Re: From the Chronicle of Higher Education

["George L. Abbott" <glabbott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The comment in the last paragraph of this article that this kind of 
conflict would be "very rare" seems odd.   Mr. Alder uses as his 
argument that analog versions are available but to use print materials 
at a distance one would presumeably have to digitize, or at least scan 
to image, unless you are considering correspondance courses.  This 
would place an additional burden on the colleges to employ staff to 
digitize or scan from print resources that are already available digitially 
but subject to technological barriers.  This also does not speak to 
audio or video materials which are increasing used in distance 
education.

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Date sent:      	Tue, 18 Mar 2003 08:04:58 -0500
From:           	"Neal Pomea" <npomea@xxxxxxxx>
Organization:   	University of Maryland University College
To:             	digital-copyright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:        	From the Chronicle of Higher Education

> *  A GROUP REPRESENTING COLLEGE MEDIA CENTERS is warning the 
>    U.S. Copyright Office about a possible conflict between two 
>    federal laws, one meant to limit electronic access to 
>    copyrighted material and the other designed to broaden access to
>    the same material for online education. --> SEE
>    http://chronicle.com/free/2003/03/2003031801t.htm
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