-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: #8402 Copyright Office grants exemption to copy snippets 
of DVDs
Date: 	Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:53:49 -0500
From: 	Judy Shoaf <[log in to unmask]>
To: 	Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum 
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"Audiovisual works included in the educational library of a college or 
university’s film or media studies department, when circumvention is 
accomplished for the purpose of making compilations of portions of those 
works for educational use in the classroom by media studies or film 
professors."

http://www.copyright.gov/1201/


Besides the "media studies or film professors" restriction, the 
exemption seems to depend on using DVDs purchased by the film/media 
department itself.

Note that the assumption is that it is already OK to copy the portions 
of audiovisual works for a compilation to show in class. The exemption 
is to allow them to circumvent copy protection encoding ("circumventing 
access controls")that would make it impossible to accomplish this. But 
it affirms the basic right to use bits of films in teaching, and to make 
compilations of this sort.

Judy



Otmar Foelsche, LLTI -Editor wrote:

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:     Copyright Office grants exemption to copy snippets of DVDs
> Date:     Fri, 24 Nov 2006 08:07:58 -0600
> From:     George Mitrevski <[log in to unmask]>
> To:     [log in to unmask]
> 
> 
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> The NYT reports that the Copyright office has granted exemption to film
> professors to copy short snippets of DVDs for instructional purposes. I
> wonder if it's limited to film professors, or does it apply to ANY
> professors, such as language professors. Here is the NYT article:
> http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Digital-Copyright.html
> George.
> 
> Foreign Languages                 tel. 334-844-6376
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> 
> 
> 


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