HIGHER ED ACTION AGENDA ON COPYRIGHT be knowledgeable resources for their communities, sources of accurate and current information about copyright aggressively advocate through political action for the public interest educate their users to respect copyright and to practice responsible use of copyrighted works document the impact of changes in the copyright laws on their ability to serve users effectively negotiate licenses to achieve terms that advance and not erode fair use use their economic clout to influence the information marketplace actively promote open models of information access and to the creation of an information commons for scholarly, educational and creative works

PROMOTING INNOVATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH THE SPECIAL PROBLEM OF DIGITAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (Committee for Economic Development, 2004) Question Value/Impact of Legislative/Regulatory Action Copy-Left Movement Intellectual Property ≠ Physical Property Negative Impact on Innovation New Business Models for Digital Distribution Economic Tools to Promote Public Domain Two-Year Moratorium on Copyright Laws

FAIR USE IN THE U.S. ECONOMY ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF INDUSTRIES RELYING ON FAIR USE (Computer and Communications Industry Association, 2007) Copyright Exceptions and Innovation. Copyright Exceptions and Economic Growth. Companies Benefiting From Fair Use Represent One-Sixth of U.S. GDP. Fair Use Integral to Search Engines and Software Development. Fair Use Integral to Education and Research.