[LAW-LIB:55476] AALL Action Alert: Calls Needed Immediately to Senate Judiciary Committee

From: Mary A. Baish (baish@law.georgetown.edu)
Date: Mon May 05 2008 - 08:17:58 PDT

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    AALL ACTION ALERT ~ MAY 5, 2008

    CALLS NEEDED TO SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE OPPOSING "DARK ARCHIVE"
    PROVISION

    OF ORPHAN WORKS ACT

     

    BACKGROUND

    The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to mark-up the Shawn Bentley Orphan
    Works Act of 2008 (S. 2913) on Thursday, May 8. AALL has long supported
    the need for orphan works legislation although we have raised a number
    of concerns with the bill. Our most pressing concern before Thursday's
    mark-up is that we unequivocally oppose any effort to amend S. 2913 to
    include the "dark archive" provision of H.R. 5889 or other weakening
    amendments.

     

    IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED

     

    If your Senator is listed below as a member of the Judiciary Committee,
    please make a call immediately, through the Capitol Switchboard at
    202-224-3121 or their district office. If your Senator is not listed
    below, please call the bill's sponsors, Senators Patrick Leahy and Orrin
    Hatch.

     

    After introducing yourself as a member of AALL, deliver the following
    message:

     

    The Orphan Works Act is needed by libraries to limit remedies in
    copyright infringement cases involving orphan works. However, I strongly
    oppose the notice of use filing (the "dark archive") provision in the
    House bill, H.R. 5889, because it would limit the usefulness of the
    legislation by significantly increasing the cost of compliance. I urge
    you to reject the inclusion of the "dark archive" provision of H.R. 5889
    during Thursday's mark-up of S. 2913.

     

    Thank you,

    Mary Alice Baish

    AALL Acting Washington Affairs Representative

     

     

    LIST OF SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MEMERS

     

    DEMOCRATS:

     

    Patrick Leahy, Chair

    D-VERMONT

     

    Edward M. Kennedy <http://kennedy.senate.gov>
    D-MASSACHUSETTS

     

    Joseph R. Biden, Jr. <http://biden.senate.gov>
    D-DELAWARE

     

    Richard J. Durbin <http://durbin.senate.gov>
    D-ILLINOIS

     

    Charles E. Schumer <http://schumer.senate.gov>

    D-NEW YORK

     

    Herb Kohl <http://kohl.senate.gov>
    D-WISCONSIN

     

    Dianne Feinstein <http://feinstein.senate.gov>
    D-CALIFORNIA

     

    Russell D. Feingold <http://feingold.senate.gov>
    D-WISCONSIN

     

    Benjamin L. Cardin <http://cardin.senate.gov>

    D-MARYLAND

     

    Sheldon Whitehouse <http://whitehouse.senate.gov>
    D-RHODE ISLAND

     

    REPUBLICANS:

     

    Arlen Specter <http://specter.senate.gov> , Ranking Member

    R-PENNSYLVANIA

     

    Orrin G. Hatch

    R-UTAH

     

    Jeff Sessions <http://sessions.senate.gov>
    R-ALABAMA

     

    Charles E. Grassley <http://grassley.senate.gov>
    R-IOWA

     

    Lindsey Graham <http://lgraham.senate.gov>
    R-SOUTH CAROLINA

     

    Jon Kyl <http://kyl.senate.gov>
    R-ARIZONA

     

    John Cornyn <http://cornyn.senate.gov>
    R-TEXAS

     

    Sam Brownback <http://brownback.senate.gov/>
    R-KANSAS

     

    Tom Coburn <http://coburn.senate.gov/>
    R-OKLAHOMA

     

     

     

    Mary Alice Baish

    Acting Washington Affairs Representative

    American Association of Law Libraries

    E. B. Williams Law Library

    111 G Street, NW

    Washington, DC

    202.662.9200

     

     

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