One interesting development in Copyright Law THIS WEEK: The Library of Congress has revised rules on what faculty can do with copy protected videos. Now, for the first time, http://www.copyright.gov/1201/ copyright protection can be circumvented provided that “circumvention is accomplished solely in order to accomplish the incorporation of short portions of motion pictures into new works for the purpose of criticism or comment, and where the person engaging in circumvention believes and has reasonable grounds for believing that circumvention is necessary to fulfill the purpose of the use in the following instances.” Notice it is still only for “short portions” but this is certainly positive for faculty.
What is also interesting is that this rule may not be subject to judicial review of any kind http://larrydownes.com/copyright-office-weighs-in-on-awkward-questions-of-software-law/
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