--- Forwarded Message from "Shoaf,Judith P" <[log in to unmask]> --- Yes, it is a major victory but in so many cases, like yours, it is a validation of practices already common because of pedagogic need. It would be nice if we could get a formal exemption for f.l. instructors and centers with respect to regional encoding, wouldn't it? Currently it is illegal to own or use a player that plays more than one region, and this type of encoding is not specified in the new ruling, just the anti-copying encryption. I believe that the law is up for review by Congress in the next few years, though. 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]) ***********************************************