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• Copyright Office Report on Orphan Works: ARL Releases Issue Brief

  ARL has published an issue brief on the US Copyright Office’s June 4, 2015, Report on Orphan Works and Mass Digitization (PDF), which includes recommendations for legislation on orphan works—copyrighted...

• Issue Brief: Text and Data Mining and Fair Use in the United States

  No researcher can read all relevant research articles that are published in her field of interest. Even if she could, she would not be able to detect patterns in the...

• Issue Brief: Copyright Office Report on Orphan Works

  On June 4, 2015, the Copyright Office released its Report on Orphan Works and Mass Digitization (PDF), including recommendations for legislation on orphan works and the creation of an extended...

• Issue Brief: Fair Use Decision Making Post-Georgia State

  On October 17, 2014, the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit released its opinion in the Georgia State University (GSU) electronic course reserves (e-reserves) case, Cambridge v. Patton. The...

• LCA Releases Issue Brief by J. Band on Impact of Kirtsaeng v. Wiley Decision on Libraries

  On April 2, 2013, Jonathan Band, on behalf of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), published an issue brief on the impact on libraries in response to the Supreme Court's decision...

• Cell Phone Unlocking: A Legal Primer

  band-cell-phone-unlocking-08mar13.pdf

• Issue Brief: Massive Open Online Courses – Legal and Policy Issues for Research Libraries (Oct. 22, 2012)

  The advent of Massive Open Online Courses raises serious legal questions that in turn pose important and fundamental policy challenges for research libraries. As universities rush to find ways to...

• Georgia State University (GSU) Fair Use Decision Recap and Implications: Issue Brief

  On Friday, May 11, 2012, Judge Orinda Evans released her 350-page opinion in the copyright infringement lawsuit against Georgia State University. This issue brief summarizes the key rulings in the...

• 21st-Century Collections: Calibration of Investment and Collaborative Action

  Deliberations over library collections will have no end. Balancing serial and monograph investments, assessing the latest digital format, anticipating new directions in teaching and research—this large undertaking resists all formulas....

• Issue Brief: FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules and Implications for Research Libraries

   issue-brief-net-neutrality-rules-implications-24jan11.pdf

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