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LCA Joins Other Organizations in Letter Expressing Concerns Over ACTA “Consolidated Text for Public Release”
On April 23, 2010, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) joined other organizations in a letter expressing concerns over the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreeement "Consolidated Text for Public Release." Letter (PDF)
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One Step Closer to Getting What You Pay For
photo courtesy of hern42 by CC license If you pay taxes, then you are contributing to the over $60 billion (with a “B”) the federal government spends annually to support...
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LCA Joins Other Organizations in Letter Urging U.S. to Take Article 2.2.2 Off the ACTA Table
On April 19, 2010, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) joined other organizations in a letter urging the U. S. to take Article 2.2.2. off the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement table. Letter...
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A court case that threatens the Net as we know it.
image courtesy Mr. T in DC via CC license. The Internet we know and love—the one that lets anybody use any device to browse any site and send or receive...
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Letter to Ben Nelson and Lisa Murkowski re: GPO Appropriations Request FY2011 (Apr. 14, 2010)
lt-arlsenategpo-14apr10.pdf
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LCA Members and Other Groups File Amicus Brief in Viacom v. YouTube
On April 12, 2010, members of the Library Copyright Alliance joined other groups in filing an amici curiae brief urging the Court to reject the Plaintiffs' interpretation of Section 512...
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Research Library Issues, no. 269 (April 2010): Special Issue on Strategies for Opening Up Content
RLI issue 269 includes: Strategies for Opening Up Content: Laying the Groundwork for an Open System of Scholarship Achieving Consensus on the University of Kansas Open-Access Policy Improving Access with Open-Access...
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Comcast v. FCC – the Impact For Libraries and Net Neutrality
Comcast v. FCC full decision (PDF) On Tuesday, April 6, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit handed down a dramatic rejection of the Federal Communication Commission’s...
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ARL Joins Privacy Groups, Tech Industry To Support Key Online Privacy Reforms
ARL is proud to be a part of Digital Due Process, a broad coalition of civil liberties and public interest groups (CDT, EFF, ACLU, and many others) as well as...
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Libraries at the Fulcrum: Our Comments to the IP Czar.
Photo by nzgabriel under a CC license Comments of ARL, ALA, ACRL to the IP Enforcement Coordinator (PDF) — 24 March 2010 Last Wednesday afternoon ARL, ALA, and ACRL submitted...