Our French program has started a weekly movie night, where we show French movies to a small audience of our own students. No admission fee is charged, and we include an introduction and discussion, also in French. The entire event is designed to improve French comprehension among students. Do we need to obtain permission from [...]

The Google Art Project, launched this month, is yet another ambitious and exciting project from the giant in the information delivery business. At one stunning website, any user may sweep breezily through masterpieces of art, or take the time to zoom in and study the details of each point and stroke. Google also deployed its “street view” [...]

When the TEACH Act was enacted by Congress in late 2002, many of us who had been working with copyright issues in distance education were delighted by the improvement in the law and relieved that the long process of debate and exploration had come to fruition. Congress included a “distance education” statute in the Copyright Act [...]

I am pleased to share (with her permission, of course) the following view of the Google Books fairness hearing prepared by one of my superb Columbia Law School students, Meghan Schubmehl.  She was able to attend that day, and the following are her observations.  I found her view to be helpful, and I hope you [...]