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Observations from House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Surveillance and FISA Reforms
On February 4, 2014, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on “Examining Recommendations to Reform FISA Authorities.” The written testimony of the six witnesses and the statement of Chairman...
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Observations from House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on Fair Use
The House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet continued its copyright review and held another hearing on Tuesday, January 28th. This hearing focused exclusively on the...
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LCA Statement on House Judiciary Hearing on Scope of Fair Use
On Tuesday, January 28, 2014, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet held another hearing on copyright review. This hearing focused on the scope of fair...
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Power to the People: Five Reasons Fair Use Best Practices Are Changing the World
by guest bloggers Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor, American University School of Communication; Brandon Butler, Practitioner-in-Residence at the Glushko Samuelson IP Clinic, American University Washington College of Law; and Peter Jaszi,...
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ARL Disappointed with Court Ruling on Network Neutrality
ARL has issued a statement expressing disappointment with the DC Circuit’s January 14, 2014 ruling overturning the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Open Internet Order’s anti-discrimination and anti-blocking rules. Research libraries,...
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LCA Hearing Statement for House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Copyright Reform
On January 14, 2014, the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet held another hearing on the issue of copyright reform, this one focusing...
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Copyright Week: Transparency and the TPP
Transparency in government is a fundamental aspect of a democratic society. Citizens have the right to be informed and have access to information regarding political affairs and the laws and...
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Copyright Week
This week, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is hosting "Copyright Week" with each day devoted to a different issue. Copyright Week will last six days, ending on Saturday, January 18,...
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Welcome Krista Cox, ARL’s New Director of Public Policy Initiatives
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has named Krista L. Cox director of public policy initiatives, effective January 6, 2014. Cox is currently the staff attorney/legal counsel at Knowledge Ecology...
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What’s So Bad About ECPA?
techfreedom: ECPA is the law that is supposed to protect your digital data from unreasonable search. What’s wrong with it? Tons. What does that mean? Your data is often not...
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