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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 17:01:01 -0500 >From: "ALAWASH E-MAIL (ALAWASH E-MAIL)" <[log in to unmask]> >To: ALA Washington Office Newsline <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: ALAWON v7, n155 - CONFU REPORT; COPYRIGHT HEARINGS >Content-Disposition: inline >Sender: [log in to unmask] >X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.2.08 -- ListProc(tm) by CREN > >ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline >Volume 7, Number 155 >December 17, 1998 > >In this issue: > >[1] "Final Report to the Commissioner on the Conclusion of >Conference on Fair Use" Available >[2] Distance Education Study Update; U.S. Copyright Office to Hold >Hearings in Late January > >[1] "Final Report to the Commissioner on the Conclusion of >Conference on Fair Use" Available > >The Conference on Fair Use (CONFU) was initiated in the fall of >1994 under the auspices of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office >(USPTO). Its purpose was to facilitate informal discussions >regarding the parameters of fair use in the educational and >library environments among copyright proprietors and members of >the information user community. > >Over the last four years, representatives of more than four dozen >organizations narrowed nearly two dozen possible guideline topics >down to three: digital images, distance learning and educational >multimedia materials. While CONFU was ultimately judged to be a >useful communication vehicle, none of the drafts circulated >received sufficiently wide support in both the public and private >sectors to justify their submission to Congress for inclusion in >appropriate legislative history. > >The complete administrative history of CONFU (and a summary of the >topics discussed) is available online and in print format as the >"Final Report to the Commissioner on the Conclusion of Conference >on Fair Use." Prepared by staff to USPTO Commissioner Bruce A. >Lehman, the Report chronicles the CONFU process. > >Single copies of the report, as well as the previously published >interim report (December 1996), and the "Report on the Conclusion >of the First Phase of Conference on Fair Use" (September 1997) may >be obtained free of charge by sending or faxing a written request >to: CONFU Report, c/o Richard Maulsby, Director, Office of Public >Affairs, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, D.C. 20231. >Fax: 703-308-5258. The reports are also available online at >http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/dcom/olia/confu/. > >For more on the position taken on the proposed CONFU guidelines by >ALA in concert with more than a dozen other national library and >educational organizations, see the May 1997 CONFU Joint Statement >at http://www.ala.org/washoff/confu.html. > >[2] Distance Education Study Update; U.S. Copyright Office to Hold >Hearings in Late January > >In the November 19, 1998 ALAWON (see >http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon/alwn7145.html) we reported that >the U.S. Copyright Office had requested to hear from interested >parties interested in participating in a Congressionally mandated >study to promote distance education (see the November 16 Federal >Register notice, v63, n223, November 16, 1998, pp. 63749-50). At >the study's conclusion in late April 1999, the Copyright Office >will submit recommendations to Congress, possibly including the >first major changes to the distance education section of the >Copyright Act since 1976. > >ALA and its Association of College and Research Libraries both >filed brief letters of interest to the Copyright Office. To date >the ALA Washington Office has received nearly three dozen copies >of filings from universities nationwide. Libraries or institutions >that responded to the Copyright Office's November 16 notice, or >who still plan to do so are encouraged to send a copy of their >response to the ALA Washington Office. > >In the next step of its study, the Copyright Office will hold a >demonstration on distance education technology on Monday, January >25 in Washington, D.C. On January 26 and 27 they will hold >hearings in Washington on distance education issues. Field >hearings will be held Wednesday, February 10 at UCLA and on >Friday, February 12 in Chicago. We will post more details on >these events as they become available. > >****** >ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is a free, irregular publication of the >American Library Association Washington Office. All materials >subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be >reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with >appropriate credits. > >To subscribe to ALAWON, send the message: subscribe ala-wo >[your_firstname] [your_lastname] to [log in to unmask] or go to >http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. To unsubscribe to ALAWON, send >the message: unsubscribe ala-wo to [log in to unmask] or go to >http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. ALAWON archives at >http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. > >ALA Washington Office, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 403, >Washington, D.C. 20004-1701; phone: 202.628.8410 or 800.941.8478 >toll-free; fax: 202.628.8419; e-mail: [log in to unmask]; Web >site: http://www.ala.org/washoff. Editor: Lynne E. Bradley; >Managing Editor: Deirdre Herman; Contributors: Mary Costabile, >Adam Eisgrau, Anne Heanue, Carol Henderson, Peter Kaplan, >Claudette Tennant and Rick Weingarten. > > Katherine Poole, Librarian Rotch Visual Collections, M.I.T. 77 Massachusetts Ave., 7-304 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 1-617-253-7098; FAX 1-617-253-9331 E-mail: [log in to unmask]