HOUSE PASSES BILL WITH EXPANSION OF FAIR USE - The House of
Representatives passed an appropriations bill that includes language that would expand
the fair use of copyrighted material in academic settings. The language was originally
part of the Technology Education and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act, which
passed the Senate last year. Specifically, the bill would allow online-education instructors
to use recordings of dramatic literary and musical works under fair-use provisions of
copyright law. A conference committee from the House and the Senate will now decide
if the copyright language remains in the appropriations bill, which must have President
Bush's signature before it goes into effect. For full information see:
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/09/2002092701t.htm (Chronicle of Higher Education,
27 Sept 02)