MISC> State Legislation Pending That Will Exceed Federal Copyright Laws and Endanger Research

From: Gleason Sackmann <gleason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: NetHappenings <nethappenings@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 13:56:36 -0600
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From: "David P. Dillard" <jwne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 10:54:49 -0500 (EST)

Highly restrictive copyright and intellectual property legislation are
the meat and potatoes of protecting in a great range of ways for extremely
long periods of time the lucrative products and productions media and
entertainment businesses.  The latest front is corporation backed
introduction of highly restrictive copyright legislation by a few state
legislatures.

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Library Groups Say Sweeping State Copyright Laws Could Stifle Teaching and
Research
By ANDREA L. FOSTER
Tuesday, April 1, 2003
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Academic-library groups are denouncing copyright-protection bills that
legislatures in several states are considering. The groups say that the
bills, if they became law, could erode fair-use rights even more than the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the controversial federal law that makes
it illegal to bypass technologies designed to protect digital works.

The state bills are based on model legislation pushed by the Motion
Picture Association of America and cable operators and programmers. The
legislation would amend state telecommunications and cable-security laws
to prevent digital piracy. But the bills' wording is so sweeping that it
could become illegal to view or copy radio, television, or Internet
material without communications providers' express permission, says
Jonathan Band, a Washington lawyer who represents the Association of
Research Libraries, the American Association of Law Libraries, and the
American Library Association.

Under the model legislation, theft of a communications service could be
defined as encompassing a broad range of activities, including "the
receipt, interception, disruption, and transmission" of broadcast works,
says Mr. Band.

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The complete article may be read at the URL Above.

There are also links at the bottom of this article to related articles
published by The Chronicle of Higher Education:

Background articles from The Chronicle:
Supreme Court Upholds Copyright Law Fought by Some Scholars (1/24/2003)

College Groups Challenge Copyright Office on Digital-Copyright Law
(1/10/2003)

Libraries Criticize Federal Report on Digital-Copyright Law (9/14/2001)

Scholars and Libraries Want Permission to Copy Electronic Materials
(12/15/2000)

There is also some useful background information on copyright issues on
the Educational Cyberplayground website:

COPYRIGHT AND COPYLEFT
Articles
CopyLeft
Copyright
Fair Use
IP
Research
Citation
Arts
Content
Tools
History
License
Multimedia
<http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/copyrightleft.html>
<http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/copyrightleft2.html>
<http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/copyrightleft3.html>

MUSIC And COPYRIGHT LAW
<http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Music/musiclaw.html>

Copyright Law - Primer for Educators
<http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/copyrightlaw.html>

Copyright
<http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/ddcopyright.html>

COPYRIGHT, CONGRESS, DUE DILIGENCE, AND COASE
by Frank Forman 7/26/02
<http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/FrankForman.html>

Best Resources on Self Publishing
WEB SITES AND ARTICLES
Information for small publishers, self-publishers and writers.
<http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Literacy/SelfPublish2.asp>

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Sincerely,
David Dillard Research Librarian
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ECP RingLeader
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx




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