• Copyright Status of U.S. Federal Government Works

  Works that are prepared by employees of the government pursuant to their official duties are in the public domain due to an express statutory provision prohibiting the U.S. Government from...

• Rigsby and Adjmi: Two Recent Fair Use Opinions

  In March, two district courts issued opinions in cases involving fair use, finding that the facts of both cases supported fair use claims. The first, Rigsby v. Erie Insurance Company...

• Two More Parties to the Marrakesh Treaty: Argentina and Singapore

  The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled now has eight ratifications or accessions,* with Argentina and Singapore...

• LCA Applauds Re-Introduction of the Unlocking Technology Act

  On March 24, 2015, U.S. Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Jared Polis (D-CO) re-introduced the bipartisan Unlocking Technology Act, a bill that would permanently...

• Recent Developments on UN Special Rapporteurs: copyright policy; privacy in the digital age

  There have been two recent developments regarding UN Special Rapporteurs in the last month relevant to issues of copyright and privacy.  First, UN Special Rapporteur in the filed of cultural...

• ARL Joins Broad Coalition Calling for Surveillance Reform

  On Wednesday, March 25, 2015, ARL joined a coalition of 47 advocacy groups, technology companies and trade associations in sending a letter to President Obama, Director of National Intelligence James...

• Coalition Opposes Fast Track Authority for Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)

  On Monday, March 23, 2015, 20 organizations, including the American Library Association, the Association of College & Research Libraries, and the Association of Research Libraries, sent a letter to Congress...

• Publishers File Motion to Reopen Record in GSU Electronic Reserves Case; GSU Opposes

  On October 17, 2014, the Eleventh Circuit ruled in the Georgia State University e-reserve case, directing the lower court to revisit its fair use analysis and avoid using an arithmetic...

• New FCC Open Internet Order Incorporates Proposals Made in Filings by Libraries and Higher Education

  On Thursday, February 26, 2015 the FCC adopted its Open Internet Order, ensuring that Internet providers cannot create “fast lanes” and “slow lanes” by reclassifying broadband under Title II of...

• Highlights from Fair Use Week 2015

  From February 23-28, 64 organizations and institutions participated in Fair Use Week 2015, an annual celebration of the important (and flexible) doctrines of fair use and fair dealing. Participants included...

---