Copyright: U.S. House Subcommittee Scheduled to Hold Hearing on the “Scope of Fair Use”

Video Recording of the Complete Hearing

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LCC Statement

UPDATE January 30, 2014

The Library Copyright Coalition (made up of ACRL, ALA, ARL) submitted an 11 page statement to the committee re: scope of fair use.

You can access the full text of the LCC statement here.

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Original Post and Documents

From The Hill:

The House Judiciary subcommittee on Intellectual Property hearing — which will start at 2 p.m. and be livestreamed on the committee’s site — will focus on the fair use doctrine, which sets out guidelines for unlicensed work of copyrighted material.

The hearing is a part of the Judiciary Committee’s overarching look at copyright law, led by Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.).

Read the Complete Report (via The Hill)

Scheduled to Testify at “The Scope of Fair Use” Hearing (via Committee Web Site)
& Links to Speaker Bio and Full Text of Prepared Testimony (PDF)

• Professor Peter Jaszi
  Faculty Director of the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Clinic
  American University Washington College of Law
  Professor Jaszi’s Testimony

• Professor June Besek
  Executive Director of Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts
  Columbia Law School
  Professor Besek’s Testimony

• Ms. Naomi Novik
  Author and Co-Founder
  Organization for Transformative Works
  Ms. Novik’s Testimony

• Mr. David Lowery
  Singer/Songwriter and Lecturer
  Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia
  Mr. Lowery’s Testimony

• Mr. Kurt Wimmer
  General Counsel
  Newspaper Association of America
  Mr. Wimmer’s Testimony

Live Video Stream

A live video stream of the hearing will be available here