--- Forwarded Message from "Shoaf,Judith P" <[log in to unmask]> --- >From: "Shoaf,Judith P" <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:43:36 -0400 >Subject: FW: #9449 New copyright rules re: DMCA exemptions >Thread-Topic: #9449 New copyright rules re: DMCA exemptions >Thread-Index: Acsts3tmwGhTXP3WQzuzGt2LmhojpwAARtYgAAXwpoA= >Accept-Language: en-US >acceptlanguage: en-US I see I got so excited I forgot to specify--the law applies to the use of short clips to circumvention of access controls "solely in order to accomplish the incorporation of short portions of motion pictures into new works for the purpose of criticism or comment"--that is to say, streaming an entire film was not made legal in any context. What this allows is "clip compilations" or the use of short clips in various contexts--traditional fair use, in fact, though in an educational context. (I think I'll go make one right now.) Right now there is a big case at UCLA over routine streaming of copyrighted videos for students. UCLA could be accused of breaking two laws: the law against copying/reformatting an entire work, and the law against breaking encryption (access controls) where such encryption is present. Some sloppy reporting on the UCLA case says the school is claiming fair use. The defense is not "fair use" (which involves such criteria as using a small portion of the original) but educational use under the TEACH act, which implies that distance ed must be allowed to present materials in the same way as face-to-face teaching. Showing a whole movie is legal in the classroom, so it should be legal online too, the reasoning goes. A supplementary question, and a huge one, is whether the TEACH act covers not only distance ed courses but also hybrid courses or simply regular courses which assign watching films as homework. Here is a link to a pretty good article: http://www.ecampusnews.com/technologies/ucla-resumes-streaming-video-after-legal -complaint/ Judy Shoaf *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives at http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=LLTI Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************