[Ecommerce] It's copyright law vs. copyright law: DMCA vs. Teach Act

[James Love]

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

-- 
Anthony D. Bower
adbower@purdue.edu
http://www.80bower.net




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