Government may relax copyright law for educational purposes

On Feb. 27, Reps. Rick Boucher, D-Va., Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and John Doolittle, R-Calif., introduced a new bill making it easier for scholars to access copyrighted material without impeding on copyright laws. The Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship Act of 2007, also referred to as The Fair Use Act, will limit the amount of control that content owners are granted by copyright laws over their work.

The act, which is supported by the American Library Association and the American Association of Law Libraries, "is intended to promote innovation, encourage the introduction of new technology, enhance library preservation efforts and protect the fair use rights of consumers," Boucher said upon introducing the new act to Congress.


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