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The way forward, after Costco [Updated]
NB: This post has been updated to reflect the availability of the Drug Emporium exception wherever the Costco rule might be applied. The original version stated mistakenly that the exception...
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A Rough End-of-Year for Library Lending (and for Users’ Rights)
A Rough End-of-Year for Library Lending (and for Users' Rights)As Duke University Libraries’ copyright guru Kevin Smith points out in the above-linked blog post, 2010 was a pretty rough year...
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ARL Releases Report On “Fair Use Challenges in Academic and Research Libraries”
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is pleased to announce the release of Fair Use Challenges in Academic and Research Libraries, a report that summarizes research into the current application...
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Protecting Public Networks, Respecting Private Ones, and What About Wireless?
photo CC BY richardmasoner on Flickr. If you’re reading this, you probably don’t need us to tell you about the long slog that net neutrality advocates have had in convincing...
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Federal Court Narrows Georgia State E-reserves Case, Sides with GSU on Key Issues
In a preliminary decision issued late last week, federal district judge Orinda Evans in Georgia cleared up a host of key issues in a closely-watched copyright lawsuit. A trio of...
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Reminding the Fourth Circuit That Fair Use Protects the Historical Record
Can the owner of a copyrighted work use her rights to censor history? Courts applying fair use principles have typically held that she cannot. Nevertheless, a recent decision from the...
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The Librarian of Congress Pops Digital Locks
Photo CC BY rebopper Yesterday the Librarian of Congress announced six classes of works that would be exempted from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s (DMCA) prohibition on breaking digital locks...
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Research Libraries Need a Strong FCC
Today the Association of Research Libraries, along with the American Library Association and EDUCAUSE, filed comments in support of the Federal Communications Commission’s proposed “third way” forward for broadband regulation....
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Why Libraries Filed a Brief in a Case About Watches
Photo CC-BY Vince42 LCA Amicus Brief [PDF] Today the Library Copyright Alliance (whose members are ARL, the American Library Association, and the Association of College and Research Libraries) filed a...
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FCC Seeks Input on “Third Way”
photo CC BY alexkerhead. Even before the Comcast decision in April, friends of the open Internet were debating the best way to establish a strong foundation for FCC oversight of...
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