SLA Provides Comments to Copyright Office, Library of Congress

SLA, as part of Library Copyright Alliance, provided comments to the Copyright Office, Library of Congress, regarding exemptions in the prohibition and circumvention of copyright protection systems. In accordance with Section 1201 (1) (A) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the Librarian of Congress may issue classes of works that will be subject to exemptions from the statute’s prohibition against circumvention of technology that effectively controls access to a copyrighted work. The LCA argues that exemptions should 1). apply to audiovisual works included in any college or university library, not just the library of the media studies department, and 2). the exemption should apply to classroom uses by instructors in all subjects, not just media studies or film professors.

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