Jonathan Band

• Justice Breyer, Copyright, and Libraries

  On the occasion of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer retiring at the end of this US Supreme Court term, Jonathan Band, who represents and advises the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)...

• LCA Files Amicus Brief: Capitol Records, LLC v. ReDigi Inc. in Support of Reversal

  On February 14, 2017, members of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) filed an amicus brief in support of reversal in the Capitol Records, LLC v. ReDigi Inc. case being heard...

• LCA Files Amicus Brief: Cambridge University Press v. J. L. Albert in Support of Affirmance

  On February 13, 2017, members of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) filed an amicus brief in support of affirmance in the Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Inc., and Sage...

• Nothing New Under the Sun

  A paper by Jonathan Band, policybandwith, and Caile Morris, Association of Research Libraries, discusses copyright and creativity. Nothing-New-Under-the-Sun.pdf

• LCA Pleased Librarian of Congress Expands Film Clip Exemption

  The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) welcomed the decision issued by the Librarian of Congress to broaden the exemption for the use of film clip excerpts, including extending the exemption permitting...

• Cell Phone Unlocking: A Legal Primer

  band-cell-phone-unlocking-08mar13.pdf

• Google Books Litigation Family Tree

   googlebookslitigation-familytree-10oct12.pdf

• A New Day for Website Archiving 2.0

  Memorandum discussing legal issues in website archiving. band-new-day-for-archiving-2.0-23feb12.pdf

• Golan v. Holder Decision Summary

  On January 13, 2012, the Supreme Court by a 6-2 vote affirmed the Tenth Circuit decision in Golan v. Holder. The case concerned the constitutionality of the Uruguay Round Agreements...

• A Guide For the Perplexed Part IV: The Rejection of the Google Books Settlement

  On March 22, 2011, Judge Denny Chin rejected the proposed settlement in copyright infringement litigation over the Google Library Project. Judge Chin found that the settlement was not "fair, reasonable,...

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