Copyright
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Law & Courts
Report on Copyrights Published
Educational and library access to copyright materials published on the Internet and other electronic networks should be safeguarded, and even broadened somewhat, a report from the U.S. Department of Commerce concludes.
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Department Weighing Plan To Copyright Information Data Base
In a dramatic shift from past practice, the Education Department is weighing a proposal to copyright its educational-information data base and to charge fees for its use.
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Copyright Ruling Spurs Questions Over Photocopying
A recent court ruling against the unauthorized photocopying of published materials for college anthologies could create confusion over what constitutes educational "fair use" of copyrighted works, an expert on the issue is warning.
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Copyright Holders Aiming at Schools' Legal Shield
Spurred by the rapidly expanding classroom use of such technologies as computers, videocassettes, and high-speed copiers, the copyright establishment is seeking to remove from educational institutions a legal defense that has so far served them well: sovereign immunity.
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E.T.S. Wins $300,000 in Copyright Suit
A federal judge in California has awarded the Educational Testing Service and one of its clients a $300,000 judgment in their lawsuit against a college student who used the firm's copyrighted materials in a seminar to prepare minority students to take graduate-school entrance exams.
ets and the Graduate Management Admission Council filed the lawsuit against Randolph M. Sydnor and his company, Education Preparation Service, for using their trademarks in advertisements and infringing copyrights on published tests that Mr. Sydnor copied and used in his seminars.