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To: Tax-chick
However, the claim that they can't teach without multimedia frou-frou is absurd

Irrelevant. They can teach in a cave by scratching diagrams into the rock, but there's no reason they should be expected to do that, either.

The bottom line is that the law permits a certain degree of fair use, and Hollyweird is attempting to violate that law. If the GOP had any spine, the DMCA would be history and infringements of fair-use rights would carry penalties every bit as severe as infringements of copyright.

16 posted on 05/07/2009 2:25:25 PM PDT by steve-b (Intelligent design is to evolutionary biology what socialism is to free-market economics.)
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To: steve-b
Irrelevant.

No, it's not, because the taxpayers are paying for all of the equipment, and dealing with the results of the wasted time.

If the GOP had any spine, the DMCA would be history and infringements of fair-use rights would carry penalties every bit as severe as infringements of copyright.

Fine with me.

19 posted on 05/07/2009 2:27:11 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("This is our duty: to zot their sorry arses into the next time zone." ~ Admin Mod)
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To: steve-b; Tax-chick
The bottom line is that the law permits a certain degree of fair use

Even better, schools have MUCH more leeway for fair use than the rest of us do. The educational exemption is pretty broad. The MPAA just doesn't want it to be legal to rip a DVD, period. That would be a chink in their armor.

21 posted on 05/07/2009 2:28:41 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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