• ARL and Higher Education Groups Urge FCC to Protect Net Neutrality

  *Cross-posted from ARL News* The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has joined with eight higher education associations in submitting comments, due today, July 18, 2017, to the US Federal Communications Commission...

• Battle for the Net: Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality

  Today, July 12, 2017, ARL is joining thousands of websites and tens of thousands of individuals in participating in an Internet-wide Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality. This day...

• Celebrating 20 Years of Internet Free Speech

  Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Supreme Court of the United States' decision in Reno v. ACLU, a case that determined that certain provisions of the Communication Decency Act (CDA)...

• Updates on Court Cases on President Trump’s Travel Ban

  Since the last ARL Policy Notes update on the Court Cases on Trump's Travel Ban (March 16, 2017), two federal courts of appeals, the Ninth Circuit and the Fourth Circuit, have...

• Drinking our own champagne: a toast to the success of LISSA!

  *This is a guest blog post by Judy Ruttenberg,Program Director at the Association of Research Libraries and the co-director of SHARE. She serves on the SocArXiv Steering Committee and the...

• Fair Use Industries Contribute $2.8 Trillion to U.S. Economy

  The Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) released an updated report on Fair Use in U.S. Economy: Economic Contribution of Industries Relying on Fair Use. The report notes that fair...

• Impression Products v. Lexmark International

  On May 30, 2017, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its opinion in Impression Products v. Lexmark International, a case involving patent exhaustion. By an 7-1 margin, the Court...

• ARL Joins Higher Education and Library Groups to Oppose Changes to Net Neutrality Rules

  On May 18, 2017, the FCC voted 2-1 to move forward with its notice of proposed rulemaking to roll back net neutrality protections that were set forth in the agency's...

• Louisiana State University Files Suit Against Elsevier; Elsevier Has Not Accepted Service

  On February 27, 2017, Louisiana State University (LSU) filed a lawsuit against international science publisher Elsevier after the publisher breached its contract and refused to allow LSU’s veterinarian school faculty...

• LCA Urges Senate to Reject Bill to Make Register of Copyrights a Presidential Appointee

  On April 26, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 1695, the Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017, a bill to make the Register...

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