I was looking for copyright legislation related to the
recording of course lectures. I found the following Act that
amends chapter 1 of title 17, relating to the exemption of
certain performances or displays for educational purposes
from copyright infringement provisions. This ACT may be
cited as the "Technology, Education, and Copyright
Harmonization Act of 2001." Below is the link to the PDF.

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_cong_bills&docid=f:s487es.txt.pdf

While this Act is helpful because it provides a general
framework detailing general exemptions of performances and
displays for educational uses, it does touch on recent
issues such as students recoding lectures using iPods,
editing these, and creating their own podcasts based on
lectures.

References:
[1] Stim, R. "Intellectual Property. Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights" West Legal Studies.
[2] Black's Law Dictionary 5th ed., (West Publishing, 1979).

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