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Wednesday, November 14, 2001
http://chronicle.com/free/2001/11/2001111401u.htm Backers of Distance Education Worry That a Copyright Bill May Die in the House By DAN CARNEVALE College administrators are worrying that Congress, preoccupied by terrorism and the economy, won't get around to completing legislation that would give online education some of the same copyright exemptions that traditional courses have. Although the bill moved quickly through the Senate this summer, it has since been stalled in a House of Representatives committee. The bill, S. 487, would allow faculty members in distance courses at nonprofit colleges and universities to use "dramatic literary works," such as clips from movies and songs, in online instruction. Currently, courses offered over the Internet are not allowed to use such copyrighted works without the copyright holder's permission, even though similar works can be used in traditional courses under the fair-use exemption to copyright law....
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