📣🎬 Calling all filmmakers & artists! Celebrate Public Domain Day in January 2026 by making a 2–3 min short film using public domain works from 1930 & earlier. 📆 Deadline: January 7, 2026 💰 First prize: $1,500 ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2... #contest #filmmaking #publicdomain

So surprised (and honored!) to see my legislative advocacy and work w/ my nonprofit (the eBook Study Group) featured on the front page of the Boston Globe Business section today 📚✨ Print and digital! (paywalled, sorry): www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/19/b... #eBooks #libraries #copyright #licensing

Couldn't be more excited that my "little non-profit that could," the #eBook Study Group, is in NYT this morning in an article on #library eBook licensing! [R U in the other 44 states & interested in library eBook reform w/ proven strategic legal methods? Contact us!] www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/b...

Copyright Fight Club! Rule #1: You DO talk about #Copyright Fight Club. A place for unapologetically nerdy, policy-driven, legally-minded defenders of the public interest in copyright. Copyright's purpose? Not profit. Not control. But the public good! copyrightfightclub.substack.com?r=5izrd1&utm...

Welcome to #Copyright Fight Club! 🥊🥊 Rule #1: You DO talk about Copyright Fight Club. A space for the policy brawlers, legal nerds, & access warriors who believe copyright serves a public purpose. Not profit. Not control. But the promotion of progress. copyrightfightclub.substack.com?r=5izrd1&utm...

In our latest guest post, @kylekcourtney.bsky.social and Juliya Ziskina of the eBook Study Group discuss ways that authors and libraries can work together in supporting fair access to ebooks through libraries: www.authorsalliance.org/2025/06/30/t...

Updated Post: Statement From Ebook Study Group: "Connecticut House Passes Landmark eBook Bill" www.infodocket.com/2025/05/15/s... #ebooks #libraries #ebookstudygroup

Connecticut passes landmark eBook bill to fight restrictive licensing for #libraries! The bill's result is from years of research, legal analysis, & coordination between my non-profit, the #eBook Study Group, and CT libraires! More to come. Read and share: www.ebookstudygroup.org/connecticut_...

A fair & functional #copyright system depends on institutional integrity and public accountability. We urge Congress to take action. Read "Joint Letter on the Dismissal of the Register of Copyrights, the Integrity of the Copyright Office, & the Separation of Powers" www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

The Alien Enemies Act: b/c nothing says “national security” like faking an invasion & dusting off an 18th Century law last used to justify internment camps. Read my latest at #MostlyLawful "No War, No Invasion, No Dice: The Alien Enemies Act Isn’t a Blank Check" open.substack.com/pub/mostlyla...

George III taxed us without representation. Trump’s trying it without Congress. Same vibes, new branding. This isn’t policy—it’s executive overreach with a price tag. Read “No Taxation Without Authorization” on #MostlyLawful #IEEPA #trade #ruleoflaw 🔗 mostlylawful.substack.com

The president can’t freeze $2B in funding or yank Harvard’s tax-exempt status just because he’s mad online. That’s not how tax law—or due process—works. Read "501(c)(3) Is Not a Vibe Check" on #MostlyLawful #highered #ruleoflaw 🔗 mostlylawful.substack.com

I’ve learned so much from @kylekcourtney.bsky.social #copyrightfirstresponders #fairuse #jojodoodles

🎉 Wrapping up the 12th Anniversary of #FairUseWeek @fairuseweek.bsky.social w/ a must-read post from Katherine Klosek & Samantha Teremi! They explore AI contract restrictions, library concerns, & break down the differences between copyright & contracts. Read more: sites.harvard.edu/fair-use-wee...

Thrilled to host Day 4 of @fairuseweek.bsky.social's 12th anniversary w/ a new essay by Dave Hansen, Exec. Dir. of @authorsalliance.bsky.social! #Fairuse is key to fighting #copyright #censorship & protecting access to history, journalism, & digital archives: sites.harvard.edu/fair-use-wee...

Day Three of #FairUseWeek has a new fantastic post by Sandra Aya Enimil of Yale Libraires! Read and explore how #libraries can protect #fairuse in e-resource licenses. And learn how a fair use savings clause can help! sites.harvard.edu/fair-use-wee...

Delighted to host @bbutler.bsky.social's new post for @fairuseweek.bsky.social! Brandon states without strong #copyright safe harbors protecting the platforms & users - restrictive content filters and AI "guardrails" could unintentionally undermine #fairuse. Read: sites.harvard.edu/fair-use-wee...

Get ready to celebrate the 12th Annual #FairUseWeek in 2025! This year the celebration will run from Monday Feb 24th to Friday, February 28th w/ #FairUse games, blogs, events, prizes, and FUN! Stay tuned for more at sites.harvard.edu/fair-use-week/

Exciting news - Icepops heads over the pond - so excited and grateful to @kylekcourtney.bsky.social copyrightliteracy.org/2025/02/13/i...

📚✨ Unlocking Metadata! Check out my new paper, co-authored w/ my colleagues at Princeton, MIT, & JHU, titled "No One “Owns” That #Metadata, #Copyright, and the Problems w/ #Library Vendor Agreements." We also review OCLC's recent lawsuits and cease & desist actions. dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/373...

I’ve shared thoughts on the 2nd Circuit’s ruling against Internet Archive's Open Libraries." It risks limiting library #access and #preservation but leaves room for #ControlledDigitalLending. The fight to protect libraries' mission continues! #CDL kylecourtney.com/cdl-decision... #eBooks

Delighted to hear interview I did w/ @NPR.org "All Things Considered" today! Covers state legislative #ebooks work for the org I founded - eBook Study Group - creating state-specific model legislation ro make sure that libraires can provide broad and equitable access www.npr.org/2024/08/29/n...

I was delighted to be a guest on MSNBC's @chrislhayes.bsky.social show "Why is This Happening?" #WITHpod w/ @brewster.kahle.org (founder of Internet Archive)! I got to discuss my work, scholarship #libraries #copyright & Controlled Digital Lending. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Get ready to celebrate the 11th Annual #FairUseWeek in 2024! This year the celebration will run from Monday Feb 26th to Friday March 1st. #FairUse games, blogs, events, prizes, and FUN! Stay tuned for more! (Don't know about Fair Use Week? Read: archive.blogs.harvard.edu/copyrightosc...) #libraries

It will be 🔥🌶🔥!! #libraries

Have you read “The Publisher Playbook: A Brief History of the Publishing Industry’s Obstruction of the Library Mission”? We’re hosting a discussion on May 25th with authors Kyle K. Courtney & Juliya Ziskina. Read & register: https://blog.archive.org/2023/05/05/lecture-the-publisher-playbook-may-25/