**How Americans Are Using Internet Platforms For Good During COVID-19** Etsy Community Helps Meet Demand For Face Masks. Etsy is helping its community of creators meet the demand by encouraging sellers to make and sell masks if they have the skills and materials. In a blog, Etsy CEO Josh Silverman highlights that between April 4-6, there were two million searches…

Experts from the world’s top engineering programs have come together to share knowledge about medical technology, hoping to make life-saving treatments more widely available. Importantly, they’re ensuring that patents, copyrights, and other legal restrictions don’t get between that knowledge and the people who need it most.

**Copyright Law And Education As Classrooms Move Online** AALL Compiles COVID-19 Resources. The American Association of Law Libraries compiled a list of COVID-19 resources to help others navigate working and learning remotely. The list includes a blog series by AALL member Kyle K. Courtney which provides guidance on remote learning. Courtney reminds readers in his first post that “libraries and…

Dear Dr Gurry, We write to you as organisations and individuals representing researchers, educators, students, and the institutions that support them, to encourage WIPO to take a clear stand in favour of ensuring that intellectual property regimes are a support, and not a hindrance, to efforts to tackle both the Coronavirus outbreak and its consequences.

**How The Internet Is Supporting Creators During COVID-19** Spotify, Pandora, YouTube Music & Others Pledge Millions To Support Music Industry. Amazon Music, Facebook, SiriusXM and Pandora, Spotify, TIDAL, and YouTube Music announced contributions to the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund to provide financial support for musicians and music industry workers in need. Spotify pledged up to $10 million in donations and…

Like every other major institution operating during the coronavirus pandemic, research libraries are confronting sudden and radical shifts in their daily realities. Foremost among these challenges is the near-total loss of access to paper books and other physical library holdings.

People practicing social distancing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have been able to migrate many daily activities to the online environment thanks to copyright limitations and exceptions. Internet Access. The starting point, of course, is Internet access. Internet access enables us to purchase groceries and other necessities online; send work-related emails and participate in video conferences; continue classes at…

This is a cross-post by author Jonathan Band which can be found on ARL Policy Notes.* This week is Fair Use Week, an annual celebration of the important doctrines of fair use and fair dealing. The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is reviewing the eligibility of South Africa (SA) for trade preferences because the SA Parliament has passed a Copyright Amendment Bill…

Online Copyright Infringement Declining With Help Of America’s Balanced Copyright Policies. Despite misleading claims by the entertainment industry, data shows that copyright infringement is on the decline worldwide thanks to America’s notice and takedown system and increased access to legitimate content. Furthermore, a recent analysis indicates that over 99% of the problem comes from countries other than the U.S. Check…