June 22, 2001
Senate Bill Would Help Online Instructors
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that would allow faculty members to use many of the same copyrighted works in online courses that they've long been permitted to use in traditional ones.
The bill, S. 487, was approved this month by a voice vote. If an identical bill makes it through the House of Representatives and is signed by President Bush, the existing copyright exemption for classroom use of "dramatic literary and musical works" -- such as movie clips and popular songs -- would
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