Kyle K. Courtney

Kyle K. Courtney is a lawyer, librarian, and nationally recognized expert in copyright and information policy, with extensive experience at the intersection of law, libraries, and education. Currently the Executive Director of the Social Law Library, he previously served as the Director of Copyright and Information Policy for Harvard Library, where he provided strategic leadership on intellectual property, licensing, privacy, and digital access rights for Harvard Library.

A leading voice in the national conversation on digital equity, Mr. Courtney is a founder of Library Futures, the eBook Study Group, Copyright First Responders, and serves as an advisor to the American Law Institute’s "Restatement of the Law of Copyright" project. He is frequently sought after as a speaker on fair use, licensing reform, and the legal challenges posed by emerging technologies.

His scholarship and commentary are widely published, with contributions appearing in The Hill, Politico, ABA Journal, The New Yorker, American Libraries, Library Journal, The Journal of the Copyright Society, and others. For his work in advocacy and public policy, he has received several prestigious honors, including the IP3 Intellectual Property Award from Public Knowledge and the Public Access to Government Information Award from the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL).

Mr. Courtney holds a J.D. with Distinction in IP Law and an MSLIS.