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ARL Joins 86 Orgs and Internet Cos Demanding Committee Investigation and End to Dragnet Spying
Today, ARL joined with a broad, bipartisan coalition of 86 organizations and Internet companies – including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, reddit, Mozilla, and the American Civil Liberties Union – to...
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The NSA is abusing the PATRIOT Act. We are not surprised.
Yesterday British newspaper The Guardian reported that the National Security Agency had obtained a secret court order allowing the agency to collect an extraordinary amount of information about telephone calls...
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Twelve (count ’em!) briefs filed in support of HathiTrust – who filed?
The Library Copyright Alliance brief is one of twelve amicus briefs filed this week in support of the HathiTrust and its partner libraries. Other filers are: the American Association of...
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Library Copyright Alliance files amicus in HathiTrust case
Last night the Library Copyright Alliance filed its amicus brief (PDF) in support of HathiTrust and its partners as they defend their district court victory on appeal in the Second...
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Library Copyright Alliance Applauds Introduction of Unlocking Technology Act
For more information, contact: Brandon Butler | 202-296-2296 | brandon@arl.org The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) applauds the introduction on May 9, 2013, of H.R. 1892, the Unlocking Technology Act of...
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In GSU Amicus, LCA Invokes Best Practices, Dispels Market Myths
The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) filed a friend of the court brief today in support of Georgia State University in the appeal of Cambridge U. Press et al. v. Mark...
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Week of Action to Oppose CISPA!
Well, the week is half over, but I hope it’s not too late to jump onto this very important bandwagon with a short blog post explaining why libraries should oppose...
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Notes from Register Pallante’s “The Next Great Copyright Act”
By Greg Cram, Rights Clearance Analyst, The New York Public Library On March 4, 2013, Maria Pallante, the 12th United States Register of Copyrights, delivered “The Next Great Copyright Act”...
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Who Owns the Copyright Industries, and Why It Matters
The US Department of Justice might have seen the light and decided not to side with foreign publishers against a US public university, but it appears that the US copyright...
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CCUMC Endorses #Librarianscode, Retires Guidelines
Today the Consortium of College and University Media Centers has announced two very important moves to empower its members and the many constituencies that look to them for guidance about...
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