
Publications
- 2002, The Continuing Expansion of Cyberspace Trespass to Chattels, Berkeley Tech. LJ 17, 421-443
- 2004, Radio Frequency ID and Privacy with Information Goods, N Good, D Molnar, JM Urban, D Mulligan, E Miles, L Quilter, D Wagner, Proceedings of the 2004 ACM workshop on Privacy in the electronic society, 41-42
- 2005, Efficient Process or ‘Chilling Effects?‘ Preliminary Report, J Urban & L Quilter
- 2006, Efficient Process or Chilling Effects : Takedown Notices Under Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Jennifer M. Urban & Laura Quilter, Santa Clara Computer & High Tech. LJ 22 (4), 621
- 2007, Intellectual Property and Free Speech in the Online World: How Educational Institutions and Other Online Service Providers Are Coping with Cease and Desist Letters and Takedown …, Laura Quilter & Marjorie Heins
- 2007, Fair Use: Its Application, Limitations and Future. [panel presentation], S Katyal, P Aiken, L Quilter, DO Carson, J Palfrey Jr, HC Hansen, Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal 17 (4), 1017
- 2009, Undue Process: Challenges for Rightsholders and Service Providers in Implementing Section 512’s Notice and Takedown Provisions, Laura Quilter & Jennifer Urban
- 2014, “The Long Arm of the Law” [panel presentation], Charleston Conference Proceedings: The Importance of Being Earnest, pp. 38-46. DOI: 10.5703/1288284315626
- 2015, Fair Use : A Virtual Anthem of Empowerment and Joy for Librarians and Educators, Fair Use Week at Harvard
- 2016, Students Sharing Course Materials: Can Instructors Intervene?, Laura Quilter & Charlotte Roh, MSP Chronicle (Winter 2016) (available at https://websites.umass.edu/copyright/2015/10/23/student-note-sharing-services/)
- 2019, “Hooking Your Audience on Copyright“, in Coaching Copyright ed. Kevin Smith; also published in American Libraries, June 1, 2020
- 2020, Modern Interlibrary Loan Practices: Moving Beyond the CONTU Guidelines (aka “ARL CONTU white paper”), Meg Oakley, Laura Quilter, and Sara Benson. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, August 31, 2020. https://doi.org/10.29242/report.contu2020.
- 2020, Public Statement of Library Copyright Specialists: Fair Use and Emergency Remote Teaching and Research, Brandy Karl & Laura Quilter, et al, for UIPO, March 13, 2020
- 2023, “CAUSeS: An Alternative to CONTU for Assessing Interlibrary Loan Copyright Fees“, K. Zdepski & Laura Quilter, http://dx.doi.org//10.1080/26915979.2023.2290260
Filings (judicial & administrative)
- 2003, MGM v. Grokster : Brief Amici Curiae of 40 Intellectual Property and Technology Law Professors Supporting Affirmance, L Quilter, J Urban, P Samuelson, D Mulligan (Sept. 26, 2003)
- 2004, MGM v. Grokster, Brief Amici Curiae of the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) and Internet Archive, In Opposition to the Writ of Certiorari, to the United States …, L Quilter & P Jaszi (Nov. 8, 2004) (American University Scholarworks, local)
- 2004, Radio Frequency Identification: Applications and Implications for Consumers, Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic (the Clinic) at the University of California-Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law, Federal Trade Commission Public Workshop, RFID Workshop Comment, P049106
- 2005, Davidson & Associates, Inc. v. Internet Gateway, Inc.(” BNetD”) : Eighth Circuit, Brief of Amici Curiae Consumers Union and Public Knowledge In Support of Internet Gateway, Inc …, L Quilter, J Urban, D Mulligan (Jan. 24, 2005)
- 2014, Comments of Laura Quilter to the FCC in the Matter of Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet and Preserving the Open Internet (“Net Neutrality”), GN Docket No. 14-28, GN Docket No. 09-191 (Sept. 15, 2014)
- 2015, Comments of University Libraries, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, In the Matter of Copyright Protection for Certain Visual Works, Docket No. 2015-01 (July 23, 2015)
- 2015, Submission to Copyright Office, Mass Digitization Pilot Program: Request for Comments (Docket No. 2014-07), on behalf of the Boston Library Consortium (Oct. 8, 2015)
- 2015, Open Education Librarians of University of Massachusetts, Amherst, to U.S. Department of Education, “Open Licensing Requirement for Direct Grant Programs” Docket IID ED-2015-OS-0105 (Dec. 3, 2015)
- 2016, Letter to Register of Copyrights, re: Section 108, on behalf of Jay Schafer, Director of Libraries (July 7, 2016)
- 2018, Submission to NIH Office of Science Policy, “Request for Information (RFI) on Proposed Provisions for a Draft Data Management and Sharing Policy for NIH Funded or Supported Research”, Notice Number: NOT-OD-19-014 , On behalf of the UMass Amherst Libraries (Dec. 10, 2018)
- 2020, UMass Amherst Comments on the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Open Textbooks Pilot Program (ED-2020-OPE-0031) (April 28, 2020)
Consultations / Reports
- 2007, EVEREST: Evaluation and Validation of Election-Related Equipment, P McDaniel, K Butler, W Enck, H Hursti, S McLaughlin, P Traynor, M Blaze, …
- 2007, Documentation Review of the Hart InterCivic System 6.2.1 Voting System: Top-To-Bottom Review of California Voting Systems, Joe Hall & Laura Quilter
Other writing
- 2003, Book Review: The Internet Business Book, Government Information Quarterly, v.13 n.2, pp. 209-210
- 2008, “Intersections of Age and Gender“, Laura Quilter & Liz Henry, Encyclopedia of Women in Science Fiction & Fantasy, pp. 209-221
- 2024, Adventures of a Native Plant Gardener: Scilla in the Spring, Amherst Indy (April 5, 2024)
Blogging & Social Media
- Notes, 2025
- BlueSky, 2024-present
- Copyright & Information Policy @ UMass, 2012-present
- occasional writing at Amherst Indy, 2019-present
- Feminist SF blog (not up: https://feministsf.org/blog/)
- Derivative Work, 2003-2009 (not up: lquilter.net/blog/)
- Sivacracy, 2006-2008 (not up: https://sivacracy.net/)
- Twitter (account closed)
- Book reviews at LibraryThing, 2007-present
Other lists
- see Google Scholar & ORCID (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8946-0913)
- ScholarWorks (defunct)
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