FC: It's copyright law vs. copyright law: DMCA vs. Teach Act

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 15:10:19 -0500
From: "Anthony D. Bower" <adbower () purdue edu>
To: declan () well com
Subject: Politech: DMCA vs. Teach

Declan-

This may be of interest to Politech subscribers...

"A group representing college media centers is warning the U.S. Copyright
Office about a possible conflict between two federal laws, one meant to limit
electronic access to copyrighted material and the other designed to broaden
access to the same material for online education.

At issue are the Technology Education and Copyright Harmonization Act and the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The first measure is known as the Teach Act
and was signed into law in November. It amended copyright law to allow college
instructors to use nondramatic works, such as news articles and novels, and
portions of dramatic works, such as movies, in online courses without paying
fees and without seeking the copyright holder's permission.

..."

http://chronicle.com/free/2003/03/2003031801t.htm

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Anthony D. Bower
adbower () purdue edu
http://www.80bower.net




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