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In one of my recent posts, I mentioned about the possible passage of law that creates the position of a “Copyright Czar.” Seems it passed and was signed into law by the President while everyone was focused on the economy. It will be interesting to see how this effects the now non-existent claim of Fair Use, especially in an academic situation.

Bush Signs Law Creating Copyright Czar | Threat Level from Wired.com

One recent ruling that is quite disturbing is a case involving Universal. In effect, the ruling of the judge decided fair use cannot be enacted with first infringing on the exisiting copyright. While this case is still pending, the ramifications from it could effect out ability to use materials on-line.

The second item of concern is an addition to copyright law that would be “grant… the Justice Department the power to file civil lawsuits on behalf of Hollywood and others.” No longer would the copyright holders have to pursue violations, but the Federal government would be able to seek out violators on their own.

Attached are PDFs of the to article in case the websites are not available. Hope I don’t get sued over that!

Universal Fair Use PDF
Proposed Copyright Law

Similar to their course on orchestration using the Rimsky-Korsakov treatise, Garritan is now offering a free online jazz arranging course.

Jazz Arranging Online