Julianna Yau identifies precisely why the CMEC's copyright education exemption proposal is so damaging – it actively encourages the use of DRM to lock out education.
Yau on CMEC Copyright Proposal
February 1, 2008
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The rights of creators: Bill Freeman on Copyright law
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