The College Art Association’s Advocacy blog posted news items relating to their continuing advocacy for image fair use in educational settings:
- CAA signed on a Petition to the US Copyright Office for Proposed Exemption Under 17 U.S.C. 1201 to the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) for the use of audiovisual media by college and university students or faculty in an educational setting. The original Section 1201 Exemptions and submitted petitions are on copyright.gov
- Student lawyers at American University are seeking examples from CAA members who have attempted to use audiovisual material from DVDs or off the web and were prevented from doing so. If you would like to participate, please refer to the Google Form created to gather evidence and provide an easy forum for individuals to share their stories. The deadline to submit examples is December 30, 2014
- Check out this article in Forbes by Peter Decherney, which addresses some of the technology policy issues raised by the DMCA rulemaking