Author Archives: Lila Bailey

Librarians Share Benefits of Controlled Digital Lending

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Lila Bailey

This summer, representatives from the Internet Archive joined librarians and advocates in Washington D.C., to talk with  policymakers about how Controlled Digital Lending, or CDL, helps their communities. The resounding response from Congressional offices was that CDL “just makes sense” … Continue reading →

Posted in Lending Books, News | 14 Comments

Internet Archive Responds to UK Online Harms White Paper

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Lila Bailey

The United Kingdom has proposed a broad new regulatory framework for dealing with harmful content online in its Online Harms White Paper. The Internet Archive is concerned that the new framework could have problematic unintended consequences for digital libraries. Below … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, News | 1 Comment

The Future of Canadian Copyright Looks Bright

Posted on June 4, 2019 by Lila Bailey

Canada updated its copyright laws in 2012, with the mandate that the new provisions be reviewed in 5 years. Over the past 2 years the Canadian government has been studying the impacts of the law (the comments we submitted last … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, News | 7 Comments

The #SaveYourInternet Fight to Protest Article 13 in the EU

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Lila Bailey

The final vote on the Copyright Directive in the European Parliament is expected between the 26 and 28 March. As we explained previously, one particular provision, known as Article 13, would lead to upload filters being required on most Internet … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, News | 51 Comments

Working to Keep Positive Copyright Provisions in Canada

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Lila Bailey

We have said previously that Canada is doing a relatively good job of achieving the appropriate balance in its laws between user rights and the rights of authors and publishers. The Internet Archive joined the Internet Archive Canada today in … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, News | 5 Comments

Join us for A Grand Re-Opening of the Public Domain

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Lila Bailey

It’s time to celebrate!  For the first time in decades, new creative works such as Cecil B. DeMille’s 1923 silent film, “The Ten Commandments,” Kahlil Gibran’s classic “The Prophet,” and Virginia Woolf’s third novel, “Jacob’s Room,” will enter the public … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Event, News, Past Event | 5 Comments

Library Coalition Letter on Music Copyright Bills

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Lila Bailey

On Monday, the Internet Archive joined a coalition of the library and archives community, including the Society of American Archivists, The Archive of Contemporary Music, the Music Library Association, and the Association for Recorded Sound Collections among others, in sending a letter to … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, News | 5 Comments

Proposed EU Copyright Measure Threatens the Internet

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Lila Bailey

The European Union is set to vote on a copyright proposal that will require platforms hosting user-generated content to automatically scan and filter anything that their users upload (see the EU Commission’s proposed Article 13 of the Copyright Directive) on … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, News | 1 Comment

The ACCESS to Recordings Act is the Right Way to Fix Music Copyright

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Lila Bailey

Senator Wyden (D-OR) has introduced a common sense bill to fix a bad mistake made by Congress in the 1970s as an alternative to the bad bill Congress is currently considering. The Accessibility for Curators, Creators, Educators, Scholars, and Society … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, News | 7 Comments

The Music Modernization Act is Bad for the Preservation of Sound Recordings

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Lila Bailey

There’s a bill working its way through Congress called the Music Modernization Act (the current bill is a mix of several bills, the portion we are concerned with was formerly called the CLASSICS Act) that has us very concerned about … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, News | 6 Comments