[Libs-Or] [Fwd: [alacoun] LCA applauds Librarian of Congress for broadening exceptions to Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act]

[Suzanne Sager]

FYI,

Suzanne L. Sager
Oregon ALA Chapter Councilor

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Subject: 	[alacoun] LCA applauds Librarian of Congress for broadening 
exceptions to Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Date: 	Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:48:51 -0400
From: 	Emily Sheketoff <esheketoff at alawash.org>
To: 	ALA Council <alacoun at ala.org>



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*For Immediate Release:*

July 27, 2010

 

*For more information, contact:*

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*LCA applauds Librarian of Congress for broadening exceptions to Section 
1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act*

 

The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) applauds yesterday's decision 
issued by the Librarian of Congress to significantly broaden the 
exemption for the creation of film clip compilations for classroom and 
educational use to /all /college and university faculty, regardless of 
academic discipline.

 

According to Section 1201 (a) (1) of the Digital Millennium Copyright 
Act (DMCA), the Librarian of Congress is allowed once every three years 
to adopt exceptions to the anti-circumvention provisions that place 
technological protections on copyrighted works. In this latest round of 
exemptions, the Librarian of Congress, acting on the Register of 
Copyright's recommendations, ruled in accordance to the requests 
<http://www.librarycopyrightalliance.org/submissions/domestic/circumvention.shtml> 
made by Library Copyright Alliance members -- the American Library 
Association (ALA), the Association of College and Research Libraries, 
and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL).

 

The DMCA established a provision that prohibited disabling passwords, 
scrambling systems, or other technological protection measures without 
the prior authorization of the rightsholder. At the same time, the DMCA 
also established a mechanism to periodically check if this provision 
prevented users of copyrighted works from making lawful uses of works, 
such as fair uses.

 

As a result of yesterday's decision on exemptions, college and 
university faculty in /all/ disciplines can lawfully circumvent the 
Content Scrambling System (CSS) typically used on DVDs for teaching 
purposes. Prior to this rulemaking, only faculty who taught film or 
media studies could exercise such an exemption. The LCA in its comments 
demonstrated that the use of film clips for educational purposes is in 
fact common and valuable in many disciplines. In today's classroom, the 
inclusion of media resources is standard. The new rule also applies to 
university film and media students. In addition, circumvention can be 
performed for the incorporation of short portions into new works for the 
purpose of criticism or comment, not just the assembly of clip 
compilations for in-class screening purposes. The Librarian further 
expanded this exemption to documentary filmmaking and noncommercial videos.

 

LCA also is gratified by the Librarian of Congress's renewal of the 
exemption to circumvent protections that block the 
read-aloud/screen-reader function on e-books.

 

For a full report on this and other exemptions, see the U.S. Copyright 
website <http://www.copyright.gov/1201/>.

 

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The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) consists of three major library 
associations---the American Library Association, the Association of 
Research Libraries, and the Association of College and Research 
Libraries. These three associations collectively represent over 300,000 
information professionals and thousands of libraries of all kinds 
throughout the United States and Canada 
http://librarycopyrightalliance.org/.


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Suzanne L. Sager
Library East, Cataloging
Portland State University

503-725-8169
503-725-5799
sagers at pdx.edu

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