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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:windowtext"> SAA Headquarters via Society of American Archivists &lt;<a href="mailto:Mail@ConnectedCommunity.org">Mail@ConnectedCommunity.org</a>&gt;
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 1, 2019 10:28 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Carleton, Janet &lt;<a href="mailto:carleton@ohio.edu">carleton@ohio.edu</a>&gt;<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [SAA saaleaders] : State Archives' Preservation of Culture Deserves Protection, Brief Argues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.75pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">October 1, 2019-SAA has joined with the American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, Association of
 Research... -posted to the &quot;SAA Leader List&quot; community<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><em><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">October 1, 2019-</span></em><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">SAA has joined with the American Library Association, Association of College and Research
 Libraries, Association of Research Libraries, and Software Preservation Network in a September 27&nbsp;<em><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">amicus</span></em>&nbsp;brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in&nbsp;<em><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Allen
 v. Cooper</span></em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;To date, state repositories have enjoyed some protection from copyright suit due to sovereign immunity, and therefore have been willing to shoulder some additional risk when exercising fair use.&nbsp;&nbsp;This case could upset this balance.&nbsp;Our&nbsp;brief
 recognizes and celebrates the special role that state-owned archives and libraries have in preserving culture.&nbsp;Read the full brief&nbsp;<a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww2.archivists.org%2Fsites%2Fall%2Ffiles%2FAmicus%2520Brief_Allen%2520v%2520Cooper_0919.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C00c2a2f3924f4c09bbd308d7467bd9cd%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637055370050851964&amp;sdata=VjHwnQCoEgJcdfRZv7u3pbYutjLFk6junYgRm22htio%3D&amp;reserved=0" title="https://www2.archivists.org/sites/all/files/Amicus%20Brief_Allen%20v%20Cooper_0919.pdf">here</a>.&nbsp;And
 for more information about copyright prepared by SAA's Intellectual Property Working Group, click&nbsp;<a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww2.archivists.org%2Fgroups%2Fintellectual-property-working-group&amp;data=02%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C00c2a2f3924f4c09bbd308d7467bd9cd%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637055370050851964&amp;sdata=8lXF3fX32W%2B8lSrdIMjXdqjteA85K3KS52WM%2FX3uE7I%3D&amp;reserved=0" title="https://www2.archivists.org/groups/intellectual-property-working-group">here</a>.<br>
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<a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww2.archivists.org%2Fnews%2F2019%2Fstate-archives-preservation-of-culture-deserves-protection-brief-argues&amp;data=02%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C00c2a2f3924f4c09bbd308d7467bd9cd%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637055370050861959&amp;sdata=hAbykkMSjqZcfDl30VBMpKT2mQNtwcAZ3caswovEThI%3D&amp;reserved=0" title="https://www2.archivists.org/news/2019/state-archives-preservation-of-culture-deserves-protection-brief-argues"><em><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">See
 the news item on the SAA website.</span></em></a><br>
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SAA Headquarters<br>
Society of American Archivists<br>
Chicago IL<br>
(866) 722-7858<br>
<a href="mailto:saahq@archivists.org">saahq@archivists.org</a><br>
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