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No One Can Own the Law—So Why Is Congress Advancing a Bill to Extend Copyright to It?
This week, the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted to advance the Protecting and Enhancing Public Access to Codes Act, or the Pro Codes Act (H.R. 1631), to the...
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Protecting AI Usage and Training Rights: Three Ideas for Congress
This week I had the opportunity to participate as a panelist in the Public Knowledge (PK) briefing for congressional staffers, called “The Big Picture on AI & IP: Research, Openness,...
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Stewarding Collections in Times of Changing Perspectives: How Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions Can Facilitate Preservation and Access (Invitation Only)
On Wednesday, May 15, at 2:00 p.m. eastern daylight time, please join ARL’s Advocacy and Public Policy Committee (APPC) for a member session on traditional knowledge (TK) and traditional cultural...
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Member Session: ARL on the Hill—Legislative and Policy Updates (Invitation Only)
Please join ARL’s scholarship and policy team for a policy update and discussion. Katherine Klosek, director of information policy and federal relations, will brief the membership on legislative activity in...
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No Frauds, No Fakes…No Fair Use?
Artificial intelligence has the potential to serve as a powerful tool for libraries and other memory institutions. During a recent hearing of the US Senate Rules Committee, Librarian of Congress...
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Find Yourself in Copyright: A Fair Use Week Webinar with the US Copyright Office
To kick off the 11th annual Fair Use Week, ARL was delighted to host a webinar featuring George Thuronyi, deputy director of the Office of Public Information and Education (PIE)...
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ARL Letter Opposing Pro Codes Act
On February 7, 2024, ARL sent a letter to Congress explaining why we oppose the Pro Codes Act. Extending copyright to codes and standards that are incorporated by reference into...
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Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) Letter on Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations
ARL joined a letter by CNSF thanking appropriators for protecting NSF in a difficult funding climate, calling for the highest possible amount for NSF in final appropriations, noting the importance of...
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Training Generative AI Models on Copyrighted Works Is Fair Use
ARL and ALA are founding members of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA). ARL, ALA, and LCA are not involved in the litigation discussed in this post. Among the proliferating AI-related...
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Member Session: Hachette v. Internet Archive (Invitation Only)
On Friday, February 2, at 3:00 p.m. eastern standard time, Brandon Butler (University of Virginia Library), Peter Jaszi (Washington College of Law, American University), and Jonathan Band (Library Copyright Alliance...