April 18, 2003

Library Groups Say Sweeping State Copyright Laws Could Stifle Teaching and Research

Academic-library groups are denouncing copyright-protection proposals before several state legislatures. The groups warn that the bills 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-television operators and programmers. It would amend

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