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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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Finding Fair Use in Unexpected Places
We're taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different...
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Access to Text Provides Meaningful Transparency
We're taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements...
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To Kill A Mockingbird Remains Under Copyright
We're taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements...
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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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ARL Joins Coalition Raising Privacy Concerns on Nomination of Sessions
On January 9, 2017, ARL joined a coalition of organizations in sending a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Grassley (R-IA) and Ranking Member Feinstein (D-CA) raising concerns regarding...
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Network Neutrality in the Cross Hairs
*Jointly authored by Larra Clark, Krista Cox and Kara Malenfant* It is widely reported that network neutrality is one of the most endangered telecommunications policy gains of the past two...
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What Will Happen to the TPP Copyright Provisions?
Over the last several years, a group of countries, including Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam and the United States negotiated a comprehensive regional...
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ARL Joins Coalition Letter Raising Concerns Over Compelled Scanning of E-mails
On Tuesday, October 25, ARL joined a coalition of civil society groups raising concerns regarding recent reports that Yahoo! had been compelled under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to...
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ICYMI: Maria Pallante Removed as Register of Copyrights
On Friday, October 21, 2016, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced the removal of Maria Pallante as Register of Copyrights. Hayden appointed Maria Pallante as Senior Advisor for Digital Strategy...
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