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ARL Celebrates US House Passage of Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act, Urges Administration to Complete Implementation
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) celebrates today’s passage of the Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act by the US House of Representatives. Earlier this year, the US Senate unanimously ratified the...
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ARL Urges US House of Representatives to Restore Net Neutrality
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is profoundly disappointed with the US Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) repeal of the Open Internet Order, which takes effect today, June 11, 2018. ARL...
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The General Data Protection Regulation: What Does It Mean for Libraries Worldwide?
The European Union’s (EU’s) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will take effect May 25, 2018, and is likely to have a significant impact on the way libraries around the globe...
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LCA Letters on the CLASSICS Act
On April 30, 2018, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) sent letters to Senator Chris Coons, Senator Chuck Grassley, and Senator Dianne Feinstein expressing concerns with the CLASSICS Act (S. 2393)....
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ADA Education and Reform Act Threatens Equity of Access
Research libraries are committed to making information resources as broadly accessible as possible, regardless of users’ abilities or disabilities. The ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 620) would...
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Marrakesh Treaty
The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled is a WIPO-based treaty adopted in June 2013. The treaty...
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Will This Be the Congress to Finally Pass ECPA Reform?
Today, July 27, 2017, Senators Lee (R-UT) and Leahy (D-VT) introduced the ECPA Modernization Act of 2017, a bill to reform the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). ECPA is a...
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Celebrating 20 Years of Internet Free Speech
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Supreme Court of the United States' decision in Reno v. ACLU, a case that determined that certain provisions of the Communication Decency Act (CDA)...
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ARL Applauds Approval of Email Privacy Act, Urges Swift Senate Action
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) applauds the approval of the Email Privacy Act by the US House of Representatives. The House passed the bill with a voice vote, moving...
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Will Congress Finally Pass ECPA Reform?
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) is a law from 1986 governing privacy for online communications and has long been in need of reform. For the last several years, Congress...
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