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June 12, 2007, 10:58 AM ET
Library Groups Rally for Cablevision
Several academic library groups signed on to a legal brief Friday in support of the efforts of Cablevision Systems Corporation to roll out a video-recording service that would allow digital-cable customers with digital-cable boxes to record and play back television shows. The U.S. District Court in New York City ruled in March that such a service would violate copyright law. The decision was a victory for movie studios and cable channels, who brought a lawsuit against Cablevision to stop the service.
The American Library Association denounced the decision. "If the district court's decision is upheld, libraries will not be able to serve their patrons in the most efficient and effective manner possible," Miriam Nisbet, the ALA's legislative counsel, said in a prepared statement Monday.
Cablevision has appealed the decision to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City, where the brief was filed. In addition to the ALA, other library groups that signed the brief are the American Association of Law Libraries, the Association of Research Libraries, the Medical Library Association, and the Special Libraries Association. --Andrea L. Foster
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