ALA 2010 Final Council Documents

From Lois Ann Gregory-Wood, ALA Council Secretariat:


Actions of ALA Council taken during the 2010 ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC, are found here:

Actions: http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/governance/council/council_actions/index.cfm

Related Documents: http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/governance/council/council_documents/docu_inventory_mw_ac2010.cfm

Library Copyright Alliance: Costco v. Omega may threaten libraries

From the ALA Council list.


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District Dispatch has posted a new item, ‘Library Copyright Alliance: Costco v. Omega may threaten libraries’ lending rights’

The American Library Association as a member of the Library Copyright Alliance
(LCA) today filed an amicus curiae brief
(http://www.librarycopyrightalliance.org/bm~doc/lca-costco-amicus.pdf ) with the Supreme Court of the United States in support of petitioner Costco Wholesale Corporation in Costco v. Omega.

Omega, a luxury watch manufacturer, claims Costco infringed its copyrights by importing authentic Omega watches from abroad rather than buying them from the U.S. distributor at a higher price. The LCA believes this case could diminish the legal provision that allows libraries to lend books.

Read the LCA’s announcement at
http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/LCA-release-Costco-v-Omega.pdf .


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