Hi All,

Here’s the November Issue of the Public Policy News Alerts. Also, all the past issues are now available on the ARLIS/NA News & events page: https://www.arlisna.org/news/public-policy-news-alerts

PPC/NA, v. 1, n. 6, November 2015

Copyright

• Library Copyright Alliance. “LCA Pleased Librarian of Congress Expands Film Clip Exemption.” October 27, 2015.
• Peet, Lisa. "U.S. Appeals Court Rules Google Book Scanning Is Fair Use." Library Journal, October 19, 2015.


Funding

• Favignano, Megan. “Library Seeks Input From Students, Faculty After Fee Fails.” Columbia Daily Tribune, November 19, 2015.
• Institute of Museum and Library Services. Museums, Libraries, and Comprehensive Initiatives: A First Look at Emerging Experience. November 19, 2015.
• Letter from ALA and Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA) to House and Senate Subcommittees on LHHS Appropriations Urging Them to Restore LSTA to Pre-Sequester Levels. November 19, 2015.
• Stubbs, Ryan and Henry Clapp. “Public Funding for the Arts: 2015 Update.” GIA Reader, 26.3 (Fall 2015). November 19, 2015.

Image Rights & Fair Use

• Aufderheide, Patricia. “Museums Put Fair Use to Work.” CMSI Blog, November 18, 2015
• Gareth Harris. “Tuymans and Photographer Reach Amicable Agreement in Copyright Case: The Legal Case Raised Copyright Concerns about an Artist’s Right to Use News Pictures.” The Art Newspaper, October 1, 2015.

Intellectual Freedom, Access to Information

• Inouye, Alan. "ALA Discusses Intellectual Property Enforcement." District Dispatch, October 14, 2015.
• "The Canadian Library Association Releases New Statement on Intellectual Freedom and Libraries." Canadian Library Association, November 17, 2015. 
  • Also see IFLA’s list “Intellectual Freedom Statements by Others.”


Open Access

• Cannell, Michael. "New Online Openness Lets Museums Share Works With the World." New York Times, October 27, 2015.
• Greenberg, Julia.  "Editors of the Journal Lingua Protest--Quit in Battle for Open Access." Wired, November 5, 2015. 
• Skallerup Bessette, Lee. "Introducing Open Library of the Humanities."  Chronicle of Higher Education,  November 10, 2015.


Privacy

• Eisgrau, Adam. "Vote on CISA, Flawed Cybersecurity Bill, Imminent." District Dispatch, October 23, 2015. 
• Eisgrau, Adam. "Senate Passes CISA: Negotiations with House Next." District Dispatch, October 28, 2015. 
• Akturk, Aylin and Jeremy Malcolm. "Unintendeed Condequences, European-Style: How the New EU Data Protection Regulation will be Misused to Censor Speech." Electronic Frontier Foundation, November 20, 2015.



Technology and Telecommunications

• Brodkin, John. “Why Europe’s Net Neutrality Plan is More Controversial than US Rules.” Ars Technica. October 26, 2015.
• Finley, Klint. “T-Mobile’s Unlimited Video Raises Net Neutrality Concerns.” Wired. November 10, 2015.
• Finley, Klint. “Comcast May Have Found a Major Net Neutrality Loophole.” Wired. November 20, 2015.
• McCabe, David. “GOP: Spare Small Internet Providers From Some Neutrality Regs.” The Hill. November 23, 2015.
• Scott, Mark. “Data Transfer Pact Between U.S. and Europe Is Ruled Invalid.” New York Times, October 6, 2015. 

This issue compiled by the Public Policy Committee:

Alex Watkins, Caley Cannon, Sara DeWaay, Daniel Payne, Mary Wasserman

 

Best,

Alex

 

Alexander Watkins

Assistant Professor | Art & Architecture Librarian

University of Colorado Boulder

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