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>Subject: Re: #9449 New copyright rules re: DMCA exemptions
>Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:04:07 -0400
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My congratulations to all who worked on this initiative.  It is great  
news for our community.

Deanne

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Deanne Cobb-Zygadlo
Director, Language Resource Center
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

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On Jul 27, 2010, at 2:43 AM, LLTI-Editor wrote:

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>> From: "Shoaf,Judith P" <[log in to unmask]>
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>> Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:06:30 -0400
>> Subject: New copyright rules re: DMCA exemptions
>> Thread-Topic: New copyright rules re: DMCA exemptions
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> Quite a while back I suggested that LLTI subscribers support the  
> attempt of
> video librarians to get the government to define much more broadly  
> the right of
> educators to circumvent technological barriers to copying short  
> segments of DVDs
> (to make clip compilations). The attempt was successful.
>
> http://www.copyright.gov/1201/
>
> The "old" exception allowed film and media instructor to circumvent  
> access
> controls on media legally purchased by their departmental libraries.
>
> The new exception applies to any college or university professor  
> (and to college
> and university students of film and media) and it does not specify  
> an owner for
> the DVD (so it could be a personal copy, central library copy, maybe  
> a rented
> copy).
>
> There is also an exception for "noncommercial videos," which could  
> surely
> include student projects which require a short excerpt or two, or  
> perhaps the
> needs of high-school teachers.
>
> This is a huge accomplishment (sorry if you are already doing  
> this....) in
> nudging the laws towards common sense in an educational context.  
> Thanks to those
> on this list who contributed their experience to the request for the  
> exemption.
>
> Judy Shoaf
>
>
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