LCA Joins Group Letter Voicing Privacy Concerns in Google Book Search Settlement
October 6, 2009 – The American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the Association of Research Libraries join a broad section of objectors, amici, and supporters of the Google Book Search Settlement to express shared concern that reader privacy be among the issues addressed in conjunction with the amended settlement.
The Google Book Settlement: Who Is Filing and What Are They Saying?
September 28, 2009 – On behalf of the American Library Assocation, the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the Association of Research Libraries, Brandon Butler, Law and Policy Fellow at the Association of Research Libraries, outlines key information about the hundreds of filings that have been submitted to the federal district court presiding over the Google Book Settlement.
LCA Members Submit Additional Filing to Court in Regard to Google Book Settlement
September, 8, 2009 – The American Library Association (ALA), the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) submit a supplemental filing with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York overseeing the proposed Google Book Search settlement to address developments that have occurred since the groups submitted their filing on...
ARL, ALA and ACRL and Other Groups File Amicus Brief in Salinger v. Colting
On August 3, 2009, the Library Copyright Alliance members joined the Organization for Transformative Works and the Right To Write Fund in filing an amici curiae brief asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to reverse the Federal District Court’s ruling in Salinger v. Colting.
LCA Members Submit Follow-Up Letter to Department of Justice
July 30, 2009 – The American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the Association of Research Libraries write to William Cavanaugh at the Department of Justice to follow-up on the May 27, 2009 meeting with Antitrust Division staff concerning the proposed settlement of the Google Library Project litigation.
Issue Brief for Concerns Regarding Traditional Cultural Expression, July 22, 2009
The Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) on Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Traditional Cultural Expressions/Folklore is another focal point of the World Intellectual Property Organization. The IGC is charged with studying the policy positions of legal management and protection of certain cultural works created by indigenous communities. Should copyright law (or something like it) be used to protect these works? How does...
ALA and ARL Submit Letter to Ambassador Kirk on ACTA Negotiations
On July 14, 2009, members of the Library Copyright Alliance joined other interested organizations in voicing concerns to the United States Trade Representative in regard to the announced Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement negotiations.
LCA Members and Other Organizations Respond to Questions Concerning Screen Capture Software
On July 9, 2009, LCA and other institutions responded to Robert Kasunic, Principal Legal Advisor at the Office of the General Council regarding screen capture software and its relationship to DMCA Section 1201.
LCA Joins Letter on “Piracy”
On July 6, 2009, the Library Copyright Alliance submitted a letter to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to voice concern over the use of the term “piracy” in Section 328 of H.R. 2410, the Foreign Relations Authorization Act.
Issue brief for the WIPO Development Agenda, June 17, 2009
The WIPO Development Agenda is a set of 45 recommendations adopted on September 28, 2007 by the WIPO General Assembly, aimed to address the interests and needs of developing and least developed countries within the international intellectual property system. It originated in an effort to ensure that intellectual property law and policy continue to serve the public good by encouraging...