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Primer on the Digital Millenium: What the Digital Millenium Copyright Act and the Copyright Term Extension Act Mean for the Library Community
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"), which is the centerpiece of the legislative strategy for the Clinton Administration and Congressional leaders responsible for copyright bills, was passed in the closing...
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In the Matter of Promotion of Distance Education Through Digital Technologies (Docket No. 98-12)
Library Association Comments reply-comments-distance-ed-03mar99.pdf
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Promotion of Distance Education Through Digital Technologies
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Library OSP Letter to the House and the Senate re: On-line service providers’ liability for copyright infringement (Mar. 30, 1998)
Letter from library and higher education organizations thanking Congressional representatives for their attention to assuring that any statute designed to clarify the limit of an on-line service provider's liability for...
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Testimony Before the U.S. Copyright Office Public Hearing on Distance Education (Feb. 12, 1999)
Comments underscore the need for a change in Section 110(2) "to enable the display and performance of copyrighted works at remote locations at times selected by students" and to ask...
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“The Copyright Infringement Liability Of On-Line And Internet Service Providers” Joint Testimony Of National Library And Educational Organizations Before The United States Senate Committee On The Judiciary
Testimony by Robert Oakley on behalf of the American Association of Law Libraries and 17 of the nation's other principal educational and library organizations.oakley-testimony-090497.pdf
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Fair Use in Digital Environments: The Work of the Conference on Fair Use (CONFU)
Paper disucssing fair use in digital environments, and particularly about the work of the Conference on Fair Use (or CONFU) to work out guidelines for "fair use" in educational and...
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Fair Use in the Electronic Age: Serving the Public Interest
This statement, released on January 18, 1995, outlines the lawful uses of copyrighted works by individuals, libraries, and educational institutions in the electronic environment. The statement was developed by representatives...
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