Added by C. Borja:  Yesterday the Library of Congress had some interesting rulings regarding the DMCA including one making it OK to break DVD Digital Right Management software on DVDs owned by educational institutions to extract video to be used for educational purposes.  There is a lot more so here are some links to a couple of articles that may be helpful and maybe we can discuss this on our next meeting. 

Jul 26,2010 DMCA Ruling Link:

http://www.copyright.gov/1201/

http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/64185

On the same subject from Carol Wolfe:  http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Letting-Us-Rip-Our-New-Right/25797/

The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education -  11/08:  To address the "Fair Use Confusion" (see article below from last year), the Center for Social Media resources has created a code of best practices for Fair Use in education -- see also the resources for Fair Use - including Classroom Tools and Fair Use scenarios

Standing Up To Takedown Notices

Web Users Turn the Tables on Copyright Holders

  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/18/AR2007101802453.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter 

Washington Post Staff Writer

Friday, October 19, 2007; Page D01   

'Fair use' confusion threatens media literacy

Report says many teachers, schools define 'fair use' of digital materials too narrowly

By Meris Stansbury, Assistant Editor, eSchool News

October 15, 2007

http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=7430