House Votes to Ease Copyright Rules

By DAN CARNEVALE

Washington

Language added to an appropriations bill that passed the House of Representatives last month would make it easier for professors to use more kinds of copyrighted works in online courses.

The legislation would amend the Copyright Act of 1976 so that online-education instructors could use recordings of dramatic literary and musical works, like plays,...

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