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>>> ghandman@library.berkeley.edu 09/27/02 12:49PM >>>
>
>Friday, September 27, 2002
>http://chronicle.com/free/2002/09/2002092701t.htm
>
>House Members Approve Language Easing Some Copyright Rules for Online
Courses
>By DAN CARNEVALE
>
>Washington
>
>
>Language that members of Congress added to an appropriations bill that
>passed the House of Representatives on Thursday would make it easier
for
>professors to use more kinds of copyrighted works in online courses.
>
>The legislation would amend the Copyright Act of 1976 so that
>online-education instructors could use recordings of dramatic literary
and
>musical works -- such as plays, musicals, and operas -- without
seeking
>permission from the copyright owners. Under current law, only
nondramatic
>literary and musical works can be used in such courses without
permission.
>
>The language was originally part of S 487, a bill called the
Technology
>Education and Copyright Harmonization Act, or TEACH Act. The bill
passed
>the Senate last year and received approval from the House Judiciary
>Committee in July.
>
>A House Judiciary Committee staff member said House members decided to
add
>that act's language to the Department of Justice Appropriations
>Authorization Act, HR 2215, which provides money for the Justice
>Department for another year.
>
>The Justice Department appropriations bill passed the House on
Thursday by
>a vote of 400 to 4.
>
>Although S 487 has already passed the full Senate, a conference
committee
>of the two chambers will have to decide whether to keep the language
in
>the appropriations bill. The House and Senate will then vote on the
>appropriations bill again before it is sent to President Bush for his
>signature.
>
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