--- Forwarded Message from Joseph Kautz <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 09:24:14 -0700 (PDT) >From: Joseph Kautz <[log in to unmask]> >To: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Clarification of new copyright law's requirements for Academic Computing, faculty, and students Information on The Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Ken Crews, has written and article that lays out in detail, what can be copied, what institutions must do to take advantage of the law, etc. The article can be found at http://www.ala.org/washoff/teach.html Some excerpts: Duties of Institutional Policymakers 1. The benefits of the TEACH Act apply only to a "government body or an accredited nonprofit educational institution." 2. The educational institution must "institute policies regarding copyright," although the language does not detail the content of those policies. . .formal policymaking might be preferable, but informal procedural standards that effectively guide relevant activities may well satisfy the statutory requirement. In any event, proper authorities within the educational institution need to take deliberate and concerted action. 3. The institution must "provide informational materials" regarding copyright, and in this instance the language specifies that the materials must "accurately describe, and promote compliance with, the laws of United States relating to copyright." These materials must be provided to "faculty, students, and relevant staff members." 4. In addition to the general distribution of informational materials, the statute further specifies that the institution must provide "notice to students that materials used in connection with the course may be subject to copyright protection." 5. Enrolled students. The transmission of content must be made "solely for . . . students officially enrolled in the course for which the transmission is made." Duties of Information Technology Officials 1. Limited access to enrolled students. 2. Technological controls on storage and dissemination. 3. If the content transmitted through "digital transmissions" includes restrictive codes or other embedded "management systems" to regulate storage or dissemination of the works, the institution may not "engage in conduct that could reasonably be expected to interfere with [such] technological measures." 4. Limited temporary retention of copies. . . . the institution may not store or maintain the material on a system or network where it may be accessed by anyone other than the "anticipated recipients." 5. Limited long-term retention of copies.