libraries make up a large portion of the academic and research library marketplace, spending more than $1 billion every year on library materials.
The Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP), cofounded by Prof. Peter Jaszi, promotes social justice in law governing information dissemination and intellectual property through research, scholarship, public events, advocacy, and provision of legal and consulting services. The program is a project of the Washington College of Law at American University in Washington, D.C.
The Center for Social Media (CSM), founded and led by Prof. Patricia Aufderheide, has run the Fair Use and Free Speech project in coordination with PIJIP and Prof. Jaszi since 2004. The center is a project of the School of Communication at American University in Washington, D.C.
CO-FACILITATORS:
Prudence S. Adler, Associate Executive Director, Federal Relations and Information Policy, Association of Research Libraries
Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor, American University School of Communication
Brandon Butler, Director of Public Policy Initiatives, Association of Research Libraries
Peter Jaszi, Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law
ENDORSERS:
The American Library Association
The Association of College and Research Librarians
LEGAL ADVISORY BOARD:
Jamie B. Bischoff, Partner, Ballard Spahr LLP
William W. Fisher III, Hale and Dorr Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Harvard University
Michael J. Madison, Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
