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FYI,<br>
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Suzanne L. Sager<br>
Oregon ALA Chapter Councilor<br>
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<td>[alacoun] LCA applauds Librarian of Congress for broadening
exceptions to Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act</td>
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<th align="right" nowrap="nowrap" valign="baseline">Date: </th>
<td>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:48:51 -0400</td>
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<th align="right" nowrap="nowrap" valign="baseline">From: </th>
<td>Emily Sheketoff <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:esheketoff@alawash.org"><esheketoff@alawash.org></a></td>
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<td>ALA Council <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:alacoun@ala.org"><alacoun@ala.org></a></td>
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alt="LCA LOGO_NEW.jpg" height="81" width="624"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Palatino;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Palatino;">For
Immediate Release:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Palatino;">July 27, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Palatino;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Palatino;">For more
information,
contact:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Palatino;">Jonathan Band<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Palatino;">policybandwidth
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Palatino;">202-296-5675<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jband@policybandwidth.com"><span
style="font-family: Palatino;">jband@policybandwidth.com</span></a><span
style="font-family: Palatino;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Palatino;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span
style="font-family: Palatino;">LCA applauds Librarian of Congress for
broadening
exceptions to Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Palatino;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Palatino;">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 <i>all </i>college
and
university faculty, regardless of academic discipline. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Palatino;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Palatino;">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 <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.librarycopyrightalliance.org/submissions/domestic/circumvention.shtml"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">requests</span></a>
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).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Palatino;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Palatino;">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Palatino;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Palatino;">As a result
of
yesterday’s decision on exemptions, college and university faculty in <i>all</i>
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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Palatino;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Palatino;">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Palatino;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">For
a full
report on this and other exemptions, see the U.S. Copyright <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.copyright.gov/1201/"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">website</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif";">###</span><span
style="font-family: Palatino;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Palatino;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Palatino;">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 <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://librarycopyrightalliance.org/"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">http://librarycopyrightalliance.org/</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p
style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Suzanne
L. Sager<br>
Library East, Cataloging<br>
Portland State University<br>
<br>
503-725-8169<br>
503-725-5799<br>
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