September 14, 2001
Libraries Criticize Federal Report on Digital-Copyright Law
Advocates for libraries are criticizing a U.S. Copyright Office report, released last month, that recommends against revising copyright law to assure that libraries and consumers can lend and archive software and other electronic material they purchase.
The report concludes that the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which updated copyright law for a digital environment, has not significantly undermined what is known as the first-sale doctrine. The doctrine allows purchasers of
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