Presentation given to the U.S. Copyright Office on June 4th, 2012 regarding exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998. Petitioners included educators asking for a 3-year exemption (7A) specifically related to educational uses of DVD media. Full presentation features videos (see https://vimeo.com/42164040 ) of classroom discussions. See http://www.copyright.gov/1201 for more information and the official ruling by the Librarian of Congress.

1. Hearing on Proposed Exemptions
Copyright Hearing Room, LM-408
James Madison Memorial Building
Library of Congress

2. Exemption to the Prohibition of Circumvention
of Copyright Protection Systems for Access
Control Technologies
Spiro Bolos
Teacher, New Trier High School
Affiliated Faculty, Media Education Lab

3. NORMATIVE PRACTICE
vs.

4. ASSUMPTIONS
vs.

5. ASSUMPTIONS
vs.

6. ASSUMPTIONS
vs.

7. PREPARATION

8. (1) Reserve a quiet room
(away from desk)

9. (2) Capture in real time
(usually entails multiple attempts)

10. (3) Wait

11. (4) Upload to Web

12. (4) Upload to Web

13. (5) Wait

14. (5) Wait

15. (5) Wait

16. (5) Wait

17. The Classroom Experiment
American Studies
Team-taught by John S. O’Connor
(English) and Spiro Bolos (History)
at New Trier High School

19. The Great Gatsby meets Citizen Kane

20. Screen-grab
CITIZEN KANE

21. Screen-grab
DEBRIEF

22. DVD-rip
CITIZEN KANE

24. DVD-rip
DEBRIEF

25. THANK YOU