Michelle Allen, UNT Associate General Counsel. Pierce called the meeting to order and asked Farkas to introduce Michelle Allen, Assistant General Counsel for the University. Allen attended the meeting at the request of the Work Group to discuss issues of digitization and copyright.
Statutes supersede common law.
Traditional statutory laws and case laws were applied from the beginning to material made available on the Internet. Recently passed legislation included statements about copyright and the Internet. This act made it illegal to bypass electronic security systems to obtain access to information. There is no fair-use exception. If the LOC says yes, the act will be amended.