Re: videos on-line

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Jeanne Gardner <jeanne.gardner[_at_]pcc.cccoes.edu> wrote:
>
> I thought the passage of H.R. 3048 The Digital Era Copyright
> Enhancement Act of 1997 gave nonprofit educational institutions the
> right to broadcast videos to students in distant locations, removing
> the face-to-face limitations.
>
> Amends Title 17, 107, SEC. 2. FAIR USE.
> Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106, the fair use
> of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies
> or phonorecords or by any other means specified in that section, for
> purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including
> multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, and by
> analog or digital transmission, is not an infringement of copyright.
>
> SEC. 5. DISTANCE LEARNING.
> (a) TITLE CHANGE- The title of section 110 of title 17,
> United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
>
> `Sec. 110. Limitations on exclusive rights: Exemption of certain
> (b) PERFORMANCE, DISPLAY AND DISTRIBUTION OF A WORK- Section
> 110(2) of title 17, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
>
> `(2) performance, display or distribution of a work, by or in
> the course of an analog or digital transmission, if--
> `(A) the performance, display or distribution is a
> regular part of the systematic instructional activities of
> a governmental body or a nonprofit educational institution;
> `(B) the performance, display or distribution is directly
> related and of material assistance to the teaching content
> of the transmission; and
> `(C) the work is provided for reception by--
> `(i) students officially enrolled in the course in
> connection with which it is provided; or

As one who is directly involved in the development and distribution of distance education courseware I am KEENLY interested in the interpretive discussion that ensues in this listserv.

Jeanne, this is a Pandora's Box that *badly* needed to be opened. Thank you!

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Glen (McKay) Gummess
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