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Fair Use Fears Over Federal Circuit Ruling
Brenda Sandburg, The Recorder-Law.com, 10-08-2002
http://www.law.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/View&c=LawArticle&cid=1032128694823&t=LawArticleIP

"Professor Mark Lemley of the University of California, Berkeley's Boalt
Hall School of Law filed a brief on behalf of the amici asking the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to clarify its "sweeping
language" in Bowers v. Baystate Technologies Inc., 01-1108."
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Free Speech Same as Free Content?
By Michael Grebb , WiredNews.com, Oct. 8, 2002
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,55612,00.html?tw=wn_ascii

"In a case that could shake U.S. copyright law to its foundation,
attorneys on Wednesday will try to persuade the Supreme Court that
public access to copyrighted works is a First Amendment right.
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Good News! Congress Passes the Technology Education and Copyright
Harmonization (TEACH) Act
American Library Association Washington Office Newsline.  Volume 11,
Number 82,  October 4, 2002
http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon/alwn1182.html
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New Copyright Law for Distance Education: The Meaning and Importance of
the TEACH Act
http://www.ala.org/washoff/teach.html
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Congress Eases Copyright Restrictions on Distance Education
By DAN CARNEVALE, Chronicle.com, October 8, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/10/2002100801t.htm

"President Bush is expected to sign a bill, passed last week, that would
open the door for professors to use some copyrighted works in online
courses without having to seek permission."