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What the CLEAR Act Gets Wrong
The bipartisan Copyright Labeling and Ethical AI Reporting (CLEAR Act) would require anyone using a training dataset in connection with the training or release of a generative AI model to...
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Fair Use Supports Accessibility, but You Don’t Have to Take My Word for It
Updated Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title II regulations will take effect on April 24, requiring state and local government websites and digital content to meet accessibility standards. As libraries...
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Participate in Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week!
Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week is February 23–27, 2026! This is the 13th annual celebration of the balance in copyright law, promoting further progress, and accommodating freedom of speech and expression...
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How Congress Can Improve Accessibility and Digital Access
For EFF Copyright Week 2026: Device and Digital Ownership Every three years since 2003, disability rights advocates and library associations have petitioned the US Copyright Office for permission to access...
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Fast-Tracking H.R. 6028 Can Threaten Copyright Deposit & the Public Interest
On December 11, 2025, the Library Copyright Alliance submitted comments on H.R. 6028, highlighting concerns about ending the Library of Congress’s supervisory authority over the US Copyright Office, removing rulemaking...
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Revisiting the Library Copyright Alliance Statement on AI and Copyright
Have you heard of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA)? We are the voice of the library community on copyright policy. Our founding members—the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the...
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Updated Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries Now Available
Updated on January 8, 2026, at 10:47 a.m. EST The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published an addendum (pages 30–31) to the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use...
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ARL Joins Amicus Brief in AI Copyright Case to Protect Public Access to Legal Information
ARL joined an amicus brief led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urging the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to reverse the district court’s adverse fair-use ruling...
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ARL Joins EFF, ALA, Re:Create in Supreme Court Amicus Brief Warning Expansion of Copyright Liability Could Threaten Internet Access
ARL joined the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), American Library Association (ALA), and Re:Create in an amicus brief at the US Supreme Court in support of Cox in the case Cox...
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AI and Copyright: What Authors and Libraries Need to Know about the Bartz v. Anthropic and Kadrey v. Meta Cases
Join ARL and Authors Alliance for an essential discussion on how recent landmark court decisions are shaping the landscape of AI and copyright law. This webinar is open to the...
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