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LCA Statement for House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on Education and Visually Impaired

Last Updated on November 19, 2014, 6:41 pm ET

Today, November 19, 2014, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet will continue its copyright review with a hearing on “Copyright Issues in Education and for the Visually Impaired.” Witnesses for the hearing include Jack Bernard, Associate General Counsel, University of Michigan; Allan Adler, General Counsel, Association of American Publishers; Scott LaBarre, State President, Colorado, National Federation for the Blind; and Roy Kaufman, Managing Director, New Ventures, Copyright Clearance Center.

In advance of the hearing, LCA submitted a statement for the record. The statement discusses the exceptions to the Copyright Act enabling libraries to support educational institutions and concludes that revision of these provisions is unnecessary. It also discusses the Chafee Amendment and fair use doctrine, provisions allowing libraries to provide accessible format copies to the print disabled.

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