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http://chronicle.com/free/2002/09/2002092701t.htm

House Members Approve Language Easing Some Copyright Rules for Online Courses
DAN CARNEVALE

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 are can be used in such courses without permission....

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