2024 AGOA Eligibility Review for South Africa Post-Hearing Brief of the Library Copyright Alliance
On August 7, 2023, the Library Copyright Alliance submitted comments responding to arguments that the Republic of South Africa does not provide adequate and effective intellectual property protection by virtue of provisions in the Copyright Amendment Bill and the Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill.
US Copyright Act Can Address AI without Amendment
by Katherine Klosek | July 7, 2023 image by Mojahid Mottakin on Unsplash Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a technology that can help authors and other creators brainstorm ideas, edit original works, conduct research, and more. But rather than rely on existing law to address questions like whether ingesting works to train AI models is fair use, or if works including AI-generated content are eligible...
LCA Comments to Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on National Priorities for AI
On July 5, 2023, LCA submitted comments in response to the request for information issued by the Office of Science and Technology Policy concerning national priorities for artificial intelligence. The recent emergence of generative AI systems has focused significant public attention on the intersection of copyright and AI. LCA has developed principles for copyright and AI that we believe should...
A2K Comments on the Second Revised Draft Text for the WIPO Broadcasting Organizations Treaty (SCCR/43/3)
On June 16, 2023, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) signed onto comments to guide the revision of SCCR/43/3, the Chair’s Second Revised Draft Text for the WIPO Broadcasting Organizations Treaty.
LCA Joins Amicus Brief: Gonzalez v. Google
Brief of amici curiae Electronic Frontier Foundation, American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, Freedom to Read Foundation, and the Internet Archive in support of respondent, Google LLC. The issue before the court in the case of Gonzalez v. Google is whether Section 230’s liability protections apply to targeted recommendations of third-party content. View Amicus Brief
LCA Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Termination Rights and the Music Modernization Act’s Blanket License
On December 1, 2022, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) signed onto an Authors Alliance letter to Suzanne V. Wilson, Associate Register of Copyrights, voicing support for the US Copyright Office’s notice of proposed rulemaking regarding termination rights under the Music Modernization Act’s blanket license. LCA’s primary interest in the rulemaking is to ensure that authors’ termination rights under Sections 203...
LCA and SPN Comments on Electronic Deposit and Best Edition Rules
On July 18, 2022, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) and Software Preservation Network (SPN) submitted comments responding to the Copyright Office’s Notice of Inquiry on electronic deposit and best edition rules. The organizations oppose removal of the best edition requirement from the registration deposit process in section 408 because of the adverse effect it will have on the deposit of...
LCA Joins Amicus Brief: Warhol v. Goldsmith
On June 17, 2022, the Library Copyright Alliance joined an amicus brief in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Lynn Goldsmith and Lynn Goldsmith, Ltd. in support of neither party. The brief argues for vacating the judgment and remanding the case for a more particularized consideration of fair use. View Document
LCA Joins Amicus Brief: Valancourt Books, LLC v. Merrick B. Garland
Library Copyright Alliance amicus brief in support of defendants-appellees, Merrick B. Garland and Shira Perlmutter.