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ICYMI: District Court Denies Oracle’s Move to Overturn Fair Use Ruling in Favor of Google
On May 26, 2016, a jury ruled in favor of Google's use of Java's API in its Android system, finding that the inclusion of the code was fair use. Oracle...
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Google Wins Another Fair Use Case
On May 26, 2016, a jury returned a verdict in favor of Google in its battle against Oracle. Oracle brought suit claiming that Google infringed by using Java application programming...
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Civil Agencies, Law Enforcement Officials Threaten Meaningful ECPA Reform
On May 24, 2016, ARL joined a coalition of civil society organizations, companies and trade associations in a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Leahy supporting...
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California Assembly Aiming to Copyright All State & Local Government Works
*Guest post by Caile Morris, ARL Law & Policy Fellow* On March 15, 2016, the California Assembly amended a Bill, AB-2880, dealing with state intellectual property. Introduced by Assemblyman Mark...
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Chile Becomes 17th Country to Ratify Marrakesh Treaty
Chile recently became the seventeenth country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty to Faciltiate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled. Countries from...
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Australian Productivity Commission Recommends Fair Use, Shorter Copyright Terms
On April 29, 2016, the Australian Productivity Commission issued a nearly 600 page draft report on Intellectual Property Arrangements recommending a number of positive changes to provide better balance to the...
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ARL Celebrates House Passage of Email Privacy Act; Urges Senate to Pass Quickly
*Cross-posted from ARL News* The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) applauds today’s 419-0 vote in the US House of Representatives passing the Email Privacy Act (H.R. 699), a bill that...
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ARL Urges Congress to 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. Congress has the opportunity to rectify...
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Supreme Court denies Authors Guild Petition for Certiorari
The Supreme Court of the United States has denied the Authors Guild for petition of certiorari in Authors Guild v. Google. This decision leaves the Second Circuit's opinion affirming fair use...
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ARL Joins More than 50 Organizations and Companies Supporting Manager’s Substitute on ECPA Reform
On April 13, 2016, ARL joined a coalition of more than 50 civil society organizations, trade associations and companies in writing to support the Manager's Substitute Amendment to the Email Privacy...
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