Subject: Senate Passes Bill Extending Copyright Exemption to Online Courses
NINCH-ANNOUNCE (david@ninch.org)
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 12:22:35 -0400
Message-Id: <a0510030eb753d8478039@[192.100.21.22]> Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 12:22:35 -0400 To: ninch-announce@cni.org From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> Subject: Senate Passes Bill Extending Copyright Exemption to Online Courses
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June 18, 2001
SENATE PASSES COPYRIGHT HARMONIZATION ACT
Technology, Education, and Copyright Harmonization Act of 2001, S. 487,
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c107:s.487.rs:
>Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 08:24:50 -0400
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>Subject: Senate Passes a Bill Extending Copyright Exemption to Online Courses
The bill, known as the Technology, Education, and Copyright
Harmonization Act, S. 487, was approved on Friday. If an identical
bill makes it through the House and is signed by President Bush, it
would extend the existing copyright exemption for classroom use of
"dramatic literary and musical works" -- such as movie clips and
popular songs -- to nonprofit distance-education courses.
>http://chronicle.com/free/2001/06/2001061201u.htm
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>From: "Bruce Craig" <rbcraig3@juno.com>
>Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 20:19:34 +0800
>Subject: [NCCmailings] NCC WASHINGTON UPDATE, Vol7, #24, June 15, 2001
NCC WASHINGTON UPDATE, Vol. 7, #24, June 15, 2001
by Bruce Craig <rbcraig3@juno.com> of the National Coordinating
Committee for the Promotion of History
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3. SENATE PASSES COPYRIGHT HARMONIZATION ACT
By voice vote on June 8, 2002, the United States Senate passed
legislation (S.487) the Technology, Education and Copyright
Harmonization Act of 2001. The objective of the bill (along with its
House companion legislation - H.R. 2100 introduced by Representative
Rick Boucher (D-VA)) is to make it easier to use copyrighted material
in online instruction. The bill incorporates the recommendations
made by the United States Copyright Office in a 1999 report and
suggestions advanced by the Congressional Web-based Education
Commission. If approved by the House and signed by the President, the
legislation would extend for classroom use "dramatic literary and
musical works" - such as movie clips and popular songs to nonprofit
distance-education courses.
Under current law, copyrighted material used under "fair use"
provisions in a classroom often cannot be used in an online course
and securing copyright permission can be a lengthy and at times
expensive process. The legislation is designed to correct this.
Presently, distance educators can only make fair use of complete
versions of non-dramatic literary and musical works. This
legislation seeks to enable educators to use limited portions of
dramatic literary and musical works as well as audiovisual works and
sound recordings. The legislation relies on safeguards (such as
passwords) to ensure that only students have access to the
copyrighted material.
On March 13, 2001, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on
the legislation introduced March 7 by Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Chairman
of the Committee and co-sponsored by the Committee's then Ranking
Democrat, Patrick Leahy (D-VT). With the Democrats now in control of
the Senate, the Vermont Senator now sits as Chairman of the
Committee. Testifying in support of the measure were representatives
of educational institutions that provide distance education for
students worldwide. The Association of American Publishers testified
in opposition to the bill, but the Association's objections were
addressed when the bill's language was narrowed to protect the
copyright holders while allow
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 08:24:50 -0400
Sender: owner-cni-copyright@cni.org
From: Eric Schnell <schnell.9@osu.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cni-copyright@cni.org>
Subject: Senate Passes a Bill Extending Copyright Exemption to Online Courses
http://chronicle.com/free/2001/06/2001061201u.htm
From: "Bruce Craig" <rbcraig3@juno.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 20:19:34 +0800
Subject: [NCCmailings] NCC WASHINGTON UPDATE, Vol7, #24, June 15, 2001
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