February 2026 — Association of Research Libraries ARL Public Policy Briefing (February 2026) Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week Edition! For Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week, ARL teamed up with the Re:Create Coalition to host a congressional briefing on fair use.....

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📮 CARL Welcomes Amendment to #BillC15

©️ ARL @recreatecoalition.bsky.social Host #FairUseWeek Congressional Briefing

✨ CARL Hosts Discussion of User Rights in Age of Gen #AI

⚖️ What #CLEARAct Gets Wrong

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ARL Weekly News Roundup (Friday, February 27, 2026) How Research Libraries Celebrated the 13th Annual Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week! The 13th annual Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week was packed with activities celebrating the fundamental right of fair use, so we...

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What the CLEAR Act Gets Wrong — Association of Research Libraries The bipartisan Copyright Labeling and Ethical AI Reporting (CLEAR Act) would require anyone using a training dataset in connection with the training or release of a generative AI model to...

⚖️ What the CLEAR Act Gets Wrong

In this new ARL Views blog post, @katherinejk.bsky.social dives into the bipartisan Copyright Labeling and Ethical AI Reporting (CLEAR Act): www.arl.org/blog/what-th...

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AI Cos. Would Have To Disclose Training Under Bipartisan Bill - Law360 A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would require technology companies to disclose copyrighted works that they use to train generative artificial intelligence models with the U.S.…

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Law360 highlighted our new statement on the #CLEARAct in a recent article:

"#Intellectualpropertyrights group the Council for Innovation Promotion applauded the bill's introduction..."

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In case you missed it from @nytimes.com… If there’s that much fraud, show us. Encourage Republicans to support my #CLEARAct so Americans can see for themselves.

Reps. Crow, Kim Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Climate Resiliency Nationwide WASHINGTON — Reps.

Rep. Jason Crow & Rep. Young Kim’s #CLEARAct helps ensure communities have a seat at the table by creating climate resilience offices directly in states that experience extreme weather, so they have opportunities to share resources on climate solutions. crow.house.gov/media/press-...