Policy Issues: “Library Groups Seek to Support FCC in Net Neutrality Case”

From Associations Now:

On Tuesday, the American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, Association of Research Libraries, and the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies [COSLA] filed a motion seeking permission to file an amicus brief in support of the FCC in U.S. Telecom Association v. Federal Communications Commission, the primary case challenging the open-internet regulations the agency announced in March.
In their filing [PDF] to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, the groups emphasized that their goal is to protect library patrons’ rights to access content.
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“Libraries don’t just provide internet access to patrons, we also are the provider of content and application services ourselves,” [ARL’s Director of Public Policy Initiatives Krista] Cox said. “Net neutrality is so important to us both as the providers of internet access for our patrons, but also as edge providers ourselves.”

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