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Obstacles to Educational Uses of Copyrighted Material

By jlutz99

A report by the Berkman Center for Internet Study and funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation on copyright and education had been released.  It's titled: The Digital Learning Challenge: Obstacles to Educational Uses of Copyrighted Material in the Digital Age.  The report discusses obstacles to the educational use of copyrighted material such as:

1. Unclear or inadequate copyright law relating to crucial provisions such as fair use and educational use;
2. Extensive adoption of "digital rights management" technology to lock up content;
3. Practical difficulties obtaining rights to use content when licenses are necessary;
4. Undue caution by gatekeepers such as publishers or educational administrators.

Click on the title above to read the report.

Posted by Jon Lutz

Full post as published by FSU College of Law Library Blog on August 15, 2006 (boomark / email).