, there has been a renewed interest in legislative solutions to a variety of copyright issues affecting libraries, including...
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In Comments to FTC, ARL Suggests Privacy Oversight for Google Books
Yesterday, ARL filed comments with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to suggest that it require strong protection for reader privacy in the Google Books service. You can comment, too, but...
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Letter to Federal Trade Commission re: Proposed Consent Agreement In the Matter Google, Inc. (Google Buzz), File No. 1023136 (Apr. 26, 2011)
ARL comments to the FTC on the proposed consent agreement, specifically, regarding privacy issues raised by the Google Books product, which involves both searching and selling books. gbs-privacycomments_26apr11.pdf
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