Report on Copyright and Digital Distance Education

Citation
U.S. Copyright Office, Report on Copyright and Digital Distance Education (full-text).

Overview
On October 28, 1998, H.R. 2281, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act was enacted into law. Section 403 requires that the Copyright Office consult with representatives of copyright owners, nonprofit educational institutions, and nonprofit libraries and archives, and thereafter submit to Congress recommendations on how to promote distance education through digital technologies, including interactive digital networks, while maintaining an appropriate balance between the rights of copyright owners and the interests of users. Such recommendations could include legislative changes.

Section 403 required the Copyright Office to submit its recommendations to Congress no later than April 28, 1999. This is the report containing those recommendations.