Permissions on Digital Media Drive Scholars to Lawbooks

Anonymous Patron sends us this article from the New York Times (free registration required); saying, “Experts will meet at a conference sponsored by the Annenberg School to debate how digital media fits into the concept of “fair use” – a murky safe harbor in copyright law that allows scholars and researchers limited use of protected materials for educational or commentary purposes.

Many scholars, librarians and legal experts see rich promise for the use of multimedia materials in research and education. But the possibility of litigation over file-sharing and confusion over digital copyright protections have scholars feeling threatened about venturing beyond the more familiar world of printed texts”

June 16, 2004 by Uncategorized 0

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